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Picvisa and Girbau have formed a strategic partnership to advance the automation of post-consumer textile sorting by commissioning a new plant in Northern Europe. The facility will combine Girbau's Sortech system, designed for automated feeding and garment separation, with Picvisa's Ecosort optical sorting technology, which classifies textiles by fibre composition, colour, and type.

This integration aims to improve process stability, throughput, and reduce reliance on manual pre-sorting, addressing the need for efficient textile recycling solutions as material volumes rise. The plant is among the first in Europe to integrate these technologies within a single line for post-consumer textiles, marking Picvisa's second turnkey facility on the continent.