CLOTHING AND TEXTILE FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE FOR ADVANCED DIGITAL SKILLS
May 1st, 2021
New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain promise to make the clothing and textiles industry more productive and efficient. But European textiles leaders say they are struggling to hire young workers with the skills to implement new production technologies because they face stiff competition from other manufacturing sectors, such as the car industry.
Companies are “increasingly worried” that they will soon be short of people qualified to run their machines and factories said Dirk Vantyghem, director general of the European ...
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