What's it all about?

The region for advanced materials

Key features of the region

Number of textile and advanced materials companies

> 1000

Companies

on the Nord-Pas de Calais and Belgium territory

Number of workers

> 34 000

People

on the Nord-Pas de Calais and Belgium territory

Turnover

5.5

Bilion €

on the Nord-Pas de Calais and Belgium territory

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What does it involve?

Connected by competences

This website is here to support and promote cross-border collaboration between innovation and knowledge actors as well as in the field of innovation between companies in West Flanders and northern France. The focus in this is on key sectors in both regions: textile and new materials. When it comes to innovation and industrial activity, this cross-border region is at the forefront from a global perspective, and it intends to expand even more in the future. 

What does it involve?

Connection opportunities

Collaboration that goes beyond borders and sectors while combining ideas is often the first step to innovation. This website supports this vital step. The competences and the potential for innovation that exist within the more than 125 textile, synthetics and new material companies are gathered here and can be consulted.

You can use the maptool to quickly and easily filter on the skills that are essential for your project so that you can come into contact with those businesses/actors that can add value to your project. If you have still not found all the information you require, you can access it by logging on to this site.

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Our competence partners

Textile

Centexbel 

UP-tex (cluster)

Our competence partners

New materials

VKC - Centexbel (testing laboratory and competence center)

Matikem (cluster)