Techtextil & Texprocess Innovation Awards ─ Changing The World With Textile Innovations

PRESS ROOM

19 Apr

Written By Debbie Mckeegan

Image By Courtesy of MESSE FRANKFURT GMBH

The winners of this year’s Innovation Awards given by the leading international trade fairs, Techtextil and Texprocess, have been chosen.

A total of 15 winners in eight categories receive the coveted awards for their pioneering research, new products, processes or technologies.

“Innovations in the textile industry enable completely new solutions for innumerable applications. New materials, processes and products are boosting the future of the sectors. What was inconceivable yesterday is possible today – thanks to smart minds in the textile industry. Accordingly, we are really pleased to honour the best ideas with the Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Awards,” says Sabine Scharrer, Director Brand Management Technical Textiles & Textile Processing, Messe Frankfurt.

The award-winning innovations show clearly that textile solutions are vital driving forces for future developments in numerous branches of industry, such as aviation, automotive, medicine and construction.

How can temperature increases due to climate change be mitigated in cities? How can aeroplanes be recycled more effectively?

What helps in the fight against septicaemia?

How can CO2 emissions be reduced in the construction and building sector? How can the circularity of textiles be improved?

Answers to these and other urgent questions regarding the future are offered by the winners of the Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Awards.

This Year’s Winners Include :

· Centexbel-VKC

· CITEVE (project coordinator) and project partners Saint-Gobain (project leader), Têxteis Penedo, CeNTI and iTecons

· DITF Denkendorf

· Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

· TUD Dresden University of Technoloy, Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM)

· LunaMicro

· Norafin Industries (Germany) GmbH

· Revoltech GmbH

· SA-Dynamics (Startup at the Institut für Textiltechnik, RWTH Aachen University)

· Dürkopp Adler GmbH

· TUD Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material

· Juki Central Europe Sp. z o.o.

· Mikkelsen Innovation ApS

· Valvan

· Veit GmbH

Texprocess Innovation Awards Jury

Alexander Artschwager, German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research; Center of Management Research Digital Engineering, Germany
Jürgen Brecht, HAUBER-GRUPPE FERD. HAUBER GmbH, Germany
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries, RWTH Aachen University; Institut für Textiltechnik, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Yordan Kyosev, Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Claudia van Bonn, dfv media group, Textile Technology, Germany
Walter Wählt, adidas AG, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kerstin Zöll, Department of Textile- and Clothing Technology, Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany

About The Techtextil And Texprocess Innovation Awards

The Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Awards are given in recognition of outstanding research results, products, materials, solutions and technologies from the international textile manufacturing and textile processing industry and will be presented for the 17th time this year.

The winners are selected by juries of internationally renowned experts. In the industry, the awards are considered to be important indicators of relevant trends in the global textile industry and reflect the innovative strength of the sectors.