On 23 March, Textile ETP's Secretary General Lutz Walter, and SmartX Community Technical Director Daniel Zavec spoke at CONTEXT's final event in Prato and Florence, Italy.

On 1-2 March, members of the SmartX Community had the chance to catch up and collaborate at LOPEC in Munich, Germany.

With 17 R&I EU-funded member projects focusing on textile sustainability, ECOSYSTEX– European Community of Practice for a Sustainable Textile Ecosystem has been formally launched in early 2023, with a mission to accelerate collaboration in the textile sustainability and circularity field.

On 16 February, our Secretary General Lutz Walter was invited to speak at the GALACTICA Project Final event to discuss innovation trends in the textile industry.

On 14 February, Textile ETP attended a policy roundtable on the collection and sorting of post-consumer textiles

Textile ETP is thrilled to announce the launch of 'The Thread', our new public newsletter!

Are you interested in textile digitalisation - virtual materials and products, digitally enabled manufacturing, value chains and business models? The Textile ETP, in collaboration with CITEVE, DITF, ITA RWTH Aachen, ITM TU Dresden, STFI, and TEX IS MORE, launch a Masterclass pilot that prepares the ground for a potential full 15 to 18-month Masterclass Programme.

On 8 December, Textile ETP gathered with the SCIRT project partners and external guests from the different parts of the supply chain in textile recycling in Tourcoing, France.

On 2 December, our Secretary General Lutz Walter spoke at the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference in Aachen, Germany.

The members of the European Textile Technology Platform from the textile and clothing industry and related sectors applied research and higher education have collectively worked through surveys, interactive workshops, and collaborative document drafting for several months to produce a 2022 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, designed to underpin the industry transformation targeted by the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles.

On 16 November, Textile ETP and SmartX Community members gathered at the International Health Trade Fair MEDICA, in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Today, our Secretary General Lutz Walter gave a keynote speech at the European Defence Agency’s workshop on Circularity of Smart Textiles in Brussels, Belgium.