The purpose of this paper is to show the relationship between technology and competitiveness, out of an exploratory study of the tecnological capability of the Brazilian textile machine industry. The study was supported by a number of interviews in selected companies Evidences from the study indicated that Brazilian textile machines that tended to be more competitive are those in which the technological progress tended to be slow and those whose production process requires more labor content and closer interactive relationship between producers and clients, such as finishing machines ordered by request.
competitiveness; technological capability; aprenticeship