The Pavilion of UBIFRANCE will be the center of the French textile industry at Techtextil. read more
Ten awards given in the ‘Textile Structures for New Building’ student competition
What constitutes innovative and successful building with textiles? The ten award-winning projects of the ‘Textile Structures for New Building’ student competition provide outstanding answers to this question. The international jury of experts selected ten projects, including two Honourable Mentions, for an award. The following categories were available for selection: Macro- and Micro-Architecture, Environment and Ecology and Composites and Hybrid Structures. read more
Sustainable building with technical textiles
It was previously thought that buildings have to have a useful life of at least 100 years. In today’s fast-moving world that has changed. Today it is important to gauge the true quality of a building through consideration of its life cycle. This requires analysis of all the stages in the life of a building according to the different aspects of sustainability. The aim is to determine the optimum use of building materials and components, whilst at the same time minimising the consumption of, for example, electricity, heating, water, waste water and materials etc. Minimising the environmental footprint is also part of this. Ultimately it is process of optimisation through which a high, long-lasting building quality is established. The breadth of the range of applications for technical textiles in building in terms of sustainability is indicated by three new products from research and industry. read more
Nanotechnology and technical textiles: An unbeatable duo!?
Over the last decade, nanotechnology has found its way into almost all sectors – one of them being the textile industry. The possible range of applications is as large as that of the textiles themselves. Be it in medical technology, filter technology, functional apparel or automotive construction, well-known exhibitors at Techtextil will be showcasing the many and varied areas of application for this innovative technology. read more
Record number of exhibitor registrations for Techtextil 2013
It is official: Techtextil is fully booked up. Well over 1,250 exhibitors, including all of the world’s leading manufacturers, will make presentations at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre in June. read more
The winners of the Techtextil Innovation Prize and Avantex-Innovation Prize
Every two years in association with Techtextil, Innovation Prizes go to outstanding achievements in terms of technical textiles, nonwovens, textile-reinforced materials and functional apparel fabrics in various areas (new materials, new applications, etc.). From over 80 entries, a jury of renowned experts selected seven winners and one honourable mention for the Techtextil Innovation Award and two projects for the Avantex Innovation Prize. Here are the award-winning projects: read more
Lightweight construction: chances and risks
Unfortunately knowledge about fibre and structural reinforcement is increasing at as fast a pace as the multiplicity of market-ready technologies. This is a view shared by Professor Lothar Kroll, director of the Technical University of Chemnitz Institute for Lightweight Structural Construction. It is explained in part, he believes, by the massive amount of money invested in research over the last few years, necessary at the same time to get lightweight wide-bodied jets like the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ off the ground. Professor Kroll: “The wide scope of the research has found many new ways of manufacturing composite components which are now ready to be put into practice. The automotive industry is profiting from the experience of technical applications in aviation and often is even able to follow a value-based approach – away from very expensive components towards cost-optimised designs on a large-scale production basis, that nevertheless offer outstanding mechanical strength and a very good ecological balance.” read more
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