Farbolux Biliński is a medium-sized, family-owned company located in the region of Łódź in central Poland – Łódź has been a major centre of the Polish textiles and clothing industry since the 19th century. The company specialises in dying, bleaching, washing, tumbling, cutting and...

Kvadrat A/S is a leading textiles company, specialising in the design and sale of high-quality interior textiles. In addition to designing textiles for furniture and curtains, the company has extended it portfolio to include textile-related products, while entering new markets such as the retail...

Royal TenCate is a leading multinational textiles company located in the east of the Netherlands, whose core business is textile technology, ‘intelligent textiles’ and geotextiles. Since its establishment, which dates back to the 18th century, the company has successfully transformed itself...

With almost 1,000 employees, Utenos Trikotažas is the largest apparel manufacturer in the Baltic states. It specialises in producing medium to high-quality knitted jersey products and underwear for large clothing retailers. The company provides the full production cycle for its customers,...

The concentration of textiles and clothing companies in the Herning-Ikast-Brande area of Jutland in western Denmark is due to a long history of crafts in the region. In the 1980s, this concentration was very important to the companies involved, as it attracted many potential customers to the...

The objective of this study is to present a scenario analysis that may be used as a vehicle to develop long-term visions of possible opportunities, barriers and threats for the European textiles and clothing sector and the sustainable development of its workforce. The objective is pursued as a...

The textiles and clothing industry represents a significant sector of economic activity in world trade and also within the European Union. It is a highly diverse and heterogeneous industry which covers a wide variety of end products ranging from hi-tech synthetic yarns to wool fabrics, from...

In monopsony models of the labour market either a minimum wage or an employment subsidy financed by a lump sum tax on profits can achieve the efficient level of employment and output. Incorporating working conditions into a monopsony model where higher wages raise firm labour supply, but less...