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Turning legacy know-how into a circular business in the textile sector and beyond: the case of Pulvera

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23 February 2026

Turning legacy know-how into a circular business in the textile sector and beyond: the case of Pulvera

R&I, techniques and technological solutions

Sustainable competitiveness

Textile

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Pulvera is a newly established Italian company that leverages the textile pulverisation expertise developed within its family-run business, through a scalable process, to convert collected textile waste into textile fibre-based composites for a range of industries, including textiles, furniture, and beyond. Pulvera is an example of how innovative circular business models can open new business opportunities.

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    • R&I, techniques and technological solutions

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The company’s mission and approach
Pulvera is an Italian company founded in 2024 by the third generation of Casati, a family with long-standing expertise in the textile sector. Pulvera’s mission is to transform textile production scraps into new value-added materials. To achieve this, the company offers a comprehensive, full-lifecycle service that bridges the gap between strategic consulting and industrial production. This end-to-end approach begins with waste assessment and consulting for third parties, helping them identify the best strategies to valorise their textile waste, and culminates in the manufacturing of innovative recycled materials.

The Manufacturing Process 
Pulvera collects textile waste of any fibre composition and converts it through the pulverisation process. The resulting output is then blended with other materials to create "textile fibre-based" composites.  At the heart of Pulvera’s operations is a specialised transformation process that leverages on the proprietary powdering technology developed by Casati Flock & Fibers

Moving beyond conventional textile-to-textile recycling systems 
Pulvera constantly experiments with alternative applications for its fibres, going beyond the traditional textile-to-textile recycling model. By adopting an "industrial symbiosis" business model, Pulvera enables a circular flow where the waste of the textile sector becomes a primary resource for other industries, such as furniture and automotive manufacturing. This approach creates a dual benefit: it reduces the generation of textile waste while simultaneously decreasing the industry's reliance on virgin materials.

Conclusion
Pulvera testifies that new generations can play a key role in rethinking traditional manufacturing processes towards new circular models. It also shows that moving beyond the conventional view of textile scraps as merely an end-of-life problem, and instead treating them as a valuable input, can unlock new markets and create business opportunities.

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