Loop Industries announces launch of Twist

Loop Industries, a Canada-based clean technology company in the plastic and fiber markets, has announced the launch of Twist, a branded circular polyester resin made entirely from end-of-life textile . Originally developed as Loop's fiber-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin, the product has been rebranded to reflect its role in helping the textile industry transition from linear to circular systems, shifting away from virgin materials and from bottle-to-textile recycling. 

Using Loop's patented depolymerization technology, Twist is produced by breaking down polyester textiles into base monomers, dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and monoethylene glycol (MEG), which are then purified before being polymerized into Twist resin. According to Loop, the process removes all dyes, colorants, contaminants and blends, delivering a resin that is chemically identical to virgin polyester. Textile-to-textile recycling allows apparel companies to mitigate the increasing environmental impact of end-of-life textiles. 

According to the company, the production of Twist saves up to 418,600 metric tons of CO₂ emissions annually and reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 81 percent when compared with fossil fuel-based resin.  

Loops says Twist is set to transform textile recycling as it is the first textile-to-textile polyester resin offering complete traceability. Embedded chemical tracers allow customers to track finished products directly back to their original textile inputs. With full traceability from end-of-life textile input to finished product, Twist helps brands meet growing regulatory and consumer demands for transparency and circularity. 

Twist will be expanded from Loop's Terrebonne facility and produced at the Infinite Loop India facility, a manufacturing platform designed to serve global textile and apparel brands.  

"Twist represents a major step forward in closing the loop for textiles," says Giovanni Catino, chief revenue officer of Loop Industries. "It supports the textile industry's shift toward a circular model and provides a unique product offering which meets the needs of Loop's customers as we secure agreements for the offtake of our India JV [joint venture]." 

The India joint venture aims to build and operate an “infinite loop” manufacturing facility to produce a unique product offering of lower-carbon-footprint recycled dimethyl terephthalate (rDMT), recycled monoethylene glycol (rMEG) and specialty polymers using the Infinite Loop technology.