PLATE-FORME TECHNOLOGIQUE EUROPEENNE POUR LE FUTURE DU TEXTILE ET DE L'HABILLEMENT

Their core work

Textile ETP is a Brussels-based European Technology Platform representing the textile and clothing industry. They coordinate cross-regional initiatives to accelerate smart textile entrepreneurship and connect textile manufacturers with emerging market needs — from PPE and medical supplies to blockchain-based product traceability. Their role is bridging textile industry actors across Europe, helping them adopt digital manufacturing tools and respond to supply chain challenges such as those exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Textile ETP entered H2020 in 2019 by coordinating smartX, a large innovation action focused on smart textile entrepreneurship and cross-regional collaboration. From 2020 onward, their participation shifted toward urgent and applied challenges: pandemic-driven PPE manufacturing (RESERVIST) and blockchain-enabled supply chain transparency (TRICK). The trajectory shows a move from broad industry platform-building toward concrete digital and resilience tools for the textile sector.

They are moving toward digital supply chain tools (blockchain, traceability) and crisis-responsive manufacturing — expect future work at the intersection of sustainability, transparency, and textile digitalization.

How they like to work

With 60 unique partners across 17 countries in just 3 projects, Textile ETP operates as a network hub — typical for a European Technology Platform whose core mission is connecting industry actors. They have coordinated one large project (smartX, EUR 2.76M) and joined two others as a participant, suggesting they can both lead and contribute. Their large consortium sizes make them a strong choice when you need access to a wide textile industry network.

Despite only 3 projects, they have built an unusually broad network of 60 partners across 17 countries, reflecting their role as a pan-European industry platform. Their Brussels base and platform nature give them reach well beyond any single national cluster.

What sets them apart

As a European Technology Platform, Textile ETP is not a research lab or a company — it is the industry's collective voice and coordination body. This makes them uniquely valuable as a consortium partner who brings an entire sector's network to the table. If you need to reach textile manufacturers, SMEs, or supply chain actors across multiple EU countries, they are the gateway organization.

Highlights from their portfolio

• smartX
  Their largest project (EUR 2.76M) and only coordination role — a cross-regional initiative to accelerate smart textile entrepreneurship across disciplines and sectors.
• RESERVIST
  A pandemic-response project repurposing manufacturing lines for PPE and medical supplies, showing the textile sector's crisis adaptability.
• TRICK
  Applies blockchain to textile product traceability from cradle to cradle — positions them at the sustainability-digitalization intersection.