VDMA, an association and network organization for the machinery and equipment manufacturing industry in Germany and Europe, addresses this specific growth segment: On its website an overview of the available textile recycling technologies used by their member companies is available before, during, and after the global sourcing exhibition for textile machinery and solutions. The association and its members are committed to responsible use of all resources used in textile production. They create the technical prerequisites for the efficient reuse and recycling of textile raw materials.

“In the spirit of the circular economy, VDMA companies offer solutions for the entire processing and production chain”, says a press release in the run-up to the fair. The production programs and services by member companies would include a broad variety of equipment and technologies for recycling textile production waste, textiles, textile auxiliaries, or waste heat and for processing recycled materials into textiles. Condensed descriptions of this at the VDMA platform are structured under the following headings:

 • Recycling of textile production waste and textiles

 • Recycling of caustic soda and waste heat

 • Processing of recycled materials