Yitzac Goldstein

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Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer @ Agresol Group
Vancouver, BC, CA
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canada
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About Yitzac Goldstein

I am a… • C Suite executive with full P&L responsibility for a multi-million dollar multinational New Materials business since 1994• Chinese-speaking China supply chain specialist with almost a decade living in the country, with 15 years owning and running a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise there • material scientist with over 30 years of global experience in research, development and commercialization of fiber and polymer added-value products for Fortune 500 companies.• designer of carbon-negative bio-product manufacturing systems and integrated biorefineries focused on fiber, polymer, chemical, and fuel co-production from food crop residues, food processing waste, landscape and forestry waste, animal agriculture waste, sewage biosolids, and other sources of low value biomass• textile engineer with additional specialized working knowledge in non-wood manufacturing technologies for the pulp and packaging, composites, and building materials industries• provider of customized, market-ready, zero-waste industrial solutions for reducing water, energy, and raw material usage, while increasing revenues via the production of closed-loop co-products• inventor of a patented biorefinery technology “Process for Refining Fiber and Deriving Chemical Co-Products from Biomass” and patent pending “Spun Yarn With A Structure Engineered To Reduce Fiber Shedding”My work has been honored with…• the 1st place 2018 “Nobel Prize” of sustainable textiles, the H&M Foundation Global Change award • being selected two times for Fashion For Good's Innovation Platform • a place in Time Magazine's “Top 10 Smartest Sustainable Products” • features in many trade and consumer publications, including Fast Company, Forbes, The Guardian, and dozens of others• grants from the European Union including the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Program and European Cluster Collaboration platform• grants from Canada including 3 from The National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) and also from MITACS Innovation Challenge • eight-figure technology investment from institutional investors• the participation of a former Global President of a $33 billion CPG in a recent spinoff company based on my technology, as investor, Chairman, and Co-CEOMy innovation/IP development activities include…• active circular and biofiber/biopolymer R&D programs in Canada, China, Germany, Portugal, and Spain• technologies covering textile recycling, low value biomass valorization, renewable energy systems

Yitzac Goldstein's Current Company Details
Agresol Group

Agresol Group

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Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Vancouver, BC, CA
Employees:
3
Yitzac Goldstein Work Experience Details
  • Agresol Group
    Co-Founder And Chief Innovation Officer
    Agresol Group
    Vancouver, Bc, Ca
  • Calfibre
    Co-Founder
    Calfibre Jan 2023 - Present
    Willows, California, Us
    CalFibre is a company incorporated to repair, restart, operate, acquire and expand a 300K ton/yr rice straw fiber plant in Northern California. The core product includes Medium and High Density Fibreboard (MDF/HDF) for construction applications. We also can provide rice straw packaging pulp, and post-consumer textile recycling by adjusting the equipment's operating conditions. The project, at full capacity, can generate up to 450k ton/yr saleable carbon credits (methane avoidance from the rice straw decomposition).
  • Earth Protex
    Co-Founder And Cto
    Earth Protex Mar 1994 - Present
    Earth Protex Group Inc. is a private family-owned multinational conglomerate founded in 1994 in the United States. For 3 decades we have been at the forefront of sustainable fiber and polymer research, development and production. Earth Protex owns and operates companies in the US, Canada, China, and Portugal. We have a JV company in India and branch offices in the UK, Spain, and Pakistan.Our Tex2Tex™ technology enables the textile to textile thermo-mechanical recycling of polyester yarn, fabric, and garment waste via the industry’s lowest published carbon footprint process. Our production unit has a 50,000 ton/year capacity and we have shipped millions of meters of 100% Tex2Tex™ fabrics to major global brands. Tex2Tex™ will soon be produced at a 2nd Earth Protex greenfield 40,000 ton/year recycling facility, with an aggressive facility rollout plan to follow.Earth Protex is a JV partner in CalFibre, a major rice straw fiber project, based in Northern California. CalFibre is one of the largest US non-wood biomass aggregators, and owns 150,000 tons of baled rice straw inventory. The company also has 20 year contracts with local rice farmers for 300,000 tons per year of straw. CalFibre owns IP for making 100% tree-free and formaldehyde-free MDF construction boards from rice straw, and other forms of crop waste, and the company is attempting to acquire a $400 million rice straw fibreboard manufacturing facility.We have a portfolio of pre-commercial IP across the circular and bio fiber and polymer space:Agrefinery™ closed loop biomass conversion tech ReSpectrum™ - recycling of textile dyestuff DryPlast™ - hydrophobic & thermoplastic treatments for celluloseMicroCot™ and NanoCot™ - micro and nano-fibrillated recycled cottonCAPAC™ - Cotton and Polyester Advanced Composites FAASST™ - Functional and Anti-Shedding Surface Treatments Upspun™ - hybrid yarn spinning tech for recycled and vegetal fibersChlorNoMore™ – bio-based chlor-alkali alternatives
  • Circular Systems Spc
    Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
    Circular Systems Spc Apr 2017 - Feb 2021
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    The Circular Systems Group provides Resource Solutions for the Circular Economy. The Company has developed two revolutionary waste-to-fiber processing systems known as Agraloop and Texloop. Circular Systems has also developed a highly innovative yarn production technology called Orbital Hybrid Yarns, which uses these and other sustainable fibers. Please visit circular-systems.com for more information.The Agraloop Bio-Refinery transforms food crop waste into high-value natural fiber products in a cost competitive and scalable way, providing sustainable and regenerative benefits. The Agraloop can utilize a range of feed stocks including oilseed hemp and oilseed flax straw as well as pineapple leaves, banana trunks and sugar cane bark. Please visit Agraloop.com for more information.Texloop is an innovative processing system that converts pre and post consumer 100% synthetic and synthetic blend textile waste into recycled fiber, yarns and fabrics. Texloop is capable of managing complex blends and stretch fabrics. Texloop is cost competitive with virgin polyester and highly scalable.Orbital Hybrid Yarns are a revolutionary new yarn technology capable of producing high-performance yarns using recycled fibers. The resulting yarns have low pilling, high strength, and moisture management properties.
  • H&M
    Senior Sustainable Materials Consultant (External)
    H&M Mar 2016 - Mar 2017
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se
    R&D and supply chain development for sustainable textiles.

Yitzac Goldstein Skills

Textiles Textile Industry Product Development International Trade Sourcing Apparel Manufacturing Business Strategy Global Sourcing Wovens Logistics Marketing Merchandising Management Sustainability Organic Products Textile Design Denim Chinese Language Textile Development

Yitzac Goldstein Education Details

  • Amherst College
    Amherst College
  • Western Washington University
    Western Washington University

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Yitzac Goldstein attended Amherst College, Western Washington University.

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