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On 17 February 2025, our Secretary General Lutz Walter participated in the event "Navigating Change - ESG Roadmaps to Circular Fashion" organised by the Monitor of Circular Fashion (MACF) of SDA Bocconi.

The 19th Textile ETP Annual Conference will be organised in partnership with AITEX and will place as a physical event on 12-14 May 2025 in their facilities in Alcoy, Spain. We welcome our members as well as other professionals from all over Europe interested in sustainable textile innovation and EU research funding opportunities.

On 5 February 2025, Textile ETP Secretary General Lutz Walter participated in the ‘Decoding the DPP’ event hosted by Lectra at the Textile Fashion Center in Borås, Sweden. The event gathered industry leaders and experts to discuss the expected introduction of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) for EU clothing products by 2028 and the significant data management challenges that will arise.

Textile ETP announces the launch of a new initiative, “Textile ETP on Tour,” designed to provide a unique opportunity for Textile ETP members to explore hubs of textile innovation, fostering connections, collaboration, and knowledge exchange within the industry.

‎Regularly, our Secretary General Lutz Walter shares his insights and knowledge through his blogposts, covering a wide range of topics related to textile sustainability and innovation. Follow his blog to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges that the textile industry is facing today.

Whether you are interested in sustainability or are tech-savvy, our Innovation Hubs offer textile companies, research organisations, brands and retailers the chance to learn, network and collaborate on the hot topics of circular and biobased textiles, and smart and technical textiles.

The Textile ETP, in partnership with TrusTrace, SmartexAI, ITA Academy, CITEVE, Finnish Textile & Fashion and EURATEX, proudly announces the launch of the DigitX Innovation Hub. This initiative is poised to be a central hub for textile companies, research organisations, brands, and retailers to converge, learn, network, and collaborate on the key topics related to the digitalisation of the textile sector.

Approaching the end of the first year of the SmartX Innovation Hub, Textile ETP created a summary of the topics targeted in our different webinars and the speakers who brought this content to us, our physical meet-ups and networking opportunities where Hub members had a chance to meet in person.

On 26 November 2024, Textile ETP President Marina Crnoja-Cosic took part in a panel discussion organised by ANDRITZ, a global leader in innovative technologies, as part of the company’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of its Perfojet technology.

On 25-27 November 2024, Textile ETP participated in the SOLSTICE consortium’s second General Assembly in the Netherlands, sharing key project updates.

On 21-22 November 2024, Textile ETP, represented by Secretary General Lutz Walter and Sustainability Programmes Officer Tilla Kross participated in the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf Conference in Stuttgart, a key event gathering industry leaders and innovators in the textile sector.

Approaching the end of the first year of the Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub, Textile ETP created a summary of the topics targeted in our different webinars and the speakers who brought this content to us, our physical meet-ups and networking opportunities where Hub members had a chance to meet in person.