At the ITMF Annual Conference 2023 in Keqiao, China, co-hosted by the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) and Shaoxing Municipal People's Government, the ITMF Start-up Awards marked their second successful edition. This event bridges the gap between pioneering startups with groundbreaking product and service innovations and well-established companies within the textile industry.
The 2023 ITMF Start-up Awards recognized six outstanding startups, evaluated by an international expert jury. Their criteria included business propositions, sustainability, recyclability, digitalization, and qualitative efficiency. During a dedicated "Start-up Session" at the conference, the winning startups had the opportunity to present their innovative ideas to a captivated audience.
The recipients of the ITMF Start-up Award 2023, hailing from various countries, unveiled their remarkable contributions to the textile world. These include CarboScreen (Germany) for online carbon fiber monitoring, Cebiotex S.L. (Spain) for biocompatible and biodegradable implants, Colorifix (UK) for eco-friendly dyeing methods, Rheiazymes AG (Switzerland) for molecular bio-recycling of high-value polymers, Shaoxing Qian Yong Textile Co. (China) for SME exploration in textile digital printing, and TreeToTextile AB (Sweden) for a low climate impact biobased fiber.
