KEWOOL
KEWOOL
Transforming Low-Value Wool into Bio-Based Keratin Fibres
The KEWOOL project focuses on the transformation of sheep wool into keratin-based textile filaments through innovative dissolution and spinning technologies.
The objective is to valorise low-value and underused wool streams while developing a sustainable, bio-based alternative to synthetic fibres.
Towards a new generation of bio-based fibres
KEWOOL illustrates how agricultural and animal co-products can become valuable textile resources through innovation and industrial process development.
The project opens perspectives for:
Sustainable apparel applications
Technical textiles
Circular material strategies
Reduced environmental impact textile products
More broadly, these developments contribute to strengthening local textile sovereignty and reducing dependence on imported synthetic fibres.
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Giving new value to wool co-products
Large quantities of wool generated by sheep farming are currently poorly valorised due to:
Limited textile applications
Quality variability
Economic constraints in conventional wool markets
KEWOOL aims to create new opportunities for these materials by converting wool proteins into innovative textile fibres suitable for industrial applications.
The project contributes to:
Circular economy strategies
Biomass valorisation
Reduction of fossil-based textile materials
Development of sustainable textile alternatives
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Project leader:
Agglo du Beauvaisis
Partners:
CETI Transformative Textiles
UniLaSalle
CETI’s expertise within the project
CETI brings its expertise in:
Fibre dissolution processes
Wet spinning technologies
Bio-based material development
Pilot-scale fibre production
Textile process industrialisation
Using its pilot-scale spinning platforms, CETI supports the development and validation of keratin filaments adapted to textile transformation processes and future industrial integration.
The project also reflects CETI’s broader strategic activities dedicated to:
Bio-based textiles
Alternative fibres
Sustainable industrial textile solutions
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👉 Learn more about CETI’s developments in man-made fibres: Man-made Fibers
👉 Discover CETI’s wet spinning platform
