- Project name: Hemp textile industry
- Website: www.czechemp.cz
- Interest areas: industrial hemp and textile uses
- Start date: 1 October 2024
- Project status: Active
Preparing the conditions for the revival of the hemp textile industry in the V4 countries and beyond
The project aims to hemp textile industry recovery in the V4 region and beyond. It brings together recognised partners from V4 countries and Germany with a vast expertise.
The main project idea is to map what is left of the bast fibre textile industry in our countries, define the needs and opportunities for its sustainable revival, design a way to reach the most important markets and verify the innovative technology of hemp textile fibre production.
Main outcome of the project is a digital database of operations that are / were able to process hemp stalk, fibres, yarns or textile in the region.
This will cover:
- factories, machinery and technology, processing capacities of materials and end products;
- expert technologists;
- affiliated institutions dedicated to the textile industry;
- farms that are able to deliver raw materials suitable for textile processing;
- natural fibres and textile oriented universities.
Next to Czechemp, the leading partner, partners of the project are:
- Slovak Hemp Association (Slovenská konopárska asociácia, HEMPSKA, SK)
- Textile center (Textilne centrum o.z, SK)
- Kender-Cucc kft (HU)
- NATUVALIS GmbH (DE)
- Czech Technology Platform for Textile (Česká technologická platforma pro textil, z.s., ČTPT, CZ)
- Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants National Research Institute (Instytut Włókien Naturalnych i Roślin Zielarskich Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, IWNIRZ, PL)