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.
9 October 2024: Enhancing regional access to and performance in EU initiatives and funds
Invitation to the launch event
To successfully manage the digital and green transition, all EU regions need to take advantage of funding opportunities and participate in strategic networks at European level. Many EU funds are available to regional actors - both public and private - but each with specific eligibility criteria. These are often barriers to accessing these resources.
10 December 2024: Smart Textiles Symposium 2024
Symposium ‘New functionalities of smart textiles’
The Smart Textiles Symposium will take place in Jena on 10 December 2024. We are currently working on a programme with the broadest possible range of new approaches for smart textiles. At the same time, there will once again be an exhibition where you can present your projects and product approaches.
11 September 2024: Smart Textiles Workshop in Jena
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.