Earth Protex team touring an industrial textile facility

About — Est. 1990s

Materials scientistson factory floors,show floors & runways.

Three decades turning agricultural, post-industrial and post-consumer waste into circular fibers — from the first industrial hemp programs for global brands to commercial-scale Tex2Tex® textile-to-textile polyester.

30+

Years pioneering circular materials

120 kt

Annual Tex2Tex® capacity

2

Materials Science Platforms

1st

Global Change Award — Agraloop

Tex2Tex® in the market

Where Tex2Tex® shows up first: runway, retail, mills.

Highlights from our brand-launch materials — partner proof, garment categories and the specs sourcing teams ask for first.

  • Tex2Tex® · Pitti Immagine Uomo

    Structured black outerwear in a studio product launch shot

    Specifications & milestones

    Outerwear at runway scale

    From cotton-look canvas and spacer mesh to dyeable filament yarns, Tex2Tex® has moved through outerwear with partners including the Kering Innovation Lab — proving thermo-mechanically recycled PET in real collections, not just pilots.

  • GANNI

    Tex2Tex® · GANNI

    GANNI softs and suiting in a clean product launch photograph

    Softs, suiting & footwear

    House codes, lower-impact fibers

    GANNI has launched suiting, structured softs and performance stories on Tex2Tex® spun and filament systems — including commercially scaled 100% Tex2Tex® DTY/FDY routes that replace bottle-based rPET where drape and hand matter.

  • MANGO

    Tex2Tex® · MANGO · iTextiles

    Denim garment in a studio product launch photograph

    Pakistan pathways & partners

    Denim with mill-ready fiber

    Through partner iTextiles and denim mills in Pakistan — plus recycled-cotton carrier programs in Vietnam and Bangladesh — Tex2Tex® improves abrasion and backstaining performance while keeping circular content in the mix.

  • Gina Tricot

    Tex2Tex® · Gina Tricot

    Circular knit cardigan in a studio product launch photograph

    Core knits & warp knits

    Jersey to ponte — in one system

    Fully recycled TC/CVC, recycled cotton and wool blends, and 100% Tex2Tex® performance jerseys on new FDY and dyeable DTY routes — from terry and fleece to structured ponte for a tailored look, including circular knit programs with retail partners.

  • dryrobe

    Tex2Tex® · dryrobe®

    dryrobe polar fleece outerwear in a lifestyle product launch photograph

    Garment & lining programs

    Polar fleece, pushed forward

    With dyeable filament and FDY, Earth Protex now supports 100% Tex2Tex® fleece constructions — including deep black via waterless dyeing — for linings, lifestyle outerwear and accessories at commercial depth.

  • Vivienne Westwood

    Tex2Tex® · Vivienne Westwood

    Footwear in a studio product launch photograph

    Backings to finished concepts

    Coated goods, footwear, luxury

    Canvas, twill, weft knits, spun lace, felt and fleece backings — 50–500 gsm — give luxury and performance brands a plug-and-play path off virgin synthetics, with sampling starting as small as 100 meters for serious development cycles.

Explore yarn counts, constructions and mill routes on the Tex2Tex® page — or open the live catalogue for what is in distribution today.

In the field

Mills, trade floors, design rooms.

The moments where fiber stories become yardage — face to face with buyers, mill engineers and product teams.

Earth Protex team at a trade show with the Tex2Tex banner
Trade shows

Tex2Tex™ on the show floor — textile-to-textile, explained in person.

Tex2Tex booth display with performance apparel on a mannequin
Product proof

From fiber story to finished garment — proof beside the process.

Conversation at the iTextiles booth during an industry exhibition
Partnerships

Where innovation meets buyers — partnerships built face to face.

Earth Protex team at an industrial facility with bulk material storage
Operations

The team behind commercial-scale circular materials.

THE PROCESS

Sorting to Fiber. Proof is in the pudding

Every manufacturing process from sorting to fiber extrusion is continuously monitored and delivered to clients with quality and excellency top of mind.

Team inspecting thermo-mechanical reactor equipment at a partner facility

On site

Boots on the ground at scale.

We walk production lines with partners — validating yield, quality and chain of custody before a single kilogram ships to brands.

Earth Protex team outside an industrial materials facility

The team

A global team, one mission.

Materials scientists, engineers and commercial leaders across Asia, Europe and the Americas — united by circularity at industrial volume.

Commercial reality

120 kt/yr Tex2Tex® capacity — textile waste in, certified recycled polyester out.

From trade-show conversations to reactor tours, we build trust the way the industry actually works: by showing the system, not only the slide deck.

Our DNA

We are materials scientists.

We specialize in the research, development, commercialization and distribution of new-generation circular materials — converting agricultural, post-industrial and post-consumer waste into new fibers and products.

Our values

Embrace nature.
Pursue abundance.

Our logos are variations of the Golden Ratio — a proportion that appears throughout nature. Earth Protex leverages biomimicry across product and systems design, positioning strategy at the nexus of equity, abundance and environmental health.

Culture & craft

Materials that move culture.

Circular science only matters when designers, athletes and brands can feel it. We collaborate at the intersection of industrial performance and creative expression — from technical outerwear to experimental runway.

Avant-garde fashion exhibition with wire mesh installation
Materials in culture
High-fashion technical garment at an industry showcase
Performance meets expression
Designers and collaborators at a fashion presentation
Human scale, bold ideas

Legacy & credibility

Three decades of firsts.

From hemp pioneers to commercial-scale textile-to-textile polyester — one continuous thread.

  • 1993

    First industrial hemp programs

    Hemp fiber programs launched for Adidas, Levi's, Nike, Patagonia and VF — bringing a forgotten fiber back into the global supply chain.

  • 2000s

    Organic linen & oilseed flax

    First to introduce organic linen, oilseed flax and oilseed hemp blends to major global retailers, replacing virgin synthetics at scale.

  • 2018

    Agraloop — Global Change Award

    Invented Agraloop, 1st Prize winner of H&M Foundation's Global Change Award — the "Nobel Prize of Sustainable Fashion."

  • 2024

    Tex2Tex® at commercial scale

    Brought textile-to-textile recycling to 120 kt/yr capacity — the first commercially-scaled true T2T polyester system.

  • 2026

    Upspun® hybrid yarns

    Combining Tex2Tex® filament with short recycled fiber into high-strength, low-shedding performance yarns.

In media

Trusted by the institutions shaping the next textile economy.

From consulting firms and trade bodies to global fashion and business press — coverage that tracks where circular materials are going next.

  1. 01
    McKinsey
    Advanced sustainable materials consulting to H&M Group
  2. 02
    Vogue
    Five Designers Championing Sustainability
  3. 03
    Forbes
    Agraloop BioFibre, Global Change Award Winner
  4. 04
    Fast Company
    Global Change Award Winner
  5. 05
    Textile Exchange
    2021 Preferred Fibre Report
  6. 06
    Textile World
    Hemptex Introduces New Fiber Blends
  7. 07
    Fashion For Good
    Transforms Agricultural Waste Into Fibres
  8. 08
    TIME
    Smartest Sustainable Products of 2018

Recognition

Awards & accolades

  • EU Horizon Grant

    European Union innovation funding recipient

  • NSERC Grant

    Canadian research council funding

  • Global Change Award

    H&M Foundation innovation award finalist

  • Industry recognition

    Featured in leading textile industry publications

  • Sustainability awards

    Multiple sustainability and innovation accolades

  • USPTO patents

    Multiple patents for bolt-on technologies under draft

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