Danville, Virginia (September 1, 2026) — Circ®, a global leader in textile-to-textile recycling, today announced a new offtake agreement with BHF, a leading specialty polyester fiber innovator. This agreement significantly expands the company’s ability to bring recycled polyester into mainstream fiber production.
Under the agreement, BHF will utilize Circ® PET chip in the commercial manufacture of textile-to-textile staple fiber, integrating Circ’s recycled polyester directly into its industrial production systems. The partnership establishes BHF as a new downstream conversion partner for Circ materials and strengthens the company’s access to large-scale fiber manufacturing capacity in China, one of the world’s most important textile production regions.
The collaboration enables higher volumes of textile-to-textile recycled polyester to move into global supply chains. It also broadens the number of qualified industrial partners capable of converting Circ’s outputs into fiber used by mills, brands, and apparel manufacturers worldwide.
"Advancing textile-to-textile recycling at a meaningful scale depends not only on technological innovation, but on strong manufacturing partners who have the expertise to translate innovation into commercial impact,” said Peter Majeranowski, CEO of Circ. “BHF’s position as a leading global polyester producer in partnership with Circ’s technology creates a substantive opportunity to integrate circular materials into global supply chains."
BHF operates an integrated industrial platform spanning advanced fiber production, functional materials, and recycled polyester manufacturing. The company has invested heavily in high-performance textile solutions and brings established expertise in direct-melt spinning, differentiated fiber development, and large-scale polyester production.
“This offtake agreement leverages Circ’s textile recycling technology and BHF’s established fiber manufacturing expertise to accelerate the adoption of circular polyester at a commercial scale. Together, we will be able to provide global brands with high-quality, reliable materials while building a more circular and resilient textile supply chain.”
The agreement will support the qualification and validation of Circ® Polyester in commercial staple fiber applications. By directly connecting Circ’s textile-to-textile PET with industrial fiber manufacturing, the partnership reduces dependence on virgin fossil-based inputs while increasing the availability of polyester derived from post-consumer and post-industrial textile waste.
The collaboration also reflects Circ’s broader commercialization strategy: building a distributed network of manufacturing partners across key regions. By working with established producers embedded in major apparel supply chains, Circ is creating multiple pathways for its recycled materials to enter global production systems and accelerating the industry’s transition toward circular materials.
ABOUT CIRC:
Circ is proving that textile recycling is scalable. With patented textile-to-textile recycling technology, Circ turns discarded polycotton blended fabric into high-quality, supply-chain ready materials. By separating and recovering polyester and cellulose from polycotton, Circ’s breakthrough technology is among the first market-tested solutions for one of the industry’s most common and least recyclable materials.
Headquartered in Danville, Virginia, with its first industrial-scale facility underway in France, Circ is building the infrastructure for a circular fashion economy at global scale. The company’s technology is backed by leading global investors and its materials, Circ® Lyocell and Circ® Polyester, are already in use through collaborations with leading brands spanning luxury through mass market.
Circ has been recognized internationally as anEarthshotPrize Finalist, Fast Company Most Innovative Company,BloombergNEFPioneer, TIME100 Most Innovative Company, Inc. Best in Business, and a Certified B Corporation.
Learn more atwww.circ.earth.
ABOUT BHF
Founded in 2011 with Headquarters in Jiangsu Province, China, BHF is a leading specialty polyester fiber innovator for both staple fibers and tops, covering versatile apparel and home-textile applications.
BHF is committed to textile-to-textile (T2T) sustainability, with significant investments every year in the R&D and promotion of circular fiber solutions to the global market, featuring TERNURA® functional and LEADINGCOLOR® dope-dyed recycled polyester collections. By partnering with game-changing circular material suppliers, BHF creates a deep integration of its proprietary fiber technologies with sustainability, greatly enhancing viability and scalability of circular materials.
For BHF, sustainability means more than a recycled content claim. It means delivering consistent quality, high-performance innovations, full traceability and industrial scalability. This is what BHF is striving for.