ANDRITZ tearing line boosts sustainable mattress production

International technology group ANDRITZ has supplied and recently commissioned a tearing line at Sealy Australia’s mattress manufacturing facility in Brisbane. This advanced technology allows Sealy to recycle both post-consumer and post-industrial textile waste using a single line.

Sealy, a leading manufacturer of high-quality mattresses in Australia, produces 1,000 mattresses daily at its Brisbane plant. To enhance sustainability, the company installed the ANDRITZ tearing line to replace some virgin fiber feedstock with recycled fibers.

The ANDRITZ reXline tearing system can process up to 1,200 kg/h of cotton denim waste and 800 kg/h of quilt waste. Its six-cylinder Exel module provides flexibility to switch between these two material types. Combined with the ANDRITZ airfelt line, which has been operational at the Brisbane plant since 2008, Sealy can efficiently transform large volumes of waste into new mattresses for global distribution.

Shaun Guest, Fiber Plant Factory Manager at Sealy Australia, stated, “With our new line, we are making significant progress toward circularity by producing new mattresses from textile waste that would otherwise be burned or sent to landfills.” He also expressed satisfaction with the collaboration, saying, “Working with the ANDRITZ textile recycling experts again has been a pleasure. They are the right partner to support us in our ambitious projects.”