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Technical Textiles

Brian J. McCarthy - KTN

12th June 2015

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The UK Government has identified ‘eight great

technologies’ plus a further two which will propel the UK

to future growth. These are: the big data revolution and energy-efficient computing;

satellites and commercial applications of space;

robotics and autonomous systems;

life sciences, genomics and synthetic biology;

regenerative medicine;

agri-science;

advanced materials and nanotechnology; energy and its storage;

quantum technologies;

the internet of things.

Advanced Materials

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The Global Textiles market for apparel was worth over

£1.4 trillion in 2014

UK apparel - £3 billion

Technical Textiles market - £105 billion by 2018

EU - technical textiles - £22 billion

Advanced MaterialsTechnical Textiles

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Agritex

Smart Textiles

Buildtex

Hometex

Geotex

Packtex

Oeko-tex Protex

Indutex

Meditex

Mobiltex

Novel Materials

Clothingtex

Advanced MaterialsTechnical Textiles – the Techtextil Sectors

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Invest NI

_connect – http://connect.innovateuk.org

Gateway to Research – gtr.rcuk.ac.uk

Funding Routes -

https://www.gov.uk/research-and-development-in-the-business-

sector

Advanced MaterialsTechnical Textiles – Existing R&D

REGIONAL TEXTILE CLUSTERS- The Alliance Project

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The Alliance Project, based at New Economy, was established to examine the potential for repatriating textiles manufacturing to the UK. The work was commissioned by Lord David Alliance and the GMCA with the support of Government through BIS. 

http://neweconomymanchester.com/stories/1933-the_alliance_project

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TEXTILE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCEYorkshire & Humber

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The Textile Centre of Excellence is a major conferencing, research and

training facility, based 2 miles from the centre of Huddersfield, 15

minutes from junction 25 of the M62.

http://www.textilehouse.co.uk/

Based in Bolton – skills, innovation and supply chain

Membership based

Active in FP7 and Horizon 2020

New focus on Composites

www.nwtexnet.co.uk

NWTexNetNorth West

Investment from Scottish Enterprise

Based at Heriot-Watt University

http://www.stla.uk.com/textiles-scotland/innovation/

Textiles Future ForumScotland

PERA – Training

DeMontfort – Smart Textiles

Over 1,000 textile/clothing organisations – identified

Skills issues

Leics Textiles ClusterDeMontfort and Midlands

Wearables at war: How smart textiles are lightening the

load for soldiers

From fabric keyboards to kit that powers up when the

soldier mounts up, Intelligent Textiles is one of the

companies on the front line of wearable technology.

http://www.intelligenttextiles.com/

Advanced Materials Wearables

Advances Materials Wearables

iWatch

90 million wearable devices ship in 2014

Morgan Stanley – a potential $1.6 trillion business

Innovate UK call

The HVM Catapult has engaged with over 1500

businesses since its inception in 2011. The mission is

to help bridge the gap between innovation and

commercialisation, working to take proven

manufacturing ideas and processes and scale them up.

https://hvm.catapult.org.uk/

HVM Catapult

Technical TextilesNorthern Ireland Cluster

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What of the future?

Brian J. McCarthy

 

Knowledge Transfer Manager – Textiles, Packaging and Consumer Goods

@technitex • M: 07964 563373

Brian.mccarthy@ktn-uk.org

@KTNUK • T: 0161 306 8500 • ktn-uk.org

KTN, Innovation Centre North Campus, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

 

Technical TextilesContact Details

www.2bfuntex.eu

http://www.innovationintextiles.com/

http://www.wtin.com/

http://www.just-style.com/

Sources of Information