An opportunity for textile and textile-clothing companies from the Mediterranean basin to meet, get to know each other, and exchange ideas in light of their shared commitment to innovation: This was Mechano-Tex for Innovation, the matchmaking between companies held in Prato, Italy, on 25 May 2022. A session in the framework of the European project, TEX-MED ALLIANCES organized by Confindustria Toscana Nord.

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"The message we wanted to send with these initiatives has been received: an important part of the introduction and diffusion of innovation in textile-clothing passes through production machinery - comments Susanna Leonelli, Project Coordinator of TEX-MED ALLIANCES -. Mechano-Tex for Innovation has helped to positively expand the network of relationships between companies, consistent with the aims of our project."

"We are satisfied with the outcome of Mechano-Tex for Innovation, an initiative in which some of the most innovative mechanical textile companies in the district of Prato participated - adds Francesco Marini, member of the Presidency Council of Confindustria Toscana Nord with delegation to internationalization -. The diffusion of innovation, which has a fundamental element in machinery and plants, goes in the direction of a more efficient and optimized production also from the point of view of environmental impact: a goal, this, common to textiles all over the world and particularly felt in the Prato district."  

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