Samenvatting

The in-depth assessment of the situation of the European textile and clothing sector is composed by six independent reports with a close focus on key aspects useful to understand the dynamics and the development of the textile and clothing industry, drivers of change – most notably the impact of the financial crisis – and identification of policy responses and best practices. This has been done in six specific tasks leading to the six reports:
Task 1 Survey on the situation of the EU textile and clothing sector
Task 2 Report on research and development
Task 3 Report on SME situation
Task 4 Report on restructuring
Task 5 Report on training and Education
Task 6 Report on innovation practices
The aim of Task 2 was to analyse in detail how specialised research an innovation centres liaise with textile/clothing enterprises and analyse the process of transforming textile/clothing research innovations into new products/processes available in the market.