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.
InMotion2022: Registration deadline on 19. August
International Smart Textiles Conference in Weimar from September 21 - 23. 2022
The coordination team of the SmartTex network (richter+partner) organizes the event on a large scale at the Congress Centrum Weimarhalle and online. Anyone who would like to benefit from the experience of international experts, e.g. how to turn an R&D project into a safe product ready for series production, can register now:
Matchmaking Sessions and Expert Talks
Virtual Seminars for Smart & Technical Textiles
From June 1 - September 30, 2022, you can use a matchmaking platform of the EEN to find international cooperation partners. The Enterprise Europe Network organizes the matchmaking on the occasion of TechTextil in Frankfurt and the InMotion2022 conference in Weimar.
In addition to matchmaking (from June to September), participants have the opportunity to attend virtual seminars.
Textile muscle - the exoskeleton for the fingers
ITP, IPHT and THOREY collaborate to develop glove to support limited hand muscles
The principle of exoskeletons has caused quite a stir in the media. And rightly so, because it will enable paraplegic people, for example, to walk independently again. On a small scale, this was not yet possible or was a bulky affair. Now there is a textile-based solution to support the gripping function of hands:
03.-07. October 2022: MILLENNIUM INNOVATION DAYS
One week, five future topics, first-hand insights, efficient networking.
From October 03 to 07, 2022, the Millennium Innovation Days (MID) will enter a new round: keynotes, panels, international exchange, company visits and more. In Lustenau / Austria you will get first-hand insights into current future topics and the opportunity for efficient networking.
Lecture scripts online: Smart Textiles Workshop september 30, 2021
Smart textile solutions - embroidering, connecting, mass producing and making sustainable ?
After the long Corona-related break, a real meeting took place after a long break - with speakers on site, with discussions and real encounters. Among other things, a newly developed sensory MRI cloth was presented, solutions for textile bonding and interesting possibilities to transfer smart prototypes into series production without having to compromise on quality.
You can download the presentation scripts here:
Opportunities for the expanded Thuringian automotive and supplier industry
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has adopted a 2-billion-euro economic stimulus package
Many of our network members are working on SmartTextiles for the automotive and supplier industry, which has to cope with enormous upheavals: In addition to the high pressure to modernise and further develop, there is now the Covid 19 pandemic. This is why the German government launched an unprecedented economic stimulus programme in the summer, from which you can also benefit.
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