WASTE! Rethinking textile waste - networking event on March 14 in Haslach
Under this motto, a network meeting will take place on Friday, March 14, 2025 at the Textile Center Haslach, to which representatives from industry, trade, design and universities are invited.
The Textile Center Haslach and the Institute for Applied Industrial Research in Vienna are part of the EU project SYMCRAFT, which strengthens synergies between industry and crafts. The focus is on developing ideas for the future-oriented use of textile remnants from industry in the craft and design sector. The aim is to come up with new, creative solutions across all sectors and to help ensure that waste is more widely recognized as a valuable resource in the future.
The focus of the network meeting is on mutual exchange and the opportunity to network with people from other areas to whom you otherwise have little access in your own professional environment. Best practice examples will be presented during keynote speeches and the current status of current challenges, innovative developments and EU directives will be discussed.
Friday, March 14, 2025, Textiles Center Haslach
10:00 - 16:00 Network meeting
09:00 & 16:30 Guided tours of the building
Expert workshop & study visit
The network meeting will be followed by a three-day expert workshop with invited craftspeople and designers. They will systematically examine textile waste for its recyclability and generate initial ideas for reuse. Interested parties will gain insights into these experiments on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 5 p.m. as part of a study visit, which will also be attended by partners of the SYMCRAFT project from other countries.
PROGRAM
9:00
OPTIONAL Guided tour of the building (registration required)
10:00
Welcome coffee & registration
10:15
Heidrun Bichler-Ripfel & Madeleine Block (IAGF),
Christina Leitner, Andreas Selzer & Joanna Czekajlo (TZH)
Welcome & presentation of the SYMCRAFT project
10:35
LaraWernert (13 Rugs)
From selvedges to unique rugs - establishing textile cycles in textile production
11:00
Christian Schimper (FH Wiener Neustadt)
Textile recycling, how is it done?
The Josef Ressel Center for Recovery Strategies for Textiles
11:15
Reinhard Backhausen (Textile Consulting & Circular Consulting)
Textiles and circular economy. Opportunities and challenges
11:25
Coffee break
11:45
Christian Schimper (FH Wiener Neustadt)
Insights into current sustainability projects of Austrian textile companies
11:55
Marina Crnoja-Cosic (ETP)
Textile ETP: Innovation and cooperation for the future of the European textile and clothing industry
12:15
Ute Ploier (University of Art and Design Linz, Fashion & Technology)
Fashion & Technology - designing with secondary raw materials
12:30
Presentation of material stations
12:45
Lunch break: Linseed oil potatoes & good conversation
13:45
Ulrich Riedel & Christine Arlt (Manaomea)
Beauty - born from textile waste: A precious wood substitute made from textile waste
14:05
Simon Riepler (IFGAsota)
Thermoplastic staple fibers - circular economy and sustainability projects
14:15
Karolina Stadler (Gottstein)
From production waste to recyclable material: Circuwool as Gottstein's model for the circular economy
14:30
Thomas Timmel (BioBASE)
The art of NETWORKING - using the BioBASE Compass as an example
14:45
Break
15:15
Alexia Tischberger-Aldrian (University of Leoben)
Challenges in the sorting of used textiles
15:30
Elisabeth Sommerbauer (Fashion School Graz, tailor)
Creative prospects for textile waste
15:40
Svenja Boissel & Lil Petersen (Petersen Boissel)
Waste - Fat Yarn - Surface
16:00
Final round
16:30
OPTIONAL Guided tour of the house (registration required)
TO REGISTRATION and all information on how to get there
SYMCRAFT Network Meeting Haslach_Details.pdf (395,8 KiB)
SYMCRAFT_Network_Meeting_14_03_2025_Flyer with program.pdf (829,7 KiB)