DSM-Niaga Ready for Production of 100% Recyclable Carpets

Zwolle, NL, November 16, 2016—DSM-Niaga, a joint venture of DSM and start-up company Niaga, has announced that its Niaga technology is ready for commercial-scale production of recyclable carpets.

All carpets made with this technology can be 100% recycled and made into new carpets of the same volume and quality, again and again.

To boost innovation and collaboration with the carpet industry, DSM-Niaga will extend its Niaga Innovation Center activities and install its own Niaga Technology carpet line in DSM’s Materials Center in Geleen, the Netherlands, as of January 2017.

Annually around 4.5 billion m2 of carpet, tiles and rugs has been fitted worldwide in buildings, cars, planes and many other interiors. Each year billions of kilograms of carpet are discarded as landfill or incinerated. For 40 years, the combination of many materials, including latex adhesive, has made it both technically difficult and economically uninteresting to attempt to recover materials for re-use.

The innovation center will serve the carpet industry to test and further develop the Niaga Technology and expand their portfolios with more sustainable, reusable products. DSM-Niaga has the ambition to make the technology available for all carpet producers globally. Together with its strategic partner Lacom GmbH, a global leader in laminating and coating machines, DSM-Niaga has made machine sets fit for Niaga technology.