Nike has entered into a multi-year offtake agreement with Loop Industries, securing future supply of Twist™, the company’s virgin-quality polyester resin made exclusively from textile waste. The deal positions Nike as the anchor buyer of the upcoming Infinite Loop™ India manufacturing facility, being developed jointly by Loop Industries and Ester Industries.
The partnership marks a strategic advancement in Nike’s sustainability roadmap, enabling the brand to scale textile-to-textile recycled materials in its footwear and apparel portfolio. Twist™ offers verified circularity, powered by Loop’s proprietary depolymerization process that overturns traditional polyester recycling limitations.
Industry expectations highlight an impactful environmental shift. The Infinite Loop™ India unit is projected to deliver an 81% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil-fuel-based polyester production and save up to 418,600 tonnes of CO₂ annuallywhich is equivalent to more than one billion miles driven by a gasoline vehicle each year. Products manufactured using Twist™ will also carry chemical tracer-enabled traceability, providing Nike with transparent recycled-content verification.
Sitora Muzafarova, VP Materials Supply Chain, Nike, emphasized the partnership’s value in material evolution, noting it as a pivotal step toward transforming textile waste into high-performance materials.
Daniel Solomita, Founder and CEO of Loop Industries, called Nike’s role a major milestone toward scaled circular fashion, while Arvind Singhania, Chairman of Ester Industries, added that the agreement reinforces global confidence in recycled polyester innovation.
The collaboration is expected to accelerate commercial adoption of recycled-content polyester and support the global fashion sector in lowering emissions and fossil-material dependency—an increasingly urgent priority for brands and regulators in the circular textile landscape.
