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Exhibitors & products at Techtextil 2024

Carl Weiske GmbH & Co. KG

GREENTEX: Recycled yarns from used PET bottles (post-consumer)

Description

GREENTEX - the sustainable alternative.

It's time to do something...

  • Plastic production requires about 8% of the world's oil production.
  • 17,000,000,000 PET bottles per year - in Germany
  • Forecast for continued plastic consumption: by 2050 more plastic in the sea than fish

GREENTEX polyester fibres and yarns are made from recycled PET bottles. 100 % of the recycled bottle polymer is used in the production of GreenTex.

GREENTEX increases resource efficiency and protects the environment.

 Your advantages:

  • Hazardous substance testing of the bottle polymer
  • Traceability of the recycling cycle
  • Certified according to ÖkoTex Standard 100
  • GRS certification (Global Recycled Standard) possible

Fibres

  • 100% PES, recycled GREENTEX semi-dull 1.6 dtex / 38 mm

Yarns

  • 100% Polyester staple fibre yarn, recycled GREENTEX / ring-spun / semi-dull / Nm 10-68 / 1-2 ply
  • 100% Polyester filament yarn, recycled GREENTEX / textured / semi-dull / dtex 83-183 / 1-4 ply

Functions & Effects

  • dope-dyed and yarn-dyed 
  • fancy yarns

Address

Carl Weiske GmbH & Co. KG
Wölbattendorfer Weg 73
95030 Hof
Germany

Telephone+49 9281 7073

Fax+49 9281 62613

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