Recover’s Ferre joins Textile Exchange board
22/01/2025
He has more than 30 years of experience in the textile industry and will work to accelerate the adoption of preferred materials.
Other board members include representatives from Target, Patagonia, Columbia and Lenzing. Board members have a three-year term and are eligible for up to three terms, totaling nine years.
He said: “I hope to bring valuable perspectives from manufacturers across the value chain, ensuring that Textile Exchange benefits from diverse expertise. This will strengthen its ability to address the industry’s most pressing challenges and lay the groundwork for a future in fashion that is not only more responsible but also deeply trustworthy and reliable.”
Alfredo Ferre García is part of the fourth generation of the founding family of Hilaturas Ferre. The Ferre family started its business near Alicante in 1914 as a textile factory dedicated to the production of jute and other non-clothing textiles. After a period of raw material shortages due to the first and second world wars, in 1947 the company started recycling textile waste back into cotton yarns.
Alredo Ferre joined the company in 1989, in the expansion department. In 2000, Alfredo Ferre took over from his father and uncle and, in 2002, he was appointed CEO, a position he held until 2020 when he joined spin-off company Recover after the purchase by the Story3 Capital fund.
In 2023, Recover appointed Anders Sjoblom from H&M has its chief executive and Mr Ferre moved to chief product and innovation officer.
Recover is opening a manufacturing facility in Vietnam specialising in RMix, its solution for cotton-polyester blends.
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