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.
22 September 2025: Thuringian Mechanical Engineering Day
Mechanical engineering: automated, networked and collaborative
Mechanical engineering: automated, networked and collaborative
On 22 September 2025 from 12:30 to 17:30, the 9th Thuringian Mechanical Engineering Day will take place at COMCENTER Erfurt. The topic this time is ‘Production of the future: automated, networked and collaborative’.
Information on the programme and registration options can be found here: https://www.cluster-thueringen.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/thueringer-maschinenbautag-1/
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.