At the service of the industry

Fedustria represents the textile, woodworking and furniture industry’s companies. In Belgium, these sectors account for 50,000 jobs in 2,430 companies and generate a turnover of 10.5 billion euros. In other words, one of the most important sectors of the Belgian industry.

Fedustria asbl, the merged federation, succeeding to Fébeltex asbl and Fébelbois asbl, was formally set up in Ghent on Wednesday December 20th, 2006 at 18 o’clock. The picture shows the founders and both managing directors (f.l. to r.): Herman Paridaens, Gustaaf Neyt, Jean-Baptiste Santens, Philippe Vlerick, Guy Van Steertegem (deputy managing director of Fedustria), Michèle Sioen, Fa Quix (managing director of Fedustria), Paul Thiers, Eric Vandenbosch, Raymond Meers and Jan Ide.

The Belgian federation of the textile industry (Fébeltex) and the Belgian federation of the woodworking and furniture industries (Fébelbois) decided to join forces within Fedustria, with the main aim of helping both sectors’ companies in their successful development through protection and reinforcement of their competition. Fedustria acts as a representative of the textile, wood and furniture industries, provides an even more active protection of the common interests of the members and a larger range of specialised services, is a common training and meeting platform for its members and also supplies accurate and up-to-date information.

Fedustria is at the service of the textile, woodworking and furniture industry and its members are entitled to professional and accurate support by a team of specialised collaborators. Becoming a member of Fedustria also allows you to benefit from numerous advantages, which strengthen the influence of the sectors and optimise the protection of the members’ interests.