BJERRINGBRO, DENMARK, November 2024. Traceability and transparency are important aspects of a sustainable textile industry. But both are not so easy to achieve. NewRetex is therefore proud to present its innovative MES (Manufacturing Execution System), Huginn, which finally offers the textile sorting and recycling industry complete data traceability, real-time production monitoring, and detailed business insights. Huginn has been developed to meet both regulatory requirements and market challenges, such as the need for traceability and transparency across the value chain through product passports. NewRetex‘s system supports manufacturers in complying with future EU regulations, such as the ECO Design Directives, while helping them to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability in their processes. The system provides a textile sorting and recycling company with all the information needed to monitor and optimize production, develop new sorting recipes, and, of course, achieve full traceability of all the textiles being sorted and recycled.
Why is traceability important at all?
In order to satisfy the growing demand to lower the sector’s carbon footprint and promote circularity, the textile industry is putting more and more emphasis on recycled materials. Tracking and confirming recycled elements in a final product, however, is frequently a significant obstacle for the sector. This is currently addressed by NewRetex, whose inventive MES was called after the mythological raven Huginn, who represents observation and thought. It continuously gathers, evaluates, and presents KPIs from the recycling and sorting procedures in real time. NewRetex provides accurate material and color sorting together with completely automated data collection and traceability by combining this cutting-edge system with their creative automated sorting technology. The company received a GRS certificate as one of the first textile companies thanks to its cutting-edge automated sorting technology.
What are the benefits of the NewRetex MES?
Full traceability: NewRetex MES enables full traceability from textile waste to finished fibre products for end users, ensuring compliance with regulations such as ECO Design guidelines and GRS certification. Automated reporting enables effortless documentation, and APIs ensure seamless integration with product passport platforms.
Real-time data: Continuous data collection provides valuable insights into every stage of the sorting and recycling process. This allows plant managers to optimise their sorting operations, monitor production rates, track their inventory and automatically generate reports with data visualisations.
Mobile and web interfaces: Production workers can easily access the system from their phones to register material moving through the factory using QR codes. Desktop interfaces can be used by supervisors or information screens.
Scalability: The system is adaptable and designed to evolve with technological advances and market demands. Multi-site operations are supported, allowing Huginn to become a tool for material pooling and value chain optimisation on a large scale.
With sustainability at the centre of the company’s mission, NewRetex‘s Huginn system sets a new standard in textile sorting and recycling, offering an innovative solution that not only meets current industry demands but also drives the transition to a data-driven circular economy. Traceability and transparency are an important first step on the way to a closed loop. NewRetex has now taken this step with its innovative MES, Huginn.
ABOUT NEWRETEX
NewRetex A/S is a Danish company specialising in AI-based and automated sorting of textile waste using advanced sensor, robot and automation technologies. As one of the worlds ‘s first fully automated textile waste sorting companies to receive GRS certification, NewRetex is committed to driving innovation and sustainability in the textile industry.
