The European Textile Finishers

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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

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• CRIET Comité Réuni de lIndustrie de l
  Ennoblissement Textile
• Main activities dyeing, printing, coating,
  finishing
• Membership Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France,
  Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
  Switzerland,Turkey, United Kingdom

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• 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.

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• 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

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• CRIETs FOCUS
• Offer a platform for the innovative powers of the
  textile industry

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• The ambition of CRIET is
• to present a yearly update on innovation
• to dicuss succesful businessstragegies
• create a pleasant atmosphere for informal
  business contacts

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• Content of 2006 - Congress
• Economic Globalisationwhat will remain in
  Europe?
• Innovation The European Technology Platform
• New technologies Nanotechnology for textiles
• Company strategies TenCate,Gamma,Lauffenmühle

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• Content of 2007-Congress
• still under cunstruction, but
• Innovation Progress of Strategic Research Agenda
• Marketing strategies end-user marketing
• Company visions (Sioen,Freudenberg, Porcher)
• Economicsexchange of view with Chinese
  delegation

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• CRIETs Congress
• is the place to be if you believe in the future
  of
• the European textile industry
• Thank you for your attention!