Material innovation // Jerrabomberra, Australia
Samsara Eco develops enzymatic recycling technology that breaks plastics and synthetic fibres down into molecular building blocks for new materials. Its work includes recycling polyester and nylon for apparel, and it opened a new headquarters and scale-up plant in Jerrabomberra, New South Wales, in September 2025.
Its new plant allows closer scrutiny of how enzymatically recycled synthetic fibres move from demonstrations into apparel supply chains.
Samsara Eco raised A$100 million in 2024 in a round co-led by Temasek and Main Sequence, with investors including Lululemon, DCVC and Wollemi Capital.
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