The aim of the action is to create a network of European researchers and major stakeholders in order to develop common ideas and initiatives that can be transformed into advanced smart textile products. A smart textile material is a „functional textile material that actively interacts with its environment, i.e., reacts to or adapts to changes in the environment.” Textile products find application in all sectors, especially in the health and medicine, automotive and aeronautical sectors, personal protective equipment, sports and wearables, and the building and interior design sector. Although several R&D projects have in recent years been carried out in this area, most of the prototypes obtained did not reach the market for a number of reasons, such as the product reliability, cost-effectiveness, lack of proven use and / or value proposition. In this sense, CONTEXT aims to launch research and innovation projects (with a high expected TRL) by pooling, within the same network and through working groups, various experts with the right competencies and experience from the academia and industry.
Project outcomes:
Providing a centre to combine existing knowledge and identify common problems to develop new smart textiles, production technologies, services, and business models. –
Promoting the development of a joint research plan in line with the Strategic Innovation and Research Program for the European textile and clothing industry and other related ETPs in order to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the innovation process.
Nositelj
Associació Agrupació d'Empreses Innovadores Tèxtils (AEI Tèxtils)(Španjolska)
www.textils.catPartneri
Brojne partnerske organizacije(Nije primjenjivo)
Projekt se temelji na radu COST akcije CA17107, koju podupire COST (Europska suradnja u znanosti i tehnologiji).