Alpes TLC

Alpes TLC operates a textile sorting centre in Ugine, Savoie, where second-hand clothing and shoes are graded for local resale, export or recycling. Services include on-site picking, international export, and recycling and innovation work on textile fibres.

Customers are textile professionals: the company names more than 10 partner friperies (second-hand clothing shops) and says it serves more than 15 countries. It reports sorting 25 tonnes per day and collects textiles from the Geneva basin, Chamonix, Chambéry and Grenoble. Revenue comes from sorted garments sold into local resale and export channels and from sorting and picking services.

The company was founded in 2012 and is registered in Gilly-sur-Isère. It cites more than 40 years of experience in sorting second-hand textiles and shoes. It has a team of 50 and runs Atelier 815 shops. It collaborates with Synergies TLC and Nouvelle Fibres Textiles on local recycling and fibre regeneration projects.

Product: Textile and shoe sorting, on-site picking, export of sorted second-hand garments, and textile recycling services.