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RESEARCH AND DESIGN OF STRATEGIESFOR THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION OF THE VALENCIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY
CIRCULAR COST
Motivation
The project TEXTRANSFER 2024 has identified key regulatory changes for the Valencian textile industry, such as the Ecodesign Directive, the Waste Directive, and the Corporate Social Responsibility Directive. These regulations promote the circular economy, traceability, and resource optimization.
In response to these challenges, the need to develop decision-making methodologies to support the adaptation of textile companies to European regulations was identified. This led to the creation of CIRCULAR COST 2025, a new research line running parallel to TEXTRANSFER 2025.
AITEX will lead this project to generate knowledge on life cycle analysis and associated costs, providing strategic tools to help Valencian companies comply with regulations and strengthen their leadership in sustainability.
Objectives
Promote the sustainability and competitiveness of the textile sector in the Valencian Community by supporting strategic decision-making in the face of new regulations, facilitating the adaptation of the sector.
Value and competitive advantage
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Supports strategic decision‑making based on objective data on costs, environmental impact and social performance.
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Enables operational cost reduction by identifying inefficiencies throughout the product and process life cycle.
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Improves environmental performance by integrating ecodesign criteria from early development stages.
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Facilitates early compliance with emerging European regulations on sustainability and circular economy.
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Strengthens transparency and communication of environmental and social impacts across the textile value chain.
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Enables access to premium markets and customers demanding verified circularity and sustainability data.
Expected results
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Comprehensive analysis of the European and national regulatory framework related to sustainability and circularity in the textile sector.
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Creation of a specialized knowledge base through bibliographic research and systematic review of regulations and methodologies.
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Development of a tool for Life Cycle Costing analysis applied to textile products, processes and subprocesses.
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Design of complementary strategic methodologies to assess circularity from environmental, economic and social perspectives.
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Integration of LCC, LCA, ecodesign and social assessment within a multicriteria decision‑making framework.
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Validation of the developed tools through pilot cases and synergies with technology transfer projects.
Grant number: PENDING
Programme: Plan of non-economic activities 2025
Period of execution: January 2025 – December 2025
Status: Finished
More information: PLAN OF ACTION
Entity: IVACE
Project supported by the Ministry of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Generalitat Valenciana, through IVACE.
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R&D AREAS
New high-performance functionalised materials
Circular economy and sustainability
Advanced manufacturing, smart textiles and digitalisation
High value-added solutions for strategic markets
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AITEX is present at the Babykid FIMI fair at Feria Valencia from January 26 to 28, presenting tests and certifications for children’s products.
AITEX has attended the Cosmetorium fair in Barcelona once again on October to present its new products for the cosmetic sector.
AITEX has hosted the LIFE POLITEX workshop entitled “Closing the textile polyester cycle: challenges and opportunities”, based on promoting sustainable solutions for the management and recycling of textile materials.