SmartX Project - Expression Of Interest Deadline For First Call Drawing Close

On 21 November 2019, a Textile Flagship 1 (Sustainable textile materials) symposium has been organised by Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede, the Netherlands. This high-quality symposium with some 50 participants from 12 countries was dedicated to the latest developments in mechanical and chemical post-consumer textile recycling, with speakers from companies, research organisations, Dutch national and European projects, and initiatives.

On 29-30 October the first SmartX IoT hackathon took place in Berlin hosted by Sourcebook and 4 Berlin-based textiles and flexible electronics labs.

The first cohort of 13 smart textiles SME's from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden pitched their current products/prototypes and their challenges of overcoming technical or market entry barriers.

The 2nd SmartX regional workshop was organized in conjunction with Centexbel’s “Textile Wearables in the world of IoT” conference in Liège on 1st October 2019.

About 50 participants got their first insights into the upcoming open funding call and the how SmartX project will support smart textiles projects that tackle the 3 target markets: protection & sports, health and well-being, and industrial applications.

On 24 to 26 September the European Research and Innovation days organised by the European Commission took place in Brussels.

ETP Secretary-General Lutz Walter attended the 3 days of knowledge and experience sharing, policy co-creation, and networking to develop a better understanding of how HORIZON EUROPE, the next EU research, and innovation funding programme for 2021-2027 will look like.

The Textile ETP coordinated project SmartX - European Smart Textiles Accelerator - has participated in the first Regional Workshop that took place in Biella, Italy on 30th September hosted by Po.In.Tex. Some 35 participants attended workshop where the details of the upcoming first SmartX call were presented by Lutz Walter.

RegioTex - Supports New INTERREG Funding Instrument For Interregional Innovation Investments

Smart X should boost smart textiles innovation in Europe with a specific focus on developing full smart textiles manufacturing value chain in Europe to help drive promising prototypes faster to market.

During the 3 years project, we will launch 3 funding calls expecting to support up to 40 individual projects with total funding of € 2.4 million.

We are delighted to welcome Michael Kamm as the new President of the Textile ETP. He is the Founder and CEO of Antevorte, Germany, and has been a member of the Governing Board since 2013.

The 2018 annual public conference of the Textile ETP on 17-18 April in Brussels will feature the 1st European Textile Start-up Summit.