OBJECTIVES

The project  EU-TEXTILE2030 (World class Cluster on advanced textile materials) took place from 2018 to November 2019. 7 partners continue the actions carried out by the previous project TEXTILE2020 ended in 2014, with the development of a global cluster on advanced textile materials. The objectives of the EU-TEXTILE2030 project are:

• Create a European Meta Cluster on advanced textile materials;
• Improving the international competitiveness of European textile companies;
• Develop technology partnerships through collective missions in 4 areas: Colombia, South Africa, Israel and Japan/Taiwan/South Korea.

The project is co-funded by the European Union (COSME program), and the 7 partners (all clusters) are:

– AEI-TEXTILS (Spain)
– ATEVAL (Spain)
– CLUTEX (Check Republic)
– POINTEX (Italy)
– SACHSEN!TEXTIL (Germany)
– TECHTERA (France)
– UPTEX (France).

INDUSTRIAL FOCUS

The 7 cluster partners of the EU-TEXTILE2030 project work on advanced textile materials, providing technical solutions with specific functions for diversified uses.

The final markets for advanced textile materials are: health, clothing, agriculture, geotextile, infrastructure, transport, protection, packaging, furniture and sports.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES

Delivery of market studies on advanced textile materials in the 4 selected target areas (available to Po.in.tex members). Plan of collective missions reserved for companies associated with the 7 cluster project partners (such as Pointex), in the 4 target areas. The missions were organized in co-occurrence with events such as fairs/conferences, relevant for companies working on advanced textile materials:

• Colombia: 23-27 July, 2018 – Participation in Colombia Moda (fashion and innovation) fair in Medellin
• South Africa: 19-23 November, 2018 – in correspondence with the fair ATF (Apparel, Textile and Footwear) in Cape Town, organized this year by Messe Frankfurt
• Israel: from 25 to 29 March 2019
• Japan: September 4-7, 2019
• Taiwan: from 6 to 11 October 2019, in correspondence with TITAS

The EU-TEXTILE2030 as the European reference association for the advanced textile materials industry was formalized, and EU-TEXTILE 2030 is now a European Economic Interest Grouping with headquarters in Brussels. It represents the EU advanced textile materials’ sector and its main role is to support the European companies in internationalization.

For any further information you can visit the EU-TEXTILE2030 website or contact Pointex.