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TRADE & INDUSTRY
EURATEX seeks at ensuring improved access to world markets for Textile and Clothing companies, as well as a cost-effective European regulatory framework allowing SMEs to maintain competitive advantage and a sound industrial base in Europe.
INNOVATION & SKILLS
EURATEX works proactively with EU institutions and policy makers to support innovation, and promotes a range of initiatives to address the increasing challenge of attracting and retaining qualified human resources for the EU textile and clothing industry.
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES
True sustainability comes with great efforts, costs, investments in knowledge, research and innovation, and collaboration along the whole value chain. EURATEX works with its Members on Sustainable Businesses in chemicals policy, circular economy, sustainable supply chains and industrial emissions.
LATEST NEWS
European textile industry increasingly exposed to global pressure
Brussels, 17/05/2023 – European textile industry is exposed to global pressures more than ever before; policy makers need to consider that global dimension. EURATEX released today its 2023 Spring Report,[…]
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Safeguarding the Internal Market Legal Basis of the Packaging and Packaging Waste
Brussels, 17 April 2023 – More than 120 associations signed a joint statement to express their concern about the potential erosion or split of the legal basis of the Regulation[…]
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First Anniversary of the EU Textile Strategy – celebration or mourning?
Brussels, 31 March 2023. – On 30 March 2022, the European Commission presented its vision for the future of the textile industry[1]. The strategy mainly focuses on reducing the environmental[…]
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EURATEX is Partner of the New European Bauhaus
The New European Bauhaus is a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that connects the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences. EURATEX embrances the New European Bauhaus values to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future through beautiful textiles and clothing.
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