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ITMA 2023 stand space application opens 3 March
Stand space application for ITMA 2023 will open on 3 March. The world’s largest textile and garment technology exhibition, ITMA will be held at Fiera Milano Rho, Milan, from 8 to 14 June 2023.
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The textile and clothing industry was hardly hit by the pandemic in 2020. It is time for the European Commission and Member States to set the conditions for future competitiveness and resilience.
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"For the second time running EDANA will host OUTLOOK™ online, with a promise to ensure participants a fully interactive and practical experience featuring all that which makes OUTLOOK™ an enduring success: expert insights, knowledge sharing, and networking” said Pierre Wiertz, General Manager of EDANA.
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EURATEX responded with clear ideas to the roadmap for a European Textile Strategy. The EC initiative should push the textile and clothing industry to be more competitiveness, innovative and sustainable.
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The next VDMA technology webtalk is scheduled for 17 February (2-4 pm CET) and will focus on "Technologies for fine gauge fabrics in the circular knitting industry".
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INDA’s Board of Directors welcomes seven new members
INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced the membership election of seven industry leaders to serve on its Board of Directors for a three-year term.
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AATCC Textile Discovery Summit
The AATCC International Conference is undergoing some exciting changes in 2021, including a new name: AATCC Textile Discovery Summit!
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Belgian Textile Technology Industry gears up for strong showcase at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2020
Despite the fact that the coronavirus pandemic continues to have an impact on international business travel, the Belgian textile machinery technology industry is gearing up for what is expected to be the first major Asian showcase towards the post-pandemic relaunch of the economy. Preparations for the seventh edition of ITMA ASIA + CITME are going as planned!
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IAF and ITMF, in collaboration with the ITC, unveil SCI at OECD forum
During a side session organized by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) and the International Apparel Federation (IAF) at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector held online from February 1stto February 5th,the two organizations unveiled their joint initiative, the SCI or Standards Convergence Initiative. The SCI will serve as a global industry wide platform to discuss and develop a strategy as well as the tools to accelerate the reduction of audit and standard fatigue in the clothing and textile industries.
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Global suppliers band together to improve purchasing practices
Industry Associations from Turkey, Indonesia and Morocco join Asian Associations in IAF and STAR Network Initiative on ‘Manufacturers Payment and Delivery Terms’
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A clean start: AATCC announces improved version of 1993 Standard Reference Detergent powder
The AATCC 1993 Standard Reference Detergents is improved! It still provides the same consistent formulation labs across the globe rely on.
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Italian textile machinery: Orders intake still on downturn in fourth quarter 2020
The index of orders intake for Italian textile machinery compiled by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period from October-December 2020 was down by 5% compared to the same period in 2019. The index value remained at 90.0 points (2015 basis = 100).
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Successful ITMA 2023 virtual launch whets great appetite for next show in Milan
On January 28, the international textile industry and with it the textile machinery industry got a virtual foretaste of the textile event of the coming years: ITMA 2023 in Milan. About one month before registration for exhibitors opens on March 3, 2021, the owner and the organizer of ITMA, CEMATEX and ITMA Services, celebrated a virtual launch with invited guests.
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