PYRATEX Next-Generation Bio-Based and Recycled Fabrics

PYRATEX is a Madrid-based textile R&D company, operating as Pyrates Smart Fabrics, S.L. and active since 2018, founded and led by CEO Regina Polanco. It develops, produces and brings to market next-generation fabrics for fashion, activewear and lifestyle brands, replacing conventional fibres with natural, cellulosic and recycled raw materials.

The company works with brands from material questions through to production under three pillars: material intelligence, designing for the body and proof of traceability and industrial readiness. Its ingredient library includes nettle, abaca, kapok, banana agri-waste, Spanish wool, seaweed-based Seacell, Orange Fiber, Circ and Circulose lyocell, recycled cotton and degradable polyester, polyamide and elastane. Collections such as PYRATEX power, lino, circ lyocell, plant, seacell and spanish wool are offered to brands and designers.

• Material library: more than 200 proprietary developments ready to source for fashion and activewear.
• Natural fibres: nettle, abaca, kapok, banana agri-waste, hemp, linen and Spanish wool.
• Cellulosic fibres: Seacell, Smartcel, Orange Fiber, MicroTencel, bamboo lyocell, Circ lyocell and Circulose.
• Lower-impact synthetics: recycled and degradable polyester, polyamide and elastane.
• Full-package production: cut-and-sew, knitwear, socks and towelling from design to finished product.
• Designer programmes: co-development with designers, such as the Del Material a la Pasarela runway programme.

Vietnamese garment exporters can co-develop capsule collections in PYRATEX fabrics for European clients asking for bio-based or recycled content. Local fashion and activewear brands can source certified alternative fabrics for premium lines. Vietnamese agri-processing companies with banana or other plant fibre waste could explore R&D collaboration on new fibre ingredients.

Brands get access to more than 200 proprietary material developments that are ready to source, shortening the search for lower-impact fabrics. A single partner covers fibre development, fabric and finished products including cut-and-sew, knitwear, socks and towelling. Traceability and supply-chain transparency are built in so material decisions can be made early in product development.

Fashion brands face growing pressure from EU ecodesign and textile rules, digital product passports and buyer demand to cut reliance on virgin polyester and conventional cotton. This drives demand for traceable fabrics made from agri-waste, regenerated cellulose and recycled fibres. Vietnamese garment exporters serving European brands increasingly need such alternative materials in their sourcing catalogues.

Legal entity Pyrates Smart Fabrics, S.L., registered in Madrid, Spain; the website says the company has worked since 2018. Founder and CEO is Regina Polanco. Textile Innovation Partner of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid in 2026 and sponsor of the PYRATEX EN TRAMA award. Earlier collaboration with the Saudi Fashion Commission and KAUST on a Red Sea algae-based textile.