ECIV Matchmaking

1 May 2025 – 31 Aug 2029

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Dieter Eichinger

Founder & CEO

TexBoard GmbH

Fürstenfeld, Austria

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Founder & CEO of TexBoard™, enabling circular textiles by upcycling mixed post-consumer textile waste into high-performance structural boards.

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TexBoard GmbH

TexBoard GmbH

Startup

Fürstenfeld, Austria

TexBoard™ develops circular material solutions by transforming mixed textile waste into high-performance structural boards as an alternative to conventional wood-based materials. This approach reduces waste, CO₂ emissions and virgin resource consumption. TexBoard™ targets applications in furniture and interior, packaging & construction solutions, enabling regional circular value chains between textile and construction industries. The company combines textile recycling expertise with material innovation and an industrial scale-up focus.
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About me

Entrepreneur and circular materials expert with 20+ years of experience in the textile and fibre industry. Background includes industrial fibre production, recycling systems, standards and circular economy implementation.

Founder & CEO of TexBoard™, developing scalable material solutions that upcycle mixed post-consumer textile waste into high-performance structural boards, enabling regional circular value chains beyond fibre-to-fibre recycling.

Experience in EU-funded collaborative projects (H2020/Horizon Europe), including SCIRT and TRUSTEX. Additional experience includes active roles in fibre standardisation and industry alignment through CIRFS and BISFA, supporting the market integration of circular textile solutions.

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Skills

  • circular economy
  • Textile recycling
  • Upcycling technologies
  • Secondary raw materials
  • Bio-based materials
  • industrial symbiosis
  • Material Innovation
  • Circular materials for furniture & packaging
  • Pilot & demonstration projects

Interests

  • ECIV interregional projects
  • Pilot regions
  • Circular Textiles
  • Regional value chains for textiles
  • Waste-to-material solutions
  • Demonstration & scale-up
  • public-private partnerships

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Areas of activity

TextilesCircular business modelsIndustrial symbiosisBioeconomyPackagingConstruction

Region

Other

THEMATIC GROUPS INTEREST

TG-Circular textile productionTG-Biobased materials in ConstructionTG-Secondary raw materialsTG-Design out of wasteTG-Industrial symbiosis