Our Process Conserves Natural Resources

Crude oil wellhead

Crude oil refinery

Naptha

Xylenes

Paraxylene

TA* & MEG**

Polymerization

Extrusion

Texturing

Process Eliminated

Repreve Chip Production

Extrusion

Texturing

* TA is Terephthalic Acid

** MEG is Mono Ethylene Glycol (can be made from oil or natural gas)

DISCLAIMER: Process comparison is for making Repreve polyester filament fibers. For more information on Repreve polyester staple fiber and filament nylon, please contact us.

Repreve Appears on How It's Made

Repreve is made with 100% recycled fiber—and manufactured like no other recycled yarn in the world. Our process is so unique, the Discovery Channel featured it on an episode of How It's Made.

Saving Energy and Resources

Repreve conserves resources because it offsets the need to use newly refined crude oil. Oil refining is a complex industrial process that turns crude oil into a multitude of petroleum-based products. Some of these products are then made into ingredients that go into synthetic fibers.

For every 1 LB. of Repreve polyester yarn, 50,000 BTU's*** are conserved, the equivalent of .4 gallons of gasoline.

***BTU is British Thermal Units

Better For The Planet

Repreve recycled yarn offsets the need to use new crude oil to produce virgin polyester and nylon.

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Making The News

Repreve 100% recycled is getting the attention of the trade and popular press.

Find Out What They're Saying

All resource conservation calculations are specific only to the Repreve product.