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Best wishes for 2022

Dear members, partners and stakeholders, At the start of this new year, I would like to present you EURATEX’ best wishes for 2022, and share some thoughts on our common future. The textiles and apparel industry is going through a rapid transformation, with increased focused on sustainability, flexible supply chains, changing consumer behaviour. The Covid19…
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Launch of the TCLF Pact for Skills : putting people at the heart of the industry’s competitiveness.

Brussels, 16 December 2021 – 118 organisations signed today the TCLF[1] Pact for Skills , an initiative promoted by the European Commission and coordinated by EURATEX. The signatories acknowledge the skills challenge in the textiles ecosystem, and commit to invest in reskilling and upskilling workers, integrating green and digital skills and improving the attractiveness of…
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Antwerp Convention shows: European Textiles and Apparel sector alive and kicking !

EURATEX 9th Convention was successfully conducted on 9 and 10 November in Antwerp, back-to-back with the 36th IAF World Fashion Convention. The event brought together, under Belgian ‘Covid Safe’ conditions, well over 250 apparel and textile industry professionals, from across Europe and beyond. Under the theme “A new paradigm for the European Textiles & Apparel…
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Joint Statement On Enforcement Of EU Chemical Legislation Ahead Of The 2nd Meeting Of The High-Level Roundtable

Enforcement of EU chemicals safety and environmental legislation will play a central role in implementing the European Green Deal agenda and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. No matter how ambitious the legislation is on paper, it will never fulfil the level of protection of consumers and workers it has set out to offer, if not…
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EURATEX releases its latest economic survey: European Textiles and Clothing industry coming out of the Covid19-crisis, but facing new challenges ahead.

Brussels, 11 October 2021 – Latest economic data confirm further recovery of the textile and clothing industry. This recovery may however be disrupted by the current supply chain and energy problems. Latest economic data on the European T&C industry confirm further recovery from the corona pandemic. The textile activity has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level…
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European textiles and clothing industry calls for immediate support to tackle the energy supplies crisis.

Brussels, 24 September 2021 – On the occasion of EURATEX Board of Directors meeting, held in Brussels today, President Alberto Paccanelli issued an urgent appeal to European and national authorities to support our companies who face a massive increase in their energy costs. On the occasion of EURATEX Board of Directors meeting, held in Brussels…
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REACH4Textiles: Better market surveillance for textile products

Brussels, 15 September 2021 – The REACH4texiles project just kicked off. Funded by the European Commission, it aims at exploring solutions for fair and effective market surveillance on textile products. Every year, about 28 billions of garments circulate across Europe, 80% of which are imported from outside the EU and its jurisdiction. Inevitably, such huge…
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EURATEX vision for a European Textiles Strategy

Brussels, 13 September 2021 – EURATEX releases its vision for a new EU strategy for textiles and clothing. The new strategy should develop a forward looking business model. It would lay down the foundations for a competitive and sustainable European textiles industry. The European Commission should publish before the end of 2021 an “EU Sustainable…
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Textile and apparel industry alliance moves closer to release of an international microfibre shedding standard

Brussels, 6 September 2021. A sector alliance that was formed to tackle issues relating to microplastics has completed the next phase of its project to develop a harmonised industry standard for the supply chain. The Cross Industry Agreement (CIA) has revealed the results of a fibre fragmentation trial that has been carried out in advance…
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Flexibility, resilience and people: this is Textils Mora

Spain, 2 September 2021 – What makes a textile company innovative and competitive? Textils Mora agreed to unveil its recipe for success and to share with us some insights on the difficulties faced in the last year. Textils Mora is a company based in Spain, which has more than 80 years of history. Present in…
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