News

Brussels 4 July 2024 – In the shaping of the next European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10), we, the undersigned 109 European associations representing key European RD&I stakeholders, hereby urge the EU Institutions to significantly increase the current budget in view of FP10 and to make pan-European collaborative research the cornerstone of FP10,…
Read more

Brussels, 21 June 2024 – Last week, EURATEX hosted different events for its members, stakeholders and network. We started on 12 June with the convention for a sustainable future for the European textile industry, organised together with economiesuisse and Swiss Textiles in the beautiful Chateau de la Hulpe. The convention focused on the impact of…
Read more

Brussels, 14 June 2024 – Portuguese textile entrepreneur, Mario Jorge Machado, has been elected President of EURATEX during its General Assembly on 14 June. The Assembly also nominated Alberto Paccanelli as Honorary President. Mario Jorge Machado has an extensive career in textiles. Mario is currently a shareholder and director of “Adalberto Textile Solutions, S.A.”, where…
Read more

CheMI was established in 2003 as the platform for downstream users of chemical substances or mixtures across manufacturing industries. CheMI works as a communication channel for producers of articles, materials, components or consumer goods to voice perspectives, concerns and to contribute to the successful implementation of REACH. The members are associations of industries which in…
Read more

The EU TCLF Social Partners, CEC, Cotance, Euratex and industriAll Europe call for future EU policy makers to increase their ambition to safeguard the European TCLF sectors and keep good industrial jobs in Europe. The TCLF Social Partners are all signatories to the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal and express their full support…
Read more

Brussels, 2 April 2024 – In the context of the EU TCLF Pact for Skills, EURATEX will work together with CEC[1] and COTANCE[2] to support the creation of regional partnerships in the area skills. The new SkillBridge project, supported by the European Commission DG GROW, will specifically help to develop action plans with regional authorities,…
Read more

The European textile industry discusses the EU textile strategy to create a greener and more competitive sector within Europe . Brussels, 26 March 2024 – Under the Belgian EU presidency, Centexbel, Creamoda, EURATEX and Fedustria organised a successful event on the EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles. Around 200 people gathered in Brussels. European…
Read more

An important step ahead to develop an innovation-driven European textiles industry Brussels, 20 March 2024 – In the fringes of the EU Research and Innovation Days, the European Commission has announced 9 new European co-funded and co-programmed partnerships, including “Textiles of the Future” (*). These partnerships will be at the core of the Horizon Europe…
Read more

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, 13 March 2024 – For the past three days, representatives from all 43 European partners of RegioGreenTex met for the Annual Consortium Meeting, hosted by CITEVE – the Portuguese Centre for textile innovation. Co-funded by the European Union I3 Instrument Programme, RegioGreenTex is a €13 million project to promote investments…
Read more