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CRIET's yearly Congress brings together textile professionals to discuss innovation, business strategies, and industry trends.
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The European Textile Finishers’ Organisation (member of EURATEX) Slovene Textile Platform Ljubljana, 28 September 2006 Cees Lodiers Secretary General of CRIET
CRIET = Comité Réuni de l’Industrie de l’ Ennoblissement Textile • Main activities: dyeing, printing, coating, finishing • Membership: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland,Turkey, United Kingdom
Topics: environmental issues like REACH and IPPC • Exchange of information on prices of chemicals, energy, water etc. • Statistics on economic performance like production, employment, labourcosts etc.
Main event: yearly Congress in one of the member-countries • 2007-Congress in Istanbul ( May 24-27) • All interested textile organisations/ textile companies are welcome as member or as quest
CRIET’s FOCUS Offer a platform for the innovative powers of the textile industry
The ambition of CRIET is: to present a yearly update on innovation to dicuss succesful businessstragegies create a pleasant atmosphere for informal business contacts
Content of 2006 - Congress Economic: “Globalisation;what will remain in Europe?” Innovation: The European Technology Platform New technologies : Nanotechnology for textiles Company strategies: TenCate,Gamma,Lauffenmühle
Content of 2007-Congress still under cunstruction, but: Innovation: Progress of Strategic Research Agenda Marketing strategies: end-user marketing Company visions (Sioen,Freudenberg, Porcher) Economics:exchange of view with Chinese delegation
CRIET’s Congress is the place to be if you believe in the future of the European textile industry Thank you for your attention!