On 15 and 16 February, the Textile ETP attended the General Assembly Meeting of the Reservist project.

The COVID-19 crisis has shown that several types of protective and medical equipment, products and services are crucial, including the ability to deploy them rapidly. Because of cost factors, these products, or at least critical components for them, are often produced outside the EU. Once things normalize, there will be a large pressure to return to that situation.​ The RESERVIST project aims to set up alternative lines called ‘reservist cells’, that can be activated within 48 hours, in order to switch easily from a day-to-day production line to one that focuses on products and services needed in time of crisis.

Today, the Textile ETP, in collaboration with STFI (DE), RISE (SE), Centexbel (BE), and Centrocot (IT) launches a new European Masterclass focusing on Innovation in Circular & Biobased Textiles.

The SmartX and SmartEEs projects jointly organised a value chain cross-fertilisation workshop in Paris on 29-30 November attended by over 80 participants from all across Europe, hosted by Institut Français de la Mode (IFM).

On 8 and 9 November 2021, European textiles and clothing companies met in Antwerp to discuss the future of the textile industry.

The 2021 edition of our Annual Conference has just closed! We are glad about the very good participation during these both days, we counted around 140+ participants on day 1 and 130+ on day 2.

The TRICK General Assembly took place on 22-24 September in a hybrid format, having all 28 consortium partners joining in person and also virtually.

More than 80 members joined our General Assembly on Monday, June 21st. It was a great moment of sharing 2020 achievements and 2021 initiatives such as the Strategic Programmes on Circular Economy and Biobased Fibres and the Smart Textiles Masterclass.

Textile ETP, in collaboration with TITERA, crafted a Europen Masterclass programme representing a 15-months learning journey, spanning 7 content modules for a total of 12 webinars. Leading technology developers, industry innovators, and end-market experts across all disciplines of the European smart textiles ecosystem will share their insights and latest developments to enable you to realise the innovation potential in this growing field.

The RESERVIST project officially started.

The third and final SmartX call for funding will remain open until February 15, 2021. Start by completing the Expression of Interest by January 15, 2021. Apply here

SmartX Project - Expression Of Interest Deadline For First Call Drawing Close

On 21 November 2019, a Textile Flagship 1 (Sustainable textile materials) symposium has been organised by Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede, the Netherlands. This high-quality symposium with some 50 participants from 12 countries was dedicated to the latest developments in mechanical and chemical post-consumer textile recycling, with speakers from companies, research organisations, Dutch national and European projects, and initiatives.