AITEX and CENTEXBEL have signed the first ever licence agreement drawn up for a European Technology Centre, enabling CENTEXBEL to issue the “Made in Green” Certificate in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

Centexbel, the leading Science and Technology Research Centre for the Belgian textile industry, was founded in 1950 by the Belgian Textile Federation, FEBELTEX.

Its mission is to promote research and technological development in order to enhance the profitability, quality and production of the Belgian textile industry, seeking to provide specific solutions and contributing towards innovation in terms of products, services and production processes.

It has several fully equipped specialist laboratories which are authorised to analyse and certify products. These laboratories offer an extensive range of textile analyses and support the R&D activities of Centexbel as well as the Belgian textile industry as a whole.

CENTEXBEL works with around 900 Belgian companies and employs 120 people.
In addition to private research, Centexbel is actively involved in collective research programmes financed by regional, federal and European authorities.

Finally, Centexbel offers a number of advantages and exciting opportunities, access to scientific information and real technology, research projects, help applying for innovation funding and grants... therefore any Belgian company can implement the very latest technology, adapting themselves in order to meet current demands.

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