The EU Textile Strategy 2030
FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Marie Oldopp from Hohenstein about the EU Textile Strategy 2030, what it is and what it stands for as well as discussing which OEKO TEX standards are the most important for printers involved in textiles.
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