MILAN – CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, has launched a new Sustainable Innovation Award in a bid to recognise outstanding contributions to sustainable development in the global textile and garment industry. The award, which includes a cash prize of €10,000 will be presented at ITMA 2015 in Milan, Italy. The panel of judges includes Charles Beauduin, president of CEMATEX, Ecotextile News editor John Mowbray, Prof. Dominique Adolphe, president of Association of Universities for Textiles, Josué Gomes da Silva, President of International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) and Serge Piolat, President-elect of European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX).
