Next up: Munich Fabric Start 2024

Munich, 3-4/09/2024

EUCOTTON participates in one of the most important European shows of the fashion and textile worlds, Munich Fabric Start!

Visit EUCOTTON in Hall H2, Booth B14 and find out how European cotton paves the path to sustainability for the fashion world!

Event for Italian fashion and textile brands

Milan, 10/07/2024

European cotton took centre stage in Milan on 10/07/2024, as over 80 professionals from prestigious fashion and textile brands gathered for the presentation of the EUCOTTON initiative. The event included presentations by the representatives of ECA board Antonios Siarkos and Dimitris Polychronos on the quality and sustainability properties of European cotton, as well as its traceability from farm to final garment. The presentations were followed by a panel discussion moderated by Maria Cristina Pavarini, Senior Editor of THE SPIN-OFF, exploring possibilities and synergies for the European cotton industry and the Italian fashion & textile industry for more sustainable and conscious garment production. The round table consisted of Dimitris Polychronos and Vassilis Markou, CEO of Violar SA, Simon Giuliani, Head of Sustainability at Candiani Denim, Flavio Berto, CEO of Berto Industria Tessile, Tommaso Cumerlato, Chief Sales Officer at MIC Spa and Lucinda Spera, Chief Marketing Officer at John Richmond. During the cocktail event that followed, artist Emina demonstrated the traditional dyeing batik technique, creating for the guests’ hand-painted scarves made with premium European cotton.

Event for Greek fashion and textile brands

Thessaloniki, 27/06/2024

The Greek fashion and textile industry gathered in Thessaloniki for the first event liaising the European cotton production sector with the world of fashion. Over 80 participants from 65 enterprises and organizations participated at the event, finding out more on how to pave a sustainable future with European cotton! The event included a moderated panel discussion which included Antonios Siarkos and Dimitris Polychronos of European Cotton Alliance, Giorgos Eleftheriadis, Designer and vice president of the Hellenic Association of Fashion Designers, Theofilos Aslanidis, Director of Association of Knitting – Ready Made Garment Enterprises of Greece (SEPEE) and Panos Sofianos, representative of Munich Fabric Start trade show.

Participation at Phygital Sustainability Expo

Rome, 4-5/06/2024

The sustainable and quality properties of European cotton were recently presented in Rome, during the Phygital Sustainability Expo – Italy’s biggest sustainability event which yearly attracts more than 10.000 visitors and reaches an audience of more than 70 million. The 2-day event, organized by the Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society on June 4 & 5 at the impressive Imperial Fora Museum, has the support of the European Union Delegation in Rome, the European Parliament, the Italian government, UNESCO, FAO and many more national and international organisations.

EUCOTTON was represented by the President of the European Cotton Alliance Antonios Siarkos, who presented the initiative in the dedicated 1st International Round Table on Cotton: From Crop to Shop alongside speakers from Europe, Africa and the USA. The panel discussion, which was broadcasted by RAI, touched on topics such as the sustainability properties of cotton, the global trade environment for the fibre and the opportunities for local supply chains.
During the 2 days of the Phygital Sustainability Expo, an EUCOTTON booth was set up in the Museum of Imperial Fora, which included presentation of clothes inspired by Greek mythology and prepared with European cotton by students and professors of the International Hellenic University –Department of Creative Design and Clothing.

Workshop for fashion students

Kilkis, 29/05/2024

EUCOTTON joined forces with the International Hellenic University – Department of Creative Design and Fashion for the implementation of a dedicated student workshop on the sustainability and quality of European cotton production. Over 75 students attended the workshop, which included presentations and discussion with Antonios Siarkos, President of ECA, Panos Sofianos, representative of Munich Fabric Start show and Kyriakos Kitoudis, cotton grower. The students had the opportunity to also learn more about the history and tradition of cotton cultivation in Greece and discuss with farmers on the realities of cotton cultivation.

Working Group in Seville

The “EUCOTTON Info Day: a Roadmap to More Sustainable Textiles” was celebrated on March 30th, 2023, in the centre of the Spanish city of Seville, at the headquarters of Fundación Cajasol were over 100 guests between textile industry professionals and media gather to understand deeper the benefits of EUCOTTON.

Working Group in Thessaloniki

On the morning of the 24th, 2022, over 50 representatives of the European cotton sector as well as the textile industries participated at the EUCOTTON Working Group held at the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki where they had the opportunity to further be informed about the EUCOTTON initiative and engage in a round table discussion with valuable contributions and insights.

Mediterranean Cotton Roads

On November 24th, 2022, representatives of various levels of the European cotton chain had the opportunity to share their success story with colleagues from participant countries, at the 5th Mediterranean Cotton Roads, a top-level conference linking the industries in the Mediterranean Basin that took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. The celebratory industry event was co-sponsored by EUCOTTON.

Bremen Cotton Conference

EUCOTTON was platinum sponsor at the 36^th International Bremen Cotton Conference (Bremen, Germany, 29-30/9/2022). In its 2022 edition, the Bremen Cotton Conference brings in the spotlight the European Union as Region in Focus and adopts sustainability as a key theme of the conference works.