Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub

Interested in discovering what happened in the Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub in 2024? 📢 Approaching the end of the first year of the Innovation Hub, Textile ETP created a summary of the topics targeted in our different webinars and the speakers who brought this content to us! 📖 We also included our physical meet-ups and networking opportunities where Hub members had a chance to meet in person. Read the document below and secure your spot to join next year’s activities ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eGkTWSG3

How can the European textile industry embrace circularity and build a fully sustainable value chain? What are the key challenges, opportunities, and strategies needed to close the loop?♻️ 📆 Join us on 6 March for next learning webinar, where we’ll explore the pathways to mapping and optimising the circular textile value chain in the EU. With our speakers, we will examine the current landscape of circular textiles, the role of policy and innovation, and the critical steps required to scale circular practices across the industry. Expert from across the sector will share insights, discuss best practices, and highlight real-world case studies that demonstrate how businesses can transition towards a more circular and sustainable future. This activity will be for Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub members only. Interested in joining? Get in touch to find out more, or subscribe directly here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/ec245pUP

🧶Join us in welcoming the members of the Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub🌿 Indaver is a European player in the waste industry with plants and operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Indaver manages and treats industrial and household waste in specialist facilities for the industry, waste collectors and governments. Indaver recovers valuable materials and energy from these treated waste streams. By doing so, Indaver is creating value from waste and helping to close the materials loop in a safe, low carbon and energy-efficient manner, which makes Indaver the ideal partner in the pursuit of a sustainable circular economy. The Indaver Group manages 5.3 million tonnes of hazardous and non-hazardous waste each year. The knowledge, experience and commitment of our employees make Indaver a company that has sustainable development of the business and innovation as its trademark. Therefore we invest continuously in developing our 2000+ employees and leaders and encourage knowledge sharing. Curious to learn more and connect with them and other organisations sharing similar values? Subscribe to the Innovation Hub today for insightful networking opportunities⬇ https://lnkd.in/ec245pUP

Yesterday, we hosted our first Strategy Roundtable of the year, on the European production and industry take-up of biobased polymers: from challenges to opportunities, global competition to future trends, this session covered it all! 🧬 Moderated by Lien Van der Schueren from Centexbel, we were joined by experts Enora Oger from FUTERRO and Patrick Hirsch from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to explore market dynamics and competition, applications, trends and end markets, and future sustainability and policy outlooks sustainability. Interested in joining the following webinars and other Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub activities? Subscribe now!⬇ https://lnkd.in/eGkTWSG3

Our Innovation Hub member ITA Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University are happy to invite you to the next edition of their BIOTEXFUTURE Spring Forum 2025 (Webinar), “ALL ABOUT NEW STRETCH FIBERS” on 27 March 2025🧵 The global textile industry is facing a radical change and is looking for environmentally friendly bio-based materials, new feedstocks, dyes and finishes. In this Webinar, we will show the current state of research on eco-friendly elastic yarns and and give an outlook on environmentally friendly textile innovations. Please register until 20 March 2025 ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ez2pTjjC

📢Register now for the 19th Textile ETP Annual Conference, that will take place as a physical event on 𝟭𝟮-𝟭𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘆, 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻. Featuring leading voices from the textile industry and research community who will give their expert insights on the latest technology developments, research results, regulatory trends, and related opportunities and challenges, the event will be an opportunity to: 🧵 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻, and more specifically ecodesign of clothing and consumer goods, as well as the sustainability of technical and smart textiles. 🤝 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, the first ever EU research and innovation funding programme fully dedicated to the textile sector 👀 Discover AITEX's facilities, and if you are a Textile ETP member, visit Jover Textiles We welcome our members as well as other professionals from all over Europe interested in sustainable textile innovation and EU research funding opportunities. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟭𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆-𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿. If you are a Textile ETP or an AITEX member, please check your inbox, as a dedicated link with a discounted price have been sent to you ⬇  https://lnkd.in/eVEWhPr9 #TextileETPconference

How can Europe transition towards more sustainable textile production using biobased polymers? What are the challenges, opportunities, and strategies required to scale this industry? 👕🧬 Join us on Thursday for an engaging strategy roundtable where we’ll explore the path to making biobased polymers a reality in European textile production. In this roundtable discussion, Enora Oger from FUTERRO, Patrick Hirsch from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Stefaan De Wildeman from B4Plastics, and Lien Van der Schueren from Centexbel will dive into the current state of biobased polymers, market demands, and key strategies needed to facilitate their adoption across the European textile industry. This activity will be for Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub members only. Interested in joining? Get in touch to find out more, or subscribe directly here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/ec245pUP

Yesterday, we hosted our second Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub learning webinar of the year, focusing on the thermo-mechanical recycling of polyester & polyester blends, drawing insights from the PET packaging industry 🔄 We kicked off with Birgit Stubbe from Centexbel, who explored the thermo-mechanical approach to polyester waste recycling. Next, Wolfgang Hermann from EREMA Group shared key insights from PET textile recycling trials, discussing Fibres Recycling Technology and the critical success factors for effective textile recycling. To conclude, Christian Crépet from PETCORE EUROPE provided an industry perspective on polyester textile recycling, highlighting valuable lessons learned from the PET packaging sector. Thank you to Saxon Textile Research Institute’s Johannes Leis for introducing the session and for moderated the debate, and to our own Kamilla Drubina for organising it. Interested in joining the following webinars and other Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub activities? Subscribe now!⬇ https://lnkd.in/eGkTWSG3

February has started and we are looking forward to our upcoming Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub activities! 🚀 We’re kicking off the month with a learning webinar on thermo-mechanical recycling, where we will delve into the challenges, opportunities, and breakthroughs in thermo-mechanical recycling of polyester and its blends. It will quickly be followed by an strategic roundtable on the European production and industry take-up of biobased polymers for textiles. Join the Innovation Hub today and don't miss out on this textile sustainability journey! ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eGkTWSG3

Thermo-mechanical recycling holds great promise for turning polyester waste into valuable resources. But how can we scale these processes for broader applications? What lessons can we draw from the PET packaging industry? ♻️ Join us on 6 February as we delve into the challenges, opportunities, and breakthroughs in thermo-mechanical recycling of polyester and its blends with Christian Crépet from PETCORE EUROPE, Wolfgang Hermann from EREMA Group and Birgit Stubbe from Centexbel. Drawing lessons from the PET packaging industry, we will explore how these innovations can be applied to the textile sector to advance circularity and sustainability This activity will be for Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub members only. Interested in joining? Get in touch to find out more, or subscribe directly here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eGkTWSG3