Dornbirn GFC highlights the synergies between the fibre, textile, and paper industries through its lecture sessions. From circular raw materials to advanced processing and surface technologies, cross-industry collaboration can accelerate innovation and unlock new, high-value paper applications.
Participating companies, universities and institutes:
ANDRITZ AG
CETI (Centre Européen des Textiles Innovants)
Graz University of Technology
Gessner GmbH
TU Dresden
RWTH Aachen
Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG
- Utilization of cotton fibers from textile waste for packaging grade papers
Michael Waupotitsch / ANDRITZ AG / Austria
From Waste Textiles to Thin Sustainable Papers:
Unlocking Cellulosic Fibre Circularity through
Mechanical Reprocessing
Antoine Cosne / CETI (Centre Européen des Textiles Innovants) /France
From Textile Waste to Packaging Paper: Processing Windows and Performance of Post-Consumer Cotton
Thomas Harter / Graz University of Technology /Austria
Why sustainability?
Armin Niederhuber / Gessner GmbH / Germany
Advancing Circular and Sustainable Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres from Portuguese Eucalyptus: Innovations from the be@t Project
José Matos / CeNTI / Portugal
Upcycling Mechanical Textile Recycling Residues into Paper Fibers: Wet-Laid vs. Airlaid Pathways to create new value
René Kleinert / Technnische Universität Dresden / Germany
Bendix Brüggenjürgen / RWTH Aachen / Germany
Towards a closed cotton loop: suitability of cotton waste pulp from enzymatically separated PET/cotton fabric
Jeannie Egan / Recovery Strategies for Textiles - ReSTex / Austria
Eva-Maria Wurzer / Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG /Austria
Program with more information:
Conference Schedule – Dornbirn GFC 2026
