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IWTO Annual Congress 2009 |
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Wool Industry unites to face future
challenges with renewed confidence
Following the annual Congress of the International Wool Textile
Organisation (IWTO) held in Frankfurt from June 16th to 18th, IWTO
President Guenther Beier issued a statement today praising growers and
industrialists throughout the wool pipeline for commitments made at
the congress to product marketing and ecological excellence.
"I applaud the stance taken by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to
commit further funding to the concept of Business to Business to
Consumer Marketing with the Woolmark as the leading brand.
I warmly welcome
AWI's decision to include other grower nations in future strategic discussions,
particularly at a time when the market is demanding a positive
ecological message from spinners and weavers of wool worldwide"

The Congress was held concurrently with Techtextil, the biennial
technical textile trade fair, organised by Messe Frankfurt, and the
Natural Fibre Congress, which was part of the “International Year of
Natural Fibres
2009” activities.
Beier added: "Promoting wool as the world's leading eco-friendly
fibre is a high priority for all, as retailers revisit Corporate
Social Responsibility agendas. Wool used for interiors, apparel and
lifestyle has unrivalled natural and sustainable characteristics and IWTO will continue
to ensure the properties of wool are recognised for their
environmental attributes amongst legislative bodies worldwide"
He
further added that IWTO's next major step was to engage the retail
industry to a far greater degree than has been the case in the past
and that plans were already at a preliminary stage to have this take
place at the next Conference to be held from 4 - 6 May, 2010 in Rambouillet,
France.
Get a full
overview of the IWTO Congress in Frankfurt by clicking
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New Members of the IWTO Executive
Committee
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At the 78th IWTO Congress,
held in Frankfurt, Germany, from 15. to 18. June 2009 the Assembly has elected
new members onto the Executive Committee of IWTO.
Günther Beier
(Germany) was re-elected as IWTO President
for another term, as was Osman Kilic
(Turkey) as IWTO Senior Vice President.
Piercarlo
Zedda
(Italy) was elected as new member to the IWTO
Executive Committee.
Günther Beier has, in accordance to the IWTO
Statutes, co-opted
three persons as supplementary
(non-voting) members to the IWTO Executive Committee.
The co-opted persons are:
•
Peter Ackroyd
(UK)
•
Michael Jackson
(Australia)
•
Klaus Steger
(Germany)
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New IWTO Committee Chairmen/Secretaries |
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At the Congress in Frankfurt
the following changes in positions of “IWTO Speciality Committees” have taken
place:
After the retirement of Mr.
David Ward (Australia) as Committee Chairman,
Mr. Michael Jackson (Australia) has
taken over the chair of this Committee during the Congress in Frankfurt.
Resulting in the retirement of
Mr. Brian Whitaker (UK), a new Chairperson was nominated for this Committee. The
new chairman is Mr. Petrus de Wet (South
Africa), he took over the position at the Congress in Frankfurt.
Committee Secretary Michael Jackson has
stepped back from his position in order to take over the Contracts &
Specification Committee. As successor for the Committee Secretary,
Mr. Tony Wen (China) has taken over
the responsibility in Frankfurt.
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New IWTO Associate Member |
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As
new Associate Member of IWTO, the Dutch producer of natural dyestuffs and
colouring ‘RUBIA – Pigmenta Naturalia B.V.
(The Netherlands)’ was warmly welcomed as new member of IWTO. |
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2009 Venue for IWTO Wool Round Table |
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As venue for the IWTO Wool
Round Table 2009, New Delhi, India
was confirmed during the Assembly.
Please consult the
Upcoming Events
page for further details.
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2011 Congress Venue |
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As venue for the IWTO
Congress 2011, the city of Hang
Zhou, in the
Province of Zhejiang, China was voted during the
Assembly.
Please consult the
Upcoming Events
page for further details.
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International Year of Natural Fibres 2009

The Year 2009 has
been declared “International Year of Natural Fibres”
by the United
Nations
Click
here
for further information.
The 4 Pillars of IWTO

Please click
here to see
the objectives of IWTO
IWTO
Wool Film
IWTO has
released a film about wool and its benefit and contribution to a safer
and healthier environment.
Please
click a flag to choose your preferred language:

Wool
Industry Road Map
IWTO
has released a Roadmap for the wool industry sector in order to
improve the market access development for wool in all application
areas.
Please
click a flag to choose your preferred language:

Wool in the Media
Please find here
a selection of articles
about wool and/or IWTO from the international press.
IWTO Publications
Future Consumption of Interior Textiles

an
IWTO/GfK Consumer Study
Order Form
Vision and Perspective of Consumer Behaviour and Trends in Clothing

an
IWTO/KSA Consumer Study
Order Form
IWTO Market
Information

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and for ordering the IWTO Market Information, please click
here.
IWTO Blue Book

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Blue Book, please click
here.
IWTO Red Book

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Book,
please click
here.
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