KBR will be the technology partner for TreeToTextile’s new sustainable textile fibers demonstration plant to be built in Nymölla, Sweden. The company will provide technology license, engineering, proprietary equipment, and commissioning services for the chemicals recovery unit of the project. This will enable TreeToTextile to efficiently and sustainably reuse valuable chemicals through KBR eco-planning innovative solutions.

Based in the US, KBR delivers science, technology, and engineering solutions to governments and companies. It employs approximately 29,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. The company has over 50 years of experience in state-of-the-art design and supply of evaporation and crystallization technologies and has supplied over 200 plants globally across diverse applications and industry segments, including fertilizers, metallurgical, pulp and paper, chemicals, food, etc.

The TreeToTextile technology is a new innovative chemical process using renewable forest raw material and regenerating the cellulose into a textile fiber by spinning the dissolving pulp. The process uses less chemicals, allowing for a more sustainable and cost-efficient process compared to conventional technologies and fibers.