Business Planet heads to Slovenia to see how one start-up is working on making a difference by providing a range of functional clothing for persons with disabilities.
The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) is adapting its organisational structure to help Europe’s industrial ecosystems recover more effectively from the COVID-crisis and to achieve the EU's digital and green goals.
The European Light Industries Innovation and Technology project (ELIIT Project) launched its second Call for Proposals on 25 January 2021. Like the first call, this call aims to foster the collaboration between SMEs active in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors (TCLF) and technology providers with innovative solutions that can bring the SMEs’ performance to a new level. The deadline for applications is 14 April 2021.
The European Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan seeks to strengthen innovation in the textile sector and dramatically boost recycling. Business Planet visited Monza in Italy to see how an innovative project is helping lead the way.
The first ELIIT project call for proposals closed on 31 March 2020.
This platform was launched to support the efforts of industrial clusters addressing challenges posed by the COVID-19 epidemic in Europe.
Today, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe's new agenda for sustainable growth. With measures along the entire life cycle of products, the new Action Plan aims to make our economy fit for a green future, strengthen our competitiveness while protecting the environment and give new rights to consumers. Building on the work done since 2015, the new Plan focuses on the design and production for a circular economy, with the aim to ensure that the resources used are kept in the EU economy for as long as possible. The plan and the initiatives therein will be developed with the close involvement of the business and stakeholder community.
Join us in Valencia, Spain for the launch of this year's European Social Innovation Competition, 'Reimagine Fashion: Changing behaviours for sustainable fashion'.
Today, the European Commission is launching the 2020 edition of the European Social Innovation Competition. This year’s challenge is 'Reimagine Fashion: Changing behaviours for sustainable fashion'.
The ELIIT project (European light industries innovation and technology) was launched on 15 November 2019. ELIIT supports textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) SMEs in enhancing their competitiveness while helping them integrate new technologies in innovative or high added-value products, processes or services.
The European Commission published the report mapping sustainable fashion opportunities for SMEs.
This edition of Business Planet comes from Prague, where one company is making the most of European financing solutions. Hana and Tereza, two Czech entrepreneurs have created bio-plastic bags from cornstarch as an ingenious alternative to plastic shopping bags for fruits and vegetables.
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has just published a call for proposals
The European Commission is taking another important step to protect EU consumers from substances known to cause cancer and reproductive health problems.
This contract is for a promotional, awareness-raising campaign to attract people to careers in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sector.
Business Planet goes to Malmö, Sweden to find out why SMEs that invest more in their intellectual property are more competitive.
The European Commission and the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) commissioned the company Gherzi van Delden GmbH to carry out a study on export markets in technical textiles, covering Brazil, Japan, South Korea and the USA.
We're looking for the next innovative small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) that, through the adoption of digital or key enabling technologies, is an inspiring example of ground-breaking European industry.
