Sectors
A growing number of businesses of all types and sizes – in the most important sectors – are touched by new textile technologies and products, either directly or indirectly. The main reason is the rise of technical textiles and next-generation textile products.
Mobility
Textile composites and fabrics are replacing traditional materials in cars and planes including airbags, car chassis, filters, tire cords and aircraft bodies.
Energy & Cleantech
An increasing number of products in energy and cleantech are driven and enabled by textile innovations applied in wind turbines, filters and tubes, eco dyes and chemicals.
Health
The market for medical textiles such as stents, artificial cartilage, fat tissues and heart valve replacements are strongly increasing.
Textile components are becoming more important 5o improving mobility in old age. Individualized healthcare, as well as sensor-based assistance and therapy systems allow patients to be cared for at home.
Fashion & Retail
Fashion is becoming more individual, adaptive and multi-functional.
Added-value yarns, sensors, embedded electronics and actuator materials increase comfort and safety for the wearer.
Just-in-time production close to the customer saves time and avoids the environmental effects of long-distance transport.
Security
Protective apparel is taking on a new meaning with high performance fibres and connected fabrics, in terms of cut-resistant textiles, back-up power garments, as well as fire- and waterproof textile applications.
Urban-Rural
Technical textiles and membranes are being applied to roofs for large stadiums, airports and other buildings. Rural applications include geotextiles used in road construction, embankments, stabilization, containment, liners and for synthetic/hybrid grass.