Leonardo da Vinci project - Textile care labelling in practice
Identification Number and title: CZ/09/LLP-PS/P/LdV/011P
Creation of education tools to support the knowledge of technical and practical meaning of care labelling in Europe
Project objectives:
The main idea of the project is to support the knowledge of technical and practical meaning of care labelling in Europe via creating a unified education tools (E/I tools). The symbols enable communication without language barriers and in all European languages have the same meaning.
Duration of the project: 1.8.2009 - 31.7.2011
Coordinator and Partners:
SOTEX GINETEX CZ - coordinator of the project
ETITEX/GINETEX BELGIUM Vzw Comité Belge de l´Etiquetage d´Entretien des Textiles
COFREET - Comité Francais de l´Etiquetage pour l´Entretien des Textiles
CIE (Consejo Intertextil Espanol) GIC-BCN - GINETEX Spain
SEPEE-SYNDESMOS EPIXEIRISEON PLEKTIKIS ETOIMOU ENDYMATOS ELLADOS (Hellenic Fashion Industry Association)
ANIVEC/APIV - Associacão Nacional das Indústrias de Vestuário e Confecção
Textilní zkušební ústav, s.p. Textile testing institute
GINETEX SWITZERLAND - affiliated partner
Project target groups:
Main purpose of symbols used in VET is the communication within the chain of manufacturer — supplier - retailer — trade master — industrial care.
Manufacturer has to know the technical meaning of care symbols and be aware of need to proof properties of their textile products (shrinkage, colourfastness, etc.) to declare correct care labelling.
Retailers have to understand the recommended labelling and be prepared to explain it and advice the correct care of the textile products. The prepared tools should be used by teachers as good alternative education tool for enlightenment to future retailers or producers.
Textile services related to industrial textile care are very much concerned in textile care labelling because they choose the correct care according to the mentioned care symbols. E/I tools will be prepared for all mentioned target groups according to their needs (brochure, leaflets, CDs) and will be translated to all partner languages