At Touchpoint in Helsinki

The Touchpoint is a company which makes clothes from recycled clothes. They’re 10 years old and have 12 workers. In 2018 they had a growth of 73% and out of all garments they used, over 80% was recycled . They make functional workwear by using circular economy.

The materials that Touchpoint uses are leftover fabrics from other companies. Touchpoint buys the leftover fabrics, makes them into new clothes and sells them to their buyers. The company is very special, because their making clothes without harming the environment. Unlike the other companies Touchpoint uses recycled fabrics instead of making new ones, and so reduce the pollution.

Out of the many working partners Touchpoint has, Pure waste produces materials for clothing in India.

Touchpoints longterm client Hesburger gave their old workwear to Touchpoint, where they transformed the clothing into tables and chairs for the customers. Touchpoint then made new clothes for Hesburger workers from recycled fabrics. The tables and chairs made from old clothing can last for 50 years.

Some of the clothes Touchpoint has made for companies can be seen in the headquarters of Touchpoint in Helsinki.

By participants of the LTT Lohja