1. The European Textile Finishers’ Organisation (member of EURATEX) Slovene Textile Platform Ljubljana, 28 September 2006 Cees Lodiers Secretary General of CRIET

2. CRIETCRIET = C omité R éuni de l’ I ndustrie de l’ E nnoblissement T extile Main activities: dyeing, printing, coating, finishing Membership: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland,Turkey, United Kingdom

3. 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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5. 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

6. CRIET’s FOCUS Offer a platform for the innovative powers of the textile industry

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. CRIET’s Congress is the place to be if you believe in the future of the European textile industry Thank you for your attention!