The organization has changed its name to the Alliance for European Flax Linen & Hemp as part of the new initiative.
It also intends to publish economic data and information on a more regular basis, focus on traceability and life cycle analysis and use technology such as optical imaging to better describe long fibers.
“In an international context of growth and reindustrialization, flax, which accounts for just 0.4% of global textile fibers, is a globalized fiber with remarkable technical and environmental properties,” said Bart Depourcq, president of the alliance. “At the same time, the European textile hemp industry is organizing itself to boost growth.”
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