TEXTILE CONNECT 2020 AND 2021 - a total of 1098 companies from 30+ countries
In May 2020, the first edition of the international textile business event TEXTILE CONNECT 2020 took place. The event initiated by partners of the Enterprise Europe Network in Sweden and Lithuania was to take place in Kaunas, but due to Covid-19 the event turned digital instead.
The event united as many as 33 countries of the world. Thanks to modern technologies, as many as 650 companies not only from Europe, but also from the Middle East and Asia - China, Indonesia – signed up for the international business matchmaking event. In total, over 540 digital meetings took place between buyers and suppliers. As a result of the event, many new cooperations between companies was established.
On the first days of June 2021, the second edition of the international textile sector matchmaking event TEXTILE CONNECT took place. More than 600 companies from 45 countries connected during four days of digital matchmaking. In total, 1098 companies has participated in the two events.
”The event was great. The technology worked fantastically, and the meetings were efficient and calm. I am super happy and I have already found several potential business partners.” – Annette Philip, Swedish participant of Textile Connect 2021 and owner of Annette Philip Design.
“I found Textile Connect 2021 very useful for both my business and expanding personal understanding about the textiles, solutions available, and exciting innovations in the industry. It was definitely worth my time since I discovered several potential partnerships during the event” – Augustė Kaknevičiūtė, the owner of a sustainable brand in Lithuania “ONE 100”.
"I praise this excellent initiative, free and with real present and future perspectives of partnerships and international businesses"
"My future supplier can certainly be among these and I will definitely participate again if there are more opportunities."
"We received the reply letters on the same day after the virtual meeting - I hope very much for further cooperation“
Video with company OneDress participating in Textile Connect 2020.
