Technical Textiles

As we launch our new series, Ingeborg Neumann, President of the Textile + Fashion Confederation, speaks in an exclusive interview about an issue concerning many companies in the textile industry: What can be done about the growing shortage of skilled labour? © photothek/Kjer

25/01/2019 – Series: Stars of the future – Part 1

Series: Stars of the future – Part 1

Something must be done – fast!

This year, textile network will be taking a closer look at the lack of skilled staff and young talent in the textiles industry. By Editorial staff

“The coming Texprocess will be taking off even further,” says Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles and Textile Technologies at Messe Frankfurt. About the Techtextil he said at the press conference in Frankfurt: “Every two years, Techtextil mirrors the range of applications for textile materials.” © Messe Frankfurt / Jean-Luc Valentin

24/01/2019 – Techtextil/Texprocess 2019

Techtextil/Texprocess 2019

Frankfurt becomes textile hot spot

This May, Techtextil and Texprocess, the two exhibition formats organised by Messe Frankfurt, are edging even closer together. By Editorial staff

“Share” offers a solution for the digital transformation of cross locational processes in the maintenance of machinery, in customer service, and for quality-related tasks, with a view to slashing travel expenses and enhancing productivity. © screenshot

18/01/2019 – Oculavis

Oculavis

Remote maintenance with data glasses

More than EUR 50bn is spent on business trips every year in Germany. Data goggles now have the potential to make huge savings in terms of time and money. By Editorial staff

New horizons for jobs, sustainable sales and strategic partnerships © Stillkost/stock.adobe.com

09/01/2019 – Separtex

Separtex

What are textile networks good for?

Cooperation alliances between medium-sized companies and application-oriented research institutions create jobs and sustainable sales. By Editorial staff

CurveTex facade with drapable, elastically adapted rein-forcement textiles made of alkali-resistant glass fibres and a fine concrete matrix © Stanecker Betonfertigteilwerk GmbH

04/01/2019 – RWTH Aachen University, ITA

RWTH Aachen University, ITA

Innovation impulses from textile reinforced concrete

The world's first double-curved textile reinforced concrete facade - novel drapable textile structure also sets innovation impulses for other industries By Editorial staff

Dorothea Lang, Germany: "„Mit 4D-Druck zur Bewegung“ - Printing dynamic, form-changing textiles. A targeted combination of fabric tension and a corresponding 3D structure, as well as a “smart” printing filament that can remember its shape, allowing us to specify precise movement patterns that it performs independently in response to certain changes in temperature" © purmundus challenge

05/12/2018 – Purmundus challenge 3D printing design award

Purmundus challenge 3D printing design award

4D printing to achieve movement

The focus of the Master’s thesis on “Using 4D printing to achieve movement” was on developing dynamic, form-changing and smart textiles. By Editorial staff

23/11/2018 – Mattes und Ammann

Mattes und Ammann

Always sustainable

Mattes und Ammann has made its mark quietly, through reliable continuity and high quality. Sustainability has always been high on its agenda. By Editorial staff