Martex-Bollag form strategic alliance for textile recycling
01 Sep '09
5 min read
With headquarters in Spartanburg, SC, Martex Fiber continues to expand its operations so that it can better process the waste collections into fiber products utilized in industrial applications such as pads, fill, non-wovens and papermaking –some of the biggest users of reprocessed textiles. Martex Fiber, founded in 1970, is a well established leader in recycling new textile waste into baled soft fiber. Textile waste recycled by Martex Fiber is also increasingly sought in the development of emerging “LEED” certified green building materials and non-woven wipe applications. In these industries, traditional materials can be up-cycled with environmentally conservative materials, often at a lower cost.
The array of materials to be handled by Bollag International and Martex Fiber include cotton, polyester, polypropylene, rayon, acrylic, nylon and aramid fibers. The combined product offerings include reprocessed fiber, waste by-products and wiping products throughout North, Central and South America. Martex Fiber's Jimtex Yarns subsidiary produces open-end spun yarns that are made predominantly from recycled new pre-consumer textile cutting waste. This operation, based in Lincolnton GA, offers a domestic yarn source for apparel, fabric and industrial companies seeking economical eco-friendly options.
Bollag International Corp. traces its origins to Zurich, Switzerland in 1933, and is now headquartered in Charlotte, NC. Bollag is a pioneer and expert in the purchase and sale of textile fibers and by-products for customers in yarn spinning, non-woven fabrics and pads and other industrial applications. The corporation handles tens of millions of pounds per year of fibers, yarns, cuttings and mill wastes, including synthetic staple fibers and tow, high-tenacity, textured and other yarns, cotton, polyester, acrylic and wool cuttings and nylon. The company has facilities in North America, Mexico, and Central America and distributes world-wide, focusing on the Americas as well as Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Bollag International, through its subsidiary Intex D.I.Y. Inc., also produces and distributes innovative packaged wiping rags made from cut and sew factory remnants, micro-fiber products and textiles for a wide range of cleaning, polishing and painting applications. Its customers include some of the most prominent and well-known home improvement, paint and automotive parts retailers in the world. As a result of the new alliance, Intex D.I.Y. Inc. will now offer an expanded array of products under the ECO-Wiper label, a trademark of Martex Fiber.
Harry Matusow, President of Jimtex Yarns said, “our relationship with Bollag not only presents significant economies of scale for our customers, but it also solidifies our already sturdy supply chains, and clearly paves the way for new, exciting offerings such as an expanded color palette of recycled yarns and other 360 degree products, where our customers actually make a product out of the yarn generated from their own cutting waste. The bottom line is that our established customers will reap cost-savings benefits that go hand-in-hand with sustainability.”
Together, Martex Fiber Southern Corp and Bollag International possess the infrastructures to meet all their customers and vendors needs — now and well into the future.
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