Brussels Textiles Forum 2025
On 26 June 2025, more than 130 selected participants gathered in De Warande, Brussels. This event offered a unique opportunity for stakeholders from across the European textile and apparel ecosystem to come together, exchange views, and help shape the future of our industry.
The morning was dedicated to a high-level plenary session, where leading figures set the scene by addressing the major trends and challenges impacting our sector today — from global trade tensions and shifting geopolitical landscapes to energy competitiveness and the evolving regulatory environment.
In the afternoon, participants had the opportunity to dive deeper into specific areas through a series of parallel workshops, each focusing on key issues such as sustainability and circularity, chemicals, trade and market access, skills development, regulatory simplification, and enforcement challenges.
Speakers included Peter de Keyzer, Economist and Founding Partner of Growth Inc., Maria Martin-Prat, Deputy Director-General at DG TRADE, Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director at DG Environment, and Nicolò Brignoli, Member of Valdis Dombrovskis’s Cabinet.
Brussels Textiles Forum 2024
Discussing
European policy
on textiles and clothing
What is going to happen in the next five years?
Which policies will be at the centre of the next institutional cycle?
What can be done to support European SMEs and lower the legislative burden?
These were some of the questions that EU top officials and journalists answered during EURATEX Brussels Textiles Forum on 13 June 2024. The event was a great success as it gather 140 selected guests in both the textiles and Brussels community.
11th EURATEX Convention
Meet the textile & fashion industry
Textile & Fashion Forum Helsinki 2023 was a successful event. It gathered 250 participants from 15 countries and provided industry insights, interesting discussions and business cases from across Europe. This event really showcased industry’s innovative companies and their efforts to build a sustainable and resilient future.
The event was organized by Finnish Textile & Fashion and EURATEX.
EURATEX General Assembly and ITMA 2023
A successful edition
EURATEX members and guests gathered in Milan on 7 June 2023 for the General Assembly. Organised together with Sistema Moda Italia, the meeting focussed on “Textiles 5.0: innovation, sustainability, people”. The meeting in Milan was also the occasion to strengthen links with textile machine manufacturers, gathering at ITMA 2023, the world’s largest textile machinery trade fair.
10th EURATEX Convention
Porto Convention
On 13 October 2022, EURATEX, together with ATP, gathered more then 200 participants at its annual convention.
This year’s theme was “Sustainability meets Competitiveness – How to square the circle“.
CEOs, experts and researchers debated how our industry, in order to remain a leader in the global market, needs to develop a forward-looking business model reconciling competitiveness with sustainability. This requires a “smart” approach to legislation, the use of innovative technologies, and a changing consumer behaviour, together with strong global environmental and social commitments.
Different workshops looked at how companies can anticipate the new European regulatory framework, embrace innovation, and develop a business model where sustainability becomes a source of competitiveness and growth.
https://portoconvention.eu/