Circular Textile Days and DATIpilot Innovation Community Circular Textiles (CirTex) join forces to accelerate circular innovation in Germany
International collaboration for a circular textile economy: Circular Textile Days, the leading international B2B event for sustainable textiles based in the Netherlands, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with the DATIpilot Innovation Community Circular Textiles at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (THA).This collaboration aims to strengthen European innovation in the circular textile economy and to create new opportunities for cross-border knowledge exchange.
Circularity, as well as material transparency and traceability, are high priorities on the EU’s textile agenda. Through this long-term partnership with Circular Textile Days, CirTex gains access to a European platform to present solutions, connect with key stakeholders, and support the sustainable transformation of the textile industry. It helps bring innovative German projects to an international stage.
“Germany has a strong base in research and innovation of textile technologies, but there’s a clear need to accelerate the transfer into practical applications in circularity,” says Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schlichter (THA). “Circular Textile Days offers us an excellent opportunity to present our work, build partnerships and foster dialogue across borders.”
CirTex is a German innovation network funded by the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space and is coordinated by the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg. It brings together over 250 stakeholders from business, academia, politics, and civil society. Until 2028, the network is actively engaged in around 20 innovation projects across Germany, aiming to make the textile value chain more resource-efficient, circular, and future-ready. Through practice-oriented outcomes and innovative science communication, CirTex makes a key contribution to advancing a circular textile economy in Germany.
As a key European event for circular and sustainable textiles, Circular Textile Days brings together brands, suppliers, innovators, and policymakers. The new partnership reinforces the core mission of the event: enabling real collaboration and tangible impact – and turning knowledge into practice. Circular Textile Days is an international B2B trade fair based in the Netherlands that plays a key role in accelerating the transformation toward a fully circular and sustainable textile industry. The fifth edition of the event will take place on 10 and 11 September 2025 in ’s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), the Netherlands.
Press contact – Circular Textile Days
- Rachel de Gooijer, PR Manager
- Phone: +31 6 2033 4700
- Email: marketing@circulartextiledays.com
Press contact – DATIpilot Innovation Community Circular Textiles (CirTex)
- Laura Bondl, PR Manager
- Phone: +49 821 5586 4145
- Email: laura.bondl@tha.de
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