On 6 June 2025, our Sustainability Programmes Officer, Tilla Kross, was invited to speak about Textile ETP’s pivotal role in the “Textiles of the Future” European Partnership under the Horizon Europe programme, at the recent EU Green Week event hosted by the Cities Northern Netherlands, in collaboration with the Oslo Region European Office.

On 4-5 June 2025, Textile ETP participated in the first-ever Textiles Recycling Expo, a event dedicated to tackling the urgent challenge of textile waste. The expo brought together pioneering solutions in the recycling of fabrics, clothing, footwear, fibres, and non-wovens, marking a significant step toward a more circular and sustainable textile sector.

Once again this May, Textile ETP attended the iTechStyle Summit 2025, hosted in Porto by our member CITEVE. The summit, a key event in the European textile innovation calendar, brought together industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers to explore the latest developments shaping the future of textiles.

On 29 May 2025, the SmartX Innovation Hub, in collaboration with CeNTI – Centre of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, hosted a one-day event in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal. Our project manager Judith Bosch and members of the SmartX Innovation Hub came together to explore smart and high-performance textiles for the mobility sector.

The third ECOSYSTEX Conference will take place as a physical event on 29 September-1 October in Gothenburg, Sweden, in partnership with RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. This event will bring together experts, innovators, and industry leaders to explore new technologies and business models for textile circularity.

On 22–23 May 2025, Textile ETP took part in the third General Assembly of the SOLSTICE consortium, held in Pertuis, France, and hosted by project partner Pellenc ST.

The 19th edition of the Textile ETP Annual Conference took place in Alcoy, Spain, welcoming over 260 professionals spanning the entire textile value chain. Against a backdrop of rapidly evolving regulatory frameworks, technological advances, and mounting environmental pressures, our conference offered a vital platform for strategic reflection, open dialogue, and collaboration.

Dr. Marina Crnoja-Cosic, has been re-elected as President of Textile ETP for a second term. She will continue to work alongside Vice-President Braz Costa. Significant changes to the Board include the election of Paolo Canonico as Vice-President-Treasurer.

On 6–7 May 2025, partners of the PESCO-UP project met in Emmen, Netherlands, for the project consortium meeting, hosted by project partner CuRe Technology - Polyester Rejuvenation. The two-day event brought together PESCO-UP partners from across Europe to review project progress, collaborate on key topics, and examine recent developments in polyester recycling and circular textiles.

On 29 April, Textile ETP Secretary General Lutz Walter participated in thehe Waste2BioComp and BIOMATTERS Cluster final event, which brought together key voices from the bioeconomy for a dynamic session on scaling innovation and turning potential into market-ready solutions.

The Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2025, including the ones of the 'Textiles of the Future' European partnership, have been pre-published! This mean that at Textile ETP, we are happy to launch our 2025 TEPPIES brokerage activities for our members!

On 26-27 March 2025, Textile ETP took part in the IRISS' 6th General assembly in Brussels, Belgium, which gathered all IRISS partners from around 15 countries for two days of collaboration.