ELEVATEX aims to accelerate the green and digital transition of the textile industry, increase the innovation capacity of SMEs, and strengthen their
resilience and competitiveness in Europe and abroad.
The project will also foster cross-sectoral and cross-regional collaboration, supporting the adoption of sustainable and advanced technologies along the textile value chain.

The project’s strategy to empower the European textile ecosystem focus on
three main objectives:

• Innovate for strategic autonomy: funding individual textile SMEs to
develop new-to-firm products and services aligned with market trends.
• Establish strategic partnerships: build networks and strategic
partnerships with applicative markets and solution providers to
generate activities to support the twin-transition of textile SMEs,
technology adoption, innovative products and processes development.
• Adopt cutting-edge technologies: supporting consortia of SMEs and
technology providers in implementing green and digital processes to
boost competitiveness.
• Go international: facilitating access to global value chains through two
collective business missions to the United States and Japan, countries

These target markets were selected by Elevatex due to their strong
market potential and validated interest in the sector. Two collective
business missions will give 20 SMEs opportunities to access global value
chains, explore new markets, and establish international partnerships.