Who, what and where we are

Aquafil at a glance

Turnover 13 plants 2000

2011: 495,7 mil/euro

3 Continents (Europe, USA, Asia)

employees
21%

21%

58%

BCF

Engineering Plastics

NTF

Energy & Recycling

BCF NTF EP

Synthetic yarn for textile flooring Nylon textile filament Engineering plastics

Bcf

(Bulk continuous filament)

sector

Automotive

Contract

BCF

Residential

Ntf

(Nylon Textile Filament)

sector

Fashion Customer

Sportswear Brand

NTF

Technical application

EP

(Engineering Plastic)

sector

Building & Construction

Electrical

EP

Automotive

Energy & Recycling Bu

BU Bcf

BU Ntf
BU Energy & Recycling

BU Ep

Mission Energy Recycle

Sustainability Culture

Where we are
USA
Cartersville GA
BCF EP

SLOVENIA
Ljubljana
BCF NTF

CROATIA
Oroslavje
NTF

Senozece
NTF

Store
BCF

CHINA
Jaixing
BCF EP

Ajdovscina
Econyl

ITALY
Arco TN
BCF EP

Arco TN Cares TN
BCF

Rovereto TN
BCF

Varallo Pombia NO
NTF

THAILAND
Rayong Bangkok
BCF

The synthetic fibre world: the challenge

Global population and fibre consumption

+ 10,7%
Population

+ 29,1%
Total fibre consumption

77,1 mio/t

99,6 mio/t

6,9 billion

7,6 billion

Source: Fibre Consumption PCI Fibres Pupulation US Census Bureau

The reason of MMF growth

Source: Opus Business Consultant

Textile mill consumption by fiber type 2010

Source: Opus Business Consultant

Textile and apparel waste

Source: European Commission, Research project, Recycling Textiles

Aquafils answer: the Econyl project

From landfill waste to first grade Polyamide 6 Aquafil - Econyl

1
PA6 POST CONSUMER WASTE FROM OUTSIDE
PA6 Very high content of PA6 (about 95%) carpets, final goods, etc Pre-treatment and separation

PA6 POST INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM OUTSIDE

PA6

Caprolactam and polymer waste

Pre-treatment

2 The Result
IN 11,000 t-y WASTE

Waste Energy

Recovering process of virgin polymer

OUT 10,000 t-y RECOVERED ECONYL FIRST GRADE POLYMERS

First: we need to find out the proper waste

End-used carpets

Polyamide 6 fluff (Post consumer)

Nylon 6 shearing fluff (Post consumer)

Spent fish farm nets, that are generally stored in perpetuity

They are not recycled but discarded near the forests in the best case

in the seabed, in the worst case.

Expanded post industrial supplies

AJDOVSCINA WAREHOUSE

(Slovenia)

Ajdovina warehouse

The Econyl recycling system: how it works

Fish nets and other collected waste are pre- treated at Ajdovscina warehouse

Material after the pre-treatment

ECONYL PLANT

(Slovenia)

Ajdovina warehouse 80 Km

Econyl Plant

Investing in our existing site

Cost of the plant to date is 17 million (excluding the polymerization unit)

 28 ton/day closed loop PA6 recovery system Replaces the use of virgin raw material We are already implementing the existing plant

Econyl plant

Green map

Econyl contributes toward satisfying: Credit MR 4 - Recycled Content Credit ID 1 - Innovation in design under LEED.

The journey has just begun

come with us