Bron Innovation: Turning production waste into new textiles

ReSpins founder: Åsa Strandberg

Summary of an article by Bron Innovation:

Turning production waste into new textiles

While much of the conversation around textile circularity focuses on consumer behaviour: reuse, repair, and second-hand, ReSpin is tackling a different part of the problem: the production waste generated in factories before a garment is even finished.

In sewing factories, an estimated 20–25% of all fabric never becomes a product. These offcuts are difficult to recycle with existing industrial solutions, which are designed for large, sorted volumes.

ReSpin has developed RespinJenny, a compact machine that mechanically separates fibres from textile waste, enabling them to be spun into new yarns with high quality, directly where the waste occurs.

The company is now entering the next phase: industrialisation, customer validation, and scaling production. With increasing regulatory pressure in the EU and growing demand for circular solutions, the need for efficient handling of production waste is rapidly rising.

As founder Åsa Strandberg highlights, building a hardware-based company requires both persistence and capital, but also the ability to listen, adapt, and stay focused on real market needs.

Read the full article (in Swedish) on Bron Innovation’s website: https://www.broninnovation.se/twin-peak-1/respins-uppfinning-atervinner-textil