Founded by Alexandra Harrod, Zori Tex is a fashion sourcing expert with 15 years of experience working with retailers, brands and manufacturers, including John Lewis and Tendam. The company was established to make fibre composition insight faster, more accessible and more useful for real-world sorting and recycling decisions.
Zori Tex helps brands, retailers, take-back schemes, sorters and recyclers make lower-risk decisions on textile materials. Its focus includes blended fabrics, where composition is harder to assess and where decisions can significantly affect quality, efficiency and value. The company's goal is to provide fast and practical material intelligence that supports sorting and recycling feedstock data and next-life route selection.
Initial Services
Zori Tex currently offers:
- Fibre composition checking for textile products and feedstocks.
- In-house sample testing with a short results summary.
- Feedstock profiling to understand what is being collected and where variability sits.
- Pilot and sampling scoping with partners.
- Collaboration with sorting and recycling partners to target the highest-value gaps.
Key Achievements
To date, Zori Tex has:
- Completed early industrial tests capturing blended materials and low-percentage fibres such as elastane.
- Established active UK and EU collaborations across sorting, recycling and innovation stakeholders.
- Received support through Horizon Europe and Innovate UK programmes.
- Developed solutions built for conveyor and real-time workflows.
What Differentiates Zori Tex?
Zori Tex stands out through its:
- Blend-inclusive approach aligned with real-world feedstocks.
- Agile model that enables outputs to be adapted to partner needs.
- Affordable, modular and scalable design suitable for varied operational environments.
- Ability to fill a key data gap for collectors, sorters and recyclers.
Get in Touch
Zori Tex is currently offering early access opportunities for in-house testing and analysis. Participants receive results alongside discussions on the implications for sorting, recycling or routing decisions.
The company also welcomes conversations with organisations interested in exploring pilot projects.
