Avenue Textile / apparel design for reusability

Theme : Heat dissolvable clothing stitches

Innovation relevant to : Textile fashion designers, Textile recycling companies, Textile engineers, Mechanical engineers,

Heat dissolvable threads for garment repair and recycling

Disassembling stitched clothes is time consuming and costly. Resortecs has developed heat dissolvable threads at melting points of 150-200 deg C. using a commercial oven.

Source : Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Innovation Highlights

  • Only 10% textile material is lost, integrity not damaged
  • 50% less carbon emissions
  • Principle: Heat dissolvable clothing stitches

Keywords

Heat dissolvable stitches

Garment recycling

Garment repair


Date

2021-06-30

Geography

Belgium

Innovation done by

Startup

other stakeholders

University researchers

Investors

Startups