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Andrew Meacher (centre left), John Vareldis (centre right) and the energy management team are proud of Pincroft’s ISO 50001 certification. © Carrington Textiles

30/01/2020 – ISO certified energy management system

ISO certified energy management system

Carrington Textiles: Pincroft finishing facility awarded ISO 50001

Carrington Textiles is pleased to announce the successful certification of the energy management system at its biggest finishing facility, Pincroft. By Iris Schlomski

Ingeborg Neumann, President of the Confederation of the German Textile + Fashion Industry (texil+mode) and Vice President of German industry association BDI © imo

27/01/2020 – Europe, the Textile Continent – Opportunities and Risks, Part 1

Europe, the Textile Continent – Opportunities and Risks, Part 1

It all depends on Europe!

No Green Deal without textiles – Ingeborg Neumann talks to textile network in the first part of this year’s series on “Europe, the Textile Continent – ... By Iris Schlomski

The Hermes Barometer provides current findings on the subject of “Risk Prevention and Supply Reliability within the Supply Chain”. © Hermes

27/01/2020 – Risk prevention in the supply chain

Risk prevention in the supply chain

The current Hermes Barometer

It is quite alarming: Broad majority of companies still lack integrated risk management. By Iris Schlomski

Thoughts at the beginning of the year from editor-in-chief Iris Schlomski. © Brian Jackson/stock.adobe.com

27/01/2020 – 2020 – what now?

2020 – what now?

Make life better and more beautiful

Nowadays the concept of sustainability has finally gained a prominent place in our collective consciousness. By Iris Schlomski

The Wear It Innovation Summit will galvanize wearable tech stakeholders to co-create the future of the wearable technologies industry on June 10-11th at Kalkscheune Berlin. © Wear It Berlin

27/01/2020 – Europe’s leading conference on wearable technologies

Europe’s leading conference on wearable technologies

Wear It Innovation Summit: Register now!

This year on June 10–11th at Kalkscheune Berlin. Discount for textile network readers! By Iris Schlomski

Europe’s first open-house development centre for intelligent sensor textiles started operations near Lake Constance in November. © Oertel

24/01/2020 – Advancing towards “emotional” computers

Advancing towards “emotional” computers

New development centre for intelligent sensor textiles

With innovative products and technologies Smart Textiles Lab aims to find new ways to add value to textiles with integrated electronics. By Hans-Werner Oertel

Pedro Siza Vieira, Portugal’s Minister of Economy: “Portugal’s textile and apparel industry has reinvented itself.” © ITMF

22/01/2020 – For a better future

For a better future

ITMF Conference in Porto

Located in the heartland of Portugal’s textiles and apparel industry, Porto proved the perfect venue for the ITMF Conference 2019. By Ilona Schulz