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 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.

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!

Our Secretary General Lutz Walter participated in the inaugural Circular Rooms Conference in Düsseldorf, where he presented insights on the ‘Textiles of the Future’ European Partnership and introduced the DigitX Innovation Hub. The event focused on digital innovations and circular business models shaping the future of sustainable textiles.

To provide our members with first-hand insights into cutting-edge research, technologies, and sustainable innovations, we launched ‘Textile ETP on Tour’, an exclusive members-only initiative designed to showcase pioneering developments in textile science and technology. For the first edition, we organised an itinerary in Roubaix and Tourcoing, France, where we visited some of the most innovative textile companies and research centres in Europe.

A major step in the implementation of the European Partnership for Textiles of the Future has been taken, as the European Commission and Textile ETP now begin the signature process of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Once signed, the partnership will be officially launched to drive sustainability, circularity, and innovation in the textile sector while reinforcing Europe's strategic autonomy and global competitiveness.

On 12-13 March, the Cellulose Fibres Conference 2025 in Cologne brought together industry experts, innovators, and thought leaders to discuss the future of sustainable fibres. Among them was our President, Marina Crnoja-Cosic, who took the stage to represent Textile ETP and contribute to the session on “Strategies in Changing Market Conditions for Cellulose Fibres.

Save the date for the 3rd ECOSYSTEX Conference 2025, taking place from 29 September to 1 October in Gothenburg, Sweden. This event will bring together experts, innovators, and industry leaders to explore new technologies and business models for textile circularity.