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Something must be done fast!

Textile network is focusing this year on the shortage of skilled workers and young talents in the textile industry. To kick off this series, Ingeborg Neumann, President of the Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry deals with a question that many companies are currently asking themselves: What can be done to counter the growing shortage of skilled workers?

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Saxony's textile companies go in search of foreign employees

The East German textile industry is particularly affected by the shortage of skilled workers. Companies are therefore stepping up their efforts to recruit suitable foreign employees.

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Peppermint Group: Only those who shape change and integration are prepared for the future!

Currently, 25 young people from six countries are undergoing vocational training.

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Securing the textile future together

The textile industry talks to leading German politicians Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Andrea Nahles at their annual conference in Berlin.

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A single seal for fair, social and ecological? Textile boss fears "huge mistake"

Ethics check at a glance - Development Aid Minister Gerd Müller wants to introduce a new seal for textiles. An interview on the "Green Button" with Ingeborg Neumann.

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SME-4.0 Competence Centre "Textile Networked" launched

As part of the Federal Government's Digital Agenda 2014 to 2017, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy has launched the "Mittelstand 4.0 - Digital Production and Work Processes" funding initiative. The aim of this initiative is to support small and medium-sized enterprises on their way to digital transformation.

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