Position statement: Textile machinery for a sustainable textile industry

Discussions surrounding the clothing and textile industries are heating up. Textile consumption around the world is increasing due to the growth in the global population and purchasing power. Up to now, this has been accompanied by high and growing resource consumption on the one hand, and overproduction as well as leftover stocks and waste on the other. The VDMA companies are committed to reducing the con-sumption of resources in the textile value chain with highly efficient technologies! The goal is to utilise potential for saving resources such as water, energy and chemi-cals, to reduce CO2 emissions and promote recycling. To this end, the mechanical en-gineering industry provides the technical prerequisites for the efficient further use and re-use of textile raw materials, be they natural or man-made fibres. This issue will be-come ever more important over the coming years. We are committed to promoting the responsible use of resources!