SoTecIn Factory Startup Day

19–20 May 2025 | Porto, Portugal

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Tirza Brems

COO/CTO New Industrial Order & Consultant Sustainable Business Models for Textiles

New Industrial Order

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Since 2016 with New Industrial Order, using tech to make fashion local, fast & lean. After 25 yrs in retail, I push for digital, on-demand, sustainable systems.

My organisation

New Industrial Order

New Industrial Order

Start-up

Amsterdam, Netherlands

At New Industrial Order, we’re rethinking how knitted textiles get made—helping brands and producers move away from mass production and toward flexible, on-demand systems. We see a future where things are made only when needed, in local hubs, with a focus on sustainability and smart, responsive craftmanship.
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About me

Born in Amsterdam, daughter of couture designer and an advertising AE, BSc at HTS Koetsier (now AMFI Management)

>HEMA: 1992-2014: 8 year Buyer + 3 years Unit Manager + 7 years Innovation Manager

> Bureau Brems: 2015-now: Consultancy Retail, Innovation, Sustainable Textile & Business Navigation: EK-fashion, Boretti, Het Faire Oosten, Bo Weevil, OHWOW, Cube-retail, etc

> De Breihub (the KnitHub): 2015-2016 - 3rd price winner ASN-Bank

> NITTO.Amsterdam: 2015-now: small batch semi local production runs for design shops, museumshops, designer brands and sustainable shops

> New Industrial Order: 2016-now: COO & CTO, working on digitized and automated solutions for local production and infrastructure

> Worth Partnerships: 2019-now: Steering Board member - Mentor

> Circo: 2019-2023: Expert Circular Textiles, Product development and supply chains

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Skills

  • value chain
  • Circular Textiles
  • Analytics
  • Textiles
  • Textile innovation

Interests

  • innovation
  • digital
  • Automation
  • Craft