Picvisa and Girbau to open textile recycling plant

BARCELONA / VIC – Picvisa, a specialist in AI-based optical sorting technologies for the reuse and recycling of materials, and Girbau, a major industrial laundry and automation solutions company, have begun a partnership aiming to advance the full automation of post-consumer textile sorting lines.

To kick off the strategic collaboration, the two companies are launching a new plant in Northern Europe which integrates Sortech, Girbau’s automated feeding and separation system, with Ecosort, Picvisa’s textile sorting technology, into a single continuous and fully automated line.