TCBL Textile & Clothing Business Labs is reinventing the European Textile & Clothing sector by exploring new ways to design, make, and work together. New production and distribution technologies, innovative organisational models and creative energies are opening up opportunities to bring production capacity back to Europe. Join TCBL to participate in this open, transformative ecosystem.

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Anyone who wants to transform the textile and clothing industry: sector businesses, researchers and explorers, service providers, and experts facilitating knowledge exchange and innovation.

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Become part of a value-based community where different types of organisations are working together to create a low-risk environment for business model innovation.

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Your March 2019 Reading List

Welcome to our monthly reading list on themes relevant to TCBL. We’ve spotted the best general and academic articles about the sustainable...

Upcoming events

Baltic Fashion & Textile Riga

Riga 26/04/2019
The Baltic Fashion & Textile is the biggest Baltic trade fair for the...

Textile Talks - Venice seminars

Venezia - Marghera 09/05/2019
Unioncamere del Veneto – Eurosportello Veneto, partner of TCBL project -...

Copenhagen Fashion Summit

Copenaghen 15/05/2019
Since its first edition in 2009, Copenhagen Fashion Summit has established...

Labs

Labs are the active, physical context in which TCBL's explorations of new models take place.
Check out the latest projects from our Labs.

DEMIS MARIN The waste of materials in the fashion world is a big problem. The frequentation of the world of vintage garments purposes has stimulated my creativity December 07, 2018
Tanya Perkins horse rug using micro-encapsulation Tanya is undertaking a MA and proceeding with a doctorate to complete a rug using micro-encapsulation for horses with severe skin conditions. November 20, 2018
TCBL Innovative Workplace Testing a new and innovative workplace for garment assembly that allows from small atelier to mid-large atelier to scale up the production maintaining May 23, 2018

Business Pilots

TCBL supports Associate Enterprises that make up a value-based business community.
These enterprises have proposed concrete business cases that can freely explore the impact of innovative business models and that benefit from interaction with TCBL Labs.

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Storytelling, case studies, research and more on the world of textile and clothing in Europe