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EURATEX PROMOTES THE GROWING ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL TEXTILES APPLICATIONS IN ISTANBUL

EURATEX and the Turkish Textile Employers Association (TTEA) jointly organised the first EURATEX Convention on "The Future of Technical Textiles” attended by more 300 participants from industry, but also representatives from local ministries, export associations, academics and government agencies.  [...] Mr. Halit Narin, President of Turkish Textile Employers' Association said: “Our country believes in the future of the textile and particularly to the future of technical textiles. [...]   Mr. Alberto Paccanelli, Euratex President, stressed that “[...] technical textiles have experienced significant development in recent years. We must be proud of..."  read more in the PRESS INFORMATION PACKAGE

About EURATEX:

The European Apparel and Textile Confederation aisbl is the voice of the entire textile and clothing value chain (from fibres to end-products) supplying with flexible solutions the fashion, home and technical application fields. Membership covers the EU-27 but also Croatia, Egypt, Morocco, Norway, Russia, Serbia Switzerland and Turkey. EURATEX represents the interests of more than 186.000 companies across the EU-27 providing direct employment to more than 1,83 million people and having a turnover of 171 billion € in 2011

Francesco Marchi

Director General

EURATEX – European Apparel and Textile Confederation

Rue Montoyer n° 24 Box 10

BE-1000 Brussels

Phone: +.32.2.285.48. 92

Website: www.euratex.eu