Lutz Walter: The shape of things to come
It’s 20 years since Lutz Walter joined the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex), working first as research and development manager and then, since March last year, as director of innovation and skills of the organisation that is the voice in Brussels of the European clothing and textile industry. A commitment to innovation has led him into parallel roles as secretary general of the Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing and as founder and managing director of a consultancy called Think Innovation. His view of the shape that the European textile and clothing sectors will have in the near future is more sharply defined than those of most observers.