The ITMF Annual Conference was held in Davos, Switzerland and was co-hosted by Swiss Textiles and Swiss Textile Machinery. The ITMF Awards 2022 were divided in two categories; “Sustainability & Innovation” and “International Cooperation”.
The objective of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award is to recognize sustainable and innovative achievements in the textile industry with focus on innovation, design, development, and production under the strictest standards of sustainability and respect for the environment.
In 2022 the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award was presented to the following companies and organizations from different regions from around the world:
• Cathay Biotech Inc. with Donghua University (China)
• Far Eastern New Century Corporation (Chinese Taipei)
• Gama Recycle Sustainable Technologies Inc. (Türkiye)
• Grupo Malwee (Brazil)
• Lenzing AG (Austria)
• Mahmood Group (Pakistan)
• PSG College of Technology (India)
• Recover – Circular Fashion for All (Spain)
• Sedo Engineering (Switzerland)
• The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (Hong Kong, China)
In the second category, the objective of the “ITMF International Cooperation Award” is to recognize progress in the area of international collaboration in the textile industry according to the values of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In 2022 the ITMF International Cooperation Award was presented to the following companies and organizations from different regions from around the world:
• Bossa (Türkiye)
• Coloro (China)
• Ekoten Tekstil & Smartex.ai (Türkiye)
• Euratex (Belgium)
• Säntis Textiles (Singapore) & Kipas Textiles (Türkiye)
• STAR-NETWORK
• Texfor (Spain)
• Wiser Globe (Türkiye)
