EU TEXTILES PRODUCTION TO GAIN GROUND IN GLOBAL MARKETS, TEXTILE EXPERTS SAY
October 1st, 2016
The manufacture of textiles for European buyers is likely to move away from its Chinese production base and move back closer to “home”, particularly in the technical markets, Lutz Walter, secretary general of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP) – the largest European textiles research and innovations network – has told WTiN.com.
He was speaking at the October 12-13 ‘European Textiles: Going Digital – Going High-Tech’ conference in Brussels. Despite the huge growth in Chinese production over the past 15 ...
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