Major economic players

  • Professional organizations:

UIT SUD (Southern Union of Textile Industries)
Contact : fits@textile.fr

FORTEX (training in the textile sector)
Contact : fortex.midi-pyrenees@wanadoo.fr

IFA TEXTILE (work-study training institute)
Contact : ifa.textile@wanadoo.fr

FORTHAC/FORSUD (joint participation organization to collect training funds)
Contact : forsud@forthac.fr

IFTH , regional delegation of the IFTH (French Textile and Apparel Institute)
Provides the industrial technical center devoted to the sector.
Contact : aglade@ifth.org

  • The leading government players:

The central governement (DRIRE, SGAR, D2RT, DRTEPF)
Contact : Jean-Michel BOULESTEIX, Regional Delegate for Textile, attached to the DRIRE Midi-Pyrénées, provides expert evaluation of the sector and coordination of actions with the governement services.

OSEO group
Midi-Pyrénées Regional Council (Midi-Pyrenees Regional Council)
Midi-Pyrénées Expansion (the economic development agency of the Midi-Pyrenees region)
Agate (the economic development agency of the Tarn Department)
Ariège Expansion (the economic development agency of the Ariège Department)
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Castres-Mazamet (Castres-Mazamet Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de l'Ariège (Ariège Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

  • R2ith, a network to support innovation and creation:

Created by the Ministry of Industry, the R2ith (National Network for Textile Innovation) is made up of 8 delegations corresponding to the 8 top textile regions in France.

These regional networks bring together companies, professional bodies of the textile/clothing sector, training centers, technical centers and research laboratories, and the public authorities.

Each regional entity is classified according to one or more key fields of excellence, and is invited to cooperate with another region for support in complementary fields to improve its offer..

Given the historic specificity of the Midi-Pyrenees region, our R2ith network is classified and recognized as a specialist in wool processing and technical applications . Our privileged partner is the Nord-Pas de Calais region which has competencies in non-woven fields and high-performance textile materials.

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