TECHNICAL TEXTILES MAY OFFER SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR EASTERN EUROPE TEXTILE SECTOR

EASTERN European textile and clothing companies used to have a cost advantage in serving wealthy western European markets, but that has long been eclipsed by Asian competition – added value technical textiles may offer them a sustainable future.In Poland's hard-pressed textile industry, its fast-growing technical branch may constitute the future of the national industry, experts in the country's industry say. Poland's specific strengths are in geological and land-use textiles (geotech) and specialised clothing textiles (clothtech), with Polish companies ...


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