Hightech textiles - Network

Filed in archive Enterprises , High-Tech Textiles on September 16, 2006

Around 800 companies from 11 countries are involved in the "Network for textile Innovation" founded in Germany. The main aim is to restructure the traditional textile industry into 1) a cooperating network and 2) a high-tech industry.

They too think that the field of possible application is huge. If you look at what always exists:
- the "Mammagoose-Pyjama" against crib death
- "Life belts" for pregnant women to control the health of the unborn
- jackets that control important life functions
- "SMA Textilstents" who control blood flow trough articifial artery increments

The numbers are impressive too: in 1988 technical textiles stand for 8% of the textile market in Germany - today it's around 40%. No question, high-tech textiles are the future for our textile industries.

Network for Textile Innovation (Website in German)