Clubtex

Name

Clubtex

Legal name

CLUBTEX

Website

https://clubtex.innovationstextiles.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tourcoing

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Clubtex generates revenue through membership fees from companies, research institutions, schools, and other organizations in the textile technical sector. Members gain access to networking events, technological days, workshops, partnership opportunities, and international business development support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Clubtex is a French p\u00f4le de comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 (competitiveness cluster) for the technical textiles sector, headquartered at CETI Park in Tourcoing. The organization brings together textile companies, research centers, and educational institutions to foster innovation, collaboration, and business development. It delivers this through tiered membership, networking events (12/14 lunch debates), technology days (Journ\u00e9es Technologiques), workshops, working groups, major-account introductions, trade show participation, and export missions.

Product overview

CLUBTEX is a French competitiveness cluster (pôle de compétitivité) for technical textiles, operating within the textile innovation ecosystem alongside EuraMaterials and UpTex. The organization does not offer a software product but provides a portfolio of services to support its members: the 12/14 CLUBTEX lunch debates for networking, the Journées Technologiques technology days (organized with ENSAIT, IFTH, and UP-tex), Rencontres de CLUBTEX networking meetings, INNOTEX incubator support, Rencontres Grands Comptes major account meetings, Ateliers Technologiques workshops, working Groups, international trade show participation (TECHINNOV, TECHTEXTIL, ITMA, DORNBIRN GFC), export missions, and personalized support services. The cluster serves textile companies across sectors including building, geotextiles, industry, medical, protection, sports and leisure, and transport.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 12/14 CLUBTEX Networking Lunch Debates Ten networking lunch debates per year (12/14 CLUBTEX series) bringing together members to discuss textile-industry topics and exchange business leads. Open to members of the textile innovation cluster.
• Journ\u00e9es Technologiques (Technology Days) Three annual technology days organized in collaboration with ENSAIT, IFTH, and UP-tex, covering specialized textile topics such as barrier textiles, additive manufacturing for textiles, medical textiles, smart textiles, and nonwovens. Aimed at textile companies, researchers, and end-market users.
• Rencontres de CLUBTEX Networking meetings designed to connect members of the textile innovation cluster for introductions, project exploration, and partnership formation.
• Rencontres Grands Comptes Meetings connecting members with major industrial accounts including ENEDIS, PSA (Stellantis), AREVA, AIRBUS, and Pacte PME to surface textile application opportunities and business partnerships.
• Missions Export (Export Missions) Export missions organized with BusinessFrance, DGE, and Techtera to help members develop international business opportunities, including prior missions to Japan and recurring European trade show delegations.
• Salons et Conf\u00e9rences (Trade Show and Conference Participation) Coordinated participation in major international conventions and trade shows including TECHINNOV, TECHTEXTIL, ITMA, Milan, GFC Dornbirn, JEC World, EXPOPROTECTION, and Hannover Messe.
• Ateliers Technologiques (Technology Workshops) Technology workshops including visits to the MISTRAL platform and additive manufacturing sessions, providing hands-on exposure to specialized textile-production capabilities for member companies.
• Groupes de Travail (Working Groups) Working groups including CONFECTION and FILIERE LINE that bring members together to address specific textile-industry challenges and produce collaborative outputs.
• Accompagnements personnalis\u00e9s (Personalized Support) Personalized support and guidance for members' innovation and business development projects, delivered by the Clubtex team in coordination with regional and European partners.
• Soutien des incub\u00e9s d'INNOTEX Support services for startups incubated at INNOTEX, providing networking introductions and business accompaniment to accelerate their development.

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, regional and minor.

• UpTexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUpTex is the competitiveness pole for technical textiles that works closely with Clubtex. The two organizations frequently co-organize events, trade show delegations (TECHTEXTIL, CITEXT), and international missions. UpTex shares staff leadership with Clubtex (Jean-Marc Vienot serves as Secretary General of Clubtex and Director General of UpTex).
• Innovations Textiles (Alliance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClubtex is part of the Innovations Textiles Alliance, a broader network bringing together textile industry stakeholders in the Hauts-de-France region for collaborative development.
• EuraMaterialscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuraMaterials is the materials and plasturgy competitiveness pole that partners with Clubtex on joint events, trade shows, and industry initiatives. The organizations share staff and co-organize technological days and business conventions like CITEXT.
• ENSAITcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENSAIT (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles) is a textile engineering school that partners with Clubtex for technological days, research projects, and student-industry connections. The school hosts Clubtex events and provides technical expertise.
• IFTHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFTH (Institut Français du Textile et de l'Habillement) is the Industrial Technical Textile Center that co-organizes technological days with Clubtex and provides technical expertise to members.
• CENTEXBELmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCENTEXBEL is a Belgian textile research center that partners with Clubtex on technological days, presenting research on topics including electrospinning, antimicrobial textiles, and textile-PPE interactions. Participates in joint events across the Franco-Belgian border.
• EURASANTÉmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEURASANTÉ is a health innovation campus in Lille that partners with Clubtex for medical textile events. Hosts technological days focused on textiles for medical applications at their facilities.
• Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL)regionalGTM or Marketing PartnerMEL is a regional authority and partner of Clubtex, supporting the organization's activities and the broader textile industry ecosystem in the Lille metropolitan area.
• Conseil Régional des Hauts de FranceregionalGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Hauts-de-France Regional Council provides ongoing support to Clubtex and the technical textiles sector, including sponsorship for participation in trade shows like TECHTEXTIL.
• ETT Club (European Technical Textiles Club)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ETT Club brings together European textile associations including Clubtex (France), FEDUSTRIA (Belgium), IVGT (Germany), and TexClubTec Sistema Moda Italia. Jointly organizes pavilions at major trade shows including Hannover Messe and TECHTEXTIL.
• ENEDISminorOthersENEDIS (French electricity distribution network) organizes workshops with Clubtex members to explore textile applications for their operations and training needs.
• PSA Group (now Stellantis)minorOthersMajor automotive manufacturer that participates in Clubtex networking events and workshops, exploring textile applications for vehicles.
• AIRBUSminorOthersAerospace company that participates in Clubtex events exploring textile applications for aerospace including composites and interior materials.
• AREVAminorOthersNuclear energy company that participates in Clubtex networking events and workshops exploring textile applications for the energy sector.
• Pacte PMEminorOthersOrganization connecting SMEs with large companies that collaborates with Clubtex on networking events and business development.
• GFC DornbirnmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerGFC Dornbirn is the World Congress of Fibers held annually in Austria. Clubtex is represented on the Programming Committee (Karine Wallois) and organizes sessions and member participation in this major international fiber and textile conference.
• TechteramajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechtera is another French textile competitiveness pole that partnered with Clubtex and EuraMaterials during COVID-19 to coordinate industry response and mask production efforts.
• Comité Stratégique de Filière Mode et LuxemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Strategic Committee for the Fashion and Luxury sector coordinated national industry response during COVID-19, working with Clubtex and other textile organizations on mask production and supply chain issues.
• INNOTEXminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINNOTEX is an textile incubator that Clubtex supports through member introductions and business accompaniment services.
• BusinessFrancemajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBusinessFrance is the French agency for international business development that partners with Clubtex on international missions, including missions to Japan organized with DGE and Techtera.
• EEN (Enterprise Europe Network)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Enterprise Europe Network operates with Clubtex and EuraMaterials on international business development and partnership opportunities for members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• TexClubTec (Sistema Moda Italia): Italian technical textiles cluster within Sistema Moda Italia and ETT Club co-member. Comparable association model serving Italian technical textile firms via trade show coordination and joint programming.
• FEDUSTRIA: Belgian textile, clothing, and fashion federation that co-organizes ETT Club joint pavilions at TECHTEXTIL and Hannover Messe; comparable membership association but serving Belgium rather than France.
• IVGT (Industrieverband Garne, Gewebe, Technische Textilien): German technical textiles industry association and ETT Club co-member. Comparable membership-based cluster structure serving the German technical textiles market.

Others

• ENSAIT: French textile engineering school and Clubtex partner that hosts technological days, supplies student-industry connections, and provides technical expertise to the cluster's innovation programming.

Direct peers

• Techtera: French Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes textile competitiveness pole. Partnered with Clubtex during COVID-19 to coordinate mask production and supply chain response, and collaborates on Japan export missions via BusinessFrance.
• CENTEXBEL: Belgian textile research center and Clubtex member that co-presents technological days on electrospinning, antimicrobial textiles, and PPE — operates as a Franco-Belgian counterpart in the ETT Club.
• EuraMaterials: Materials and plasturgy competitiveness pole headquartered at the same CETI Park address in Tourcoing. Co-organizes CITEXT convention, technological days, and trade show delegations with Clubtex.
• IFTH (Institut Français du Textile et de l'Habillement): French industrial technical textile center and Clubtex member that co-organizes Journées Technologiques and provides technical expertise to members across testing, R&D, and standards.
• UpTex: French competitiveness pole for technical textiles sharing staff leadership with Clubtex (Jean-Marc Vienot served as Director General of UpTex and Secretary General of Clubtex). Co-organizes trade shows, missions, and innovation programs.
• CETI (Centre Européen des Textiles Innovants): European Center for Innovative Textiles, co-located with Clubtex at the CETI Park campus in Tourcoing. Provides prototyping and pilot production capabilities that complement Clusterx's networking services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CLUBTEX_TexTech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clubtex

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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