Still fiction, but perhaps reality within the next decade: the first moon station. © ESA
As we launch our new series, Ingeborg Neumann, President of the Textile + Fashion Confederation, speaks in an exclusive interview about an issue concerning many companies in the textile industry: What can be done about the growing shortage of skilled labour? © photothek/Kjer
“The coming Texprocess will be taking off even further,” says Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles and Textile Technologies at Messe Frankfurt. About the Techtextil he said at the press conference in Frankfurt: “Every two years, Techtextil mirrors the range of applications for textile materials.” © Messe Frankfurt / Jean-Luc Valentin
“Share” offers a solution for the digital transformation of cross locational processes in the maintenance of machinery, in customer service, and for quality-related tasks, with a view to slashing travel expenses and enhancing productivity. © screenshot
New horizons for jobs, sustainable sales and strategic partnerships © Stillkost/stock.adobe.com
CurveTex facade with drapable, elastically adapted rein-forcement textiles made of alkali-resistant glass fibres and a fine concrete matrix © Stanecker Betonfertigteilwerk GmbH
Dorothea Lang, Germany: "„Mit 4D-Druck zur Bewegung“ - Printing dynamic, form-changing textiles. A targeted combination of fabric tension and a corresponding 3D structure, as well as a “smart” printing filament that can remember its shape, allowing us to specify precise movement patterns that it performs independently in response to certain changes in temperature" © purmundus challenge