ITMF presents awards at Annual Conference 2022 in Switzerland

21 Sep '22

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Pic: Christian Philipp Schindler, director general at ITMF/LinkedIn

At the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) Annual Conference 2022 which was held in Davos, Switzerland and co-hosted by Swiss Textiles and Swiss Textile Machinery, ITMF presented the ITMF Awards for the first time. The ITMF Awards 2022 were granted in two categories, namely Sustainability & Innovation and International Cooperation.

The objective of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award is to recognise sustainable and innovative achievements in the textile industry with focus on innovation, design, development and production under the strictest standards of sustainability and respect for the environment, ITMF said in a media release.

In 2022 the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award was presented to the following companies and organisations from different regions from around the world: Cathay Biotech Inc with Donghua University (China); Far Eastern New Century Corporation (Chinese Taipei); Gama Recycle Sustainable Technologies Inc (Türkiye); Grupo Malwee (Brazil); Lenzing AG (Austria); Mahmood Group (Pakistan); PSG College of Technology (India); Recover - Circular Fashion for All (Spain); Sedo Engineering (Switzerland); and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (Hong Kong, China).

The objective of the ITMF International Cooperation Award is to recognise progress in international collaboration in the textile industry according to the values of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

In 2022 the ITMF International Cooperation Award was presented to the following companies and organisations: Bossa (Türkiye); Coloro (China); Ekoten Tekstil & Smartex.ai (Türkiye); EURATEX (Belgium); Säntis Textiles (Singapore) & Kipas Textiles (Türkiye); STAR-NETWORK; Texfor (Spain); and Wiser Globe (Türkiye).

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