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It is expected that energy prices will remain high and volatile. © teerapon/stock.adobe.com

 
03/01/2023 – Economy

Economy

Major concern about the EU textile industries’ competitiveness

The EU textiles industry is highly concerned about the potential loss of competitiveness, caused by the EU’s inaction of the energy crisis, and Chinese ... By  Sibylle Michel
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Compas open-width compacting and finishing machine saves chemicals and water. © Sperotto Rimar

 
28/12/2022 – Textile finishing

Textile finishing

Sperotto Rimar offers a range of sustainable technologies

Sperotto Rimar follows two energy-saving strategies in machine development for fabric finishing – solutions that respect valuable resources and the environment. By  Sibylle Michel
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The newly developed Smart Energy Monitoring software solution can be used to determine and optimize the energy consumption of each individual axis per cycle. © Baumüller

 
05/12/2022 – Smart Energy Monitoring

Smart Energy Monitoring

Measure energy consumption, avoid wear

With its new Smart Energy Monitoring software function, Baumüller now presents a solution for the intelligent energy monitoring of machines and systems. By  Sibylle Michel
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Freudenberg is driving the customer’s global fuel cell activities forward, thereby also accelerating the breakthrough of mass-produced fuel cell stacks. © Freudenberg

 
20/10/2022 – Energy transition

Energy transition

Freudenberg concludes contract with automotive supplier

Freudenberg has concluded a multi-year contract with a global automotive tier one supplier to supply gas diffusion layers for fuel cell stacks. By  Sibylle Michel
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To safeguard the future of the industry, a revision of the electricity price mechanism is necessary and an EU wide cap on gas prices at 80€/MWh. © teerapon/stock.adobe.com

 
19/09/2022 – Energy crisis

Energy crisis

The future of the European industry is at stake

The European textile & fashion industry in Europe, represented by Euratex, calls for a single European strategy to tackle the energy crisis. By  Sibylle Michel
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The IPCC report measures manufacturing costs broken down into various cost elements at each stage of the textile value chain. © ITMF

 
27/06/2022 – IPCC report

IPCC report

Tracing production costs in the primary textile industry

The new edition of the International Production Cost Comparison (IPCC) from ITMF has been published. The report measures the manufacturing costs of different ... By  Editorial staff
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Many companies are considering shutting down production because of extremely high energy costs. © teerapon/stock.adobe.com

 
10/03/2022 – Energy crisis

Energy crisis

Euratex asks the EU to control the rise of prices

Notwithstanding the industry support to the sanctions in place against Russia, Euratex highlights that companies are at risk of stopping their production ... By  Editorial staff