OUR INDUSTRY SECTOR
Companies represented by EUCTL cover more than 70 % of the European production of chemicals for textiles and leather. The annual turnover is 4.2 billion ad more than the half of sales are target to extra-EU-markets.
Their products play a fundamental role in all phases of the production processes leading to the final article to be used by the consumer: for textiles, different chemicals are applied, from auxiliaries for fibers and yarn up to finishing/coating products; regarding leather, auxiliaries produced by our sector include from beam house chemicals up to finishing agents.
The Research and Development activities are very pronounced: a survey on companies represented by EUCTL show that 18% of employees are dedicated to exploration, research and invention of new substances or to the development of new formulations on the basis of known substances for existing markets and the development of new markets.