Whether you are interested in sustainability or are tech-savvy, our Innovation Hubs offer textile companies, research organisations, brands and retailers the chance to learn, network and collaborate on the hot topics of circular and biobased textiles, and smart and technical textiles.

Approaching the end of the first year of the SmartX Innovation Hub, Textile ETP created a summary of the topics targeted in our different webinars and the speakers who brought this content to us, our physical meet-ups and networking opportunities where Hub members had a chance to meet in person.

On 12-13 November 2024, Textile ETP, in collaboration with Textils.CAT, hosted a two-day event in Barcelona, Spain. Project Manager Judith Bosch, and Communications Officer Matteo Mainiero, alongside members of the SmartX Innovation Hub, immersed themselves in the region’s advanced textile landscape, connecting with industry leaders and exploring pioneering developments.

On 21 October 2024, Textile ETP Project Manager Judith had the opportunity to visit the Technical Park of Borås in Sweden, a proud member of the SmartX Innovation Hub, where she explored their Smart Textiles showroom and discovered projects that are not only transforming the textile industry, but increasing the possibilities for e-textiles and medical wearables, highlighting how textiles are evolving into advanced tools with significant health application.

Textile ETP Project Manager Judith Bosch moderated a panel at the Strentex Project’s final event, hosted by the University of Novi Sad, one of our SmartX members. The conference brought together experts to share the latest breakthroughs in smart materials, stretchable circuits, wearable bioelectronics, and flexible heaters.

This 12-month project, funded with a €60,000 grant under the Erasmus+ Small-scale Partnerships in Vocational Education and Training (KA210-VET), aims to revolutionise textile education by fostering knowledge transfer between industry professionals and educational institutions. 

Discover the autumn programmes of our Innovation Hubs with new live webinars, more online sessions, podcasts and some opportunities to meet in-person!

As exhibitors at Techtextil for the second time, the Textile ETP team organized 6 guided tours from Tuesday to Thursday. Three tours were dedicated to the SmartX Innovation Hub, two to the Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub and one for ECOSYSTEX & ETP Members.

LOPEC 2024 once again brought together stakeholders from the worlds of textiles and electronics, providing a platform for collaboration and exploration of the latest developments in printed electronics. Among them, members of the SmartX Innovation Hub seized the opportunity to connect and exchange insights into the evolving landscape of flexible, organic, and printed electronics.

The Textile ETP, in partnership with Titera, AEI Tèxtils, CeNTi, and IVGT, proudly announces the evolution of the SmartX Community into the SmartX Innovation Hub. The Hub follows the conclusion of the SmartX Europe project, a Horizon2020 initiative dedicated to boosting e-textiles and wearables into the market. One of the most notable achievements of the project was the realization that learning, sharing, and cross-sector collaboration can play a significant role in innovation.

On 14-16 November, the E-Textiles Conference in Ghent gathered industry leaders, and SmartX Community Manager and Textile ETP Project Manager Judith Bosch attended the 2-day event and moderated a panel.

Textile ETP is thrilled to announce the launch of our second podcast: 'Smart Textiles, Smarter World' podcast, brought to you by the SmartX Community.