Mass-produced gas diffusion layers for fuel cells (Photo: Freudenberg)
Bogner ‘Shine like a Diamond’, Ski Wear Jacket, 2016. Produced by Forster Rohner Textile Innovations © Forster Rohner
Shoe with multifunction seams (Photos: Leister)
Nexylon FR is the world's first flame-retardant polyamide fiber (Photo: EMS Griltech)
Pro-Belting created a new generation of fire retardant fabrics © Pixabay
Carbon concrete. Zimmermann developed exceptional solutions for carbon covered yarns used both in lightweight construction and for industrial purposes. © W. Zimmermann
Biodegradation of textiles The start, the third excavation after seven weeks and the last digging after 14 weeks in an earth burial test in which the degradability of the materials is assessed. The textiles are put on a grid and placed in the burial position. The left side of the t-shirt is 100% polyester and the right side is 100% cotton. The jeans are 99% cotton and 1% elastane. They are buried in microbiologically standardised earth (Photo: Hohenstein Institute)