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 third edition on 1 October 2025, we visited Borås, in Sweden, a city renowned for its rich textile heritage and innovation in textiles.

The third ECOSYSTEX Conference took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 29 September to 1 October 2025, in partnership with RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. This year’s edition was organised in collaboration with six EU-funded projects offering a dynamic platform for discussion and experimentation around textile circularity.

Textile ETP Secretary General Lutz Walter was invited to lead a keynote conversation on digitalisation at the Istanbul Apparel Conference, organised by the Turkish Apparel Manufacturers Association. The event brought together leading figures from across the global apparel and textile value chain to discuss the future of the industry in the face of rapid technological, environmental, and economic transformation.

In September 2025, our Project Manager Judith Bosch went to Taiwan, made possible thanks to the Taiwan Textile Research Institute. This mission aimed to strengthen connections between European and Taiwanese innovation ecosystems, explore technological synergies, and identify new pathways for collaboration in smart, technical, and sustainable textiles.

The European textile Research & Innovation community has responded with remarkable energy and ambition to the first call of the Textiles of the Future Partnership under Horizon Europe, which has just closed. In total, 33 proposals were submitted, reflecting the strong mobilisation and commitment of universities, research institutes, SMEs, and industry leaders across the textile value chain.

Textile ETP President Marina Crnoja-Cosic and Secretary General Lutz Walter attended Première Vision fashion fabrics fair in Paris, France. Marina Crnoja-Cosic attended a European Textile and Apparel Industry Federations gathering issuing a call for urgent action against the rapid rise of ultra fast fashion and warning the severe consequences of this phenomenon, Lutz Walter spoke at a panel discussing the challenges of scaling textile-to-textile recycling.

As the European Commission officially launched the call for the “Textiles of the Future” Partnership under Horizon Europe, Textile ETP continues its series of webinars designed to engage and prepare its members for the opportunities ahead.

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.

Textile ETP has announced a major expansion of ECOSYSTEX. The move broadens ECOSYSTEX’s scope, deepens its service offering, and introduces flexible subcontracting packages designed to support EU-funded R&I projects in meeting their communication and dissemination requirements more effectively.

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.