Smart textiles - intelligent, technical, sensory, actuatory, multifunctional; Wearables, textile-based products ...
The development of smart textiles and new fields of application works only interdisciplinary and cross-industry. We promote the cooperation of manufacturers, developers and researchers - and ensure a fast transfer of knowledge between institutes and companies.
19 May 2026: Smart Textiles Workshop in Jena
Smart textile innovations: strengthening the location, securing added value, shaping the future
We cordially invite you to our smart textiles workshop on 19 May 2026 in Jena. The focus will be on innovation in sensory textile materials, the challenges involved in manufacturing and the opportunities for strengthening the regional production chain.
2 - 30 March 2026: AI Spring for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
13 free online events for small and medium-sized enterprises
13 free online events for small and medium-sized enterprises
This year, the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Ilmenau is once again hosting several seminars on artificial intelligence. These online events offer you exclusive insights into AI innovations for SMEs every two days, free of charge and independently.
6 May 2025: Smart Textiles Workshop in Jena
Customised modifications of textile structures are the basis for innovative, marketable smart textiles
Many companies are facing major challenges. How are you responding? What role could smart textiles play in the future? Which parameters support marketability? Come to our Smart Textiles Workshop on 6 May 2025 to find out about new smart solutions in institutes and companies. Learn about outstanding projects and discuss the possibilities for your own products with the experts.
10 December 2024: Smart Textiles Symposium 2024
Symposium "Innovative material concepts as a turbo for smart textile developments"
The annual Smart Textiles Symposium took place in Jena on 10 December 2024. Experts from institutes and companies presented a wide range of new approaches for smart textiles and took part in the discussion. You can download the presentations as soon as they have been released by the author.
11 Sept. 2024: Smart Textiles Workshop | Lecture notes online
Flexible intelligence: innovations and trends in smart textiles
Intelligent materials are the textile materials of the future, from which multifunctionality and intelligent behaviour are expected. Innovators and developers are increasingly overcoming the challenges with solutions in which flexible textile materials act as the basis for an intelligent system. By integrating sensors into textile materials, we are giving them a new role.