Jul222026

Future Fibers Summit: Sustainable Materials in Apparel

A two-day summit on recycled and bio-based fibres, with manufacturers from Egypt, Turkey and Portugal presenting commercial-scale case studies rather than pilots.

22–23 July 2026 Lisbon, Portugal · Centro de Congressos Starts in 27 days

About this event

The Future Fibers Summit brings together mills, brands and material scientists working on recycled and bio-based fibres at commercial volume. The 2026 programme is deliberately weighted towards production realities — yield, contamination, dye uptake and cost per kilo — rather than material science in the abstract.

For Egyptian manufacturers the summit matters for one specific reason: several EU brands represented on the programme have published 2027 recycled-content targets that their current supply base cannot meet. Egyptian spinners with the right certifications are among a small group that could.

Who should attend

Spinning and knitting mills exploring recycled or blended feedstock
Export managers whose EU customers have published recycled-content commitments
Sustainability and compliance leads working towards GRS, RCS or OEKO-TEX certification
Buyers sourcing certified sustainable fabric from the Southern Mediterranean

Details

Dates: Wednesday 22 – Thursday 23 July 2026Doors 08:30, sessions 09:30–17:30 both days
Format: In person, with the plenary sessions streamedStreaming is free; the workshops are not recorded
Venue: Centro de Congressos de LisboaPraça das Indústrias 1, 1300-307 Lisboa, Portugal
Language: English, with Portuguese interpretation in the main hall
Admission: €480 full pass · €180 single day · free streaming passEgytex is not the organiser and does not process registration or payment
Organiser: European Fibre Innovation Council
Expected attendance: Around 600, of whom roughly 40 from North Africa
Egytex reference: EVT-2026-0117

Programme highlights

Day 1 · 09:30Opening: where recycled content actually isCouncil secretariat, with 2025 volume data

Day 1 · 11:15Mechanical recycling at mill scale — three case studiesMills from Portugal, Turkey and Egypt

Day 1 · 14:00Workshop: contamination and sortingLimited to 60 places, booked separately

Day 2 · 09:30Brand panel: the 2027 targets and the supply gap

Day 2 · 13:30Certification clinic — GRS, RCS and what auditors ask for

Day 2 · 16:00Closing and matchmaking sessionPre-booked 20-minute meetings

Programme as published by the organiser on 18 August 2026 and subject to change. Egytex does not control the agenda.

Egyptian participation

Three companies listed in the Egytex directory are confirmed on the exhibitor or speaker list. If your company is attending and is not shown here, tell us and we will add it.

Confirmed from Egypt

ND Nile Delta Spinning & WeavingMahalla El Kubra · verified listing Speaking, Day 1

AL Alexandria Knit Co.Alexandria · verified listing Stand C-14

SC SCZONE Textile ClusterSuez · verified listing Stand C-16

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Organiser

EFIC

European Fibre Innovation Council

A Brussels-based industry body representing fibre producers and converters across the EU. Runs the Future Fibers Summit annually since 2019.

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How this listing got here. Submitted through Submit an Event by the organiser on 12 August 2026, checked against the organiser's own site and published by Egytex on 14 August 2026. Egytex lists events as an industry service: we are not the organiser, we do not take registrations or payment, and details can change after publication. Tell us if something here is wrong.

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