2 March 2026
Techtextil 2026: Netherlands as frontrunner in circular textiles
From 21 to 24 April, the Netherlands will present itself at Techtextil in Frankfurt with the pavilion ‘NL Circular Textile Solutions – Ready for Europe’. This will show that the Netherlands is an international leader in circular textiles and digital innovation. As a connecting research and innovation platform, we are proud that several partners from […]
10 November 2025
Students take the lead in clothing sustainability research
How do students handle their clothes? And what role does that play in the transition to a circular fashion sector? The Care & Repair research project of ArtEZ University of the Arts (ArtEZ) and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) actively involves students in understanding and changing clothing use. How students wash, dry and care for […]
7 October 2025
A Dutch Design Week Textile Guide
From 18-26 October, Eindhoven is once again the scene of Dutch Design Week, with textile traditionally playing a big role. With work by more than 2,600 designers, sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees. That is why NewTexEco, together with partner Modint, has compiled the Dutch Design Week Textile Guide . It contains […]
28 March 2025
Kick-off project Designing Ecosystems for Care & Repair
Tuesday 27 March saw the official kick-off of Designing Ecosystems for Care & Repair (hereafter Care & Repair). This programme, stemming from our research community NewTexEco, was recently selected from 51 submissions by CLICKNL. As many as 25 companies and institutions have shown interest in Care & Repair. The project investigates what systemic solutions are […]
4 December 2024
Hackathon: Paving the Way for Circular Textiles
The ReThink Textile Hackathon (november 2024) challenged students to create innovative business models for producing sustainable, biobased textiles in the Netherlands. With the textile industry among the largest polluters globally, the focus was on replacing plastic fibers with renewable materials like flax, hemp, and wool, while localizing the value chain. Over two weeks, interdisciplinary teams of students, guided […]
23 September 2023
NewTexEco officially launched
Thursday 21 September 2023 saw the official kick-off of this fantastic collective at ArtEZ in Arnhem. This was grandly celebrated by the programme team, the consortium partners, the Executive Boards of the three Universities of Applies Sciences and other interested parties from the network. The cooperation was validated by the Chairs of the three UAS’s […]