Louis de Poortere is a Belgian textiles company established in the 1920s, specialising in the manufacture of high …-quality carpets for the international market. For many years, it was among the largest employers in the Belgian textiles sector, with … approximately 3,000 employees in the 1970s. Mirroring the challenges facing the entire EU textiles sector over the past 20 years …

In the last two decades, many western European textiles and clothing companies have moved their manufacturing … textiles and clothing sector. It is based on existing research literature and empirical studies. …