Standardisation

"Standardise – or be standardised."
Secretary of State Hartmut Schauerte, at the  mid-sized businesses conference "Standards for Success", April 2008, Berlin

"Standards foster international trade, serving to streamline productivity, guarantee quality, protect society and generally improve safety and communication. Standards are a more powerful engine for economic growth than patents or licensing. Standardisation is a strategic tool to use when competing: companies that participate in standardisation work achieve benefits derived from knowledge- and time-based advantages. They can also mitigate research risks and cut development costs. By employing standards, significant reductions can be achieved in transactional costs, such as those involved in purchasing and the tender process." DIN, the German Institute for Standardisation

The German textile and fashion industry is an active contributor of expertise to the standardisation process. The textile+fashion confederation is represented in the following national standardisation bodies:

DIN (German Institute for Standardisation)

Materials Testing Standards Committee
Textiles and Textile Machinery Standards Committee
Medical Standards Committee

Brochure_Textilnorm (German Version)

Contact:
Christina Meßner

Tel +49 30 726220-36
Fax +49 30 726220-136
Mail cmessner@textil-mode.de