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Wearable textiles get Department of Defense boost
September 15th, 2015
The smart/wearables textiles sector will get a boost with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) funding. U. S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has announced the creation of the National Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Hybrid Electronics. According to the U. S. DoD, “FlexTech Alliance,” a consortium of 96 companies, 41 universities, 14 state and local organizations, […]
Austrian smart-textiles expo planned for 2016
July 17th, 2015
A new trade show—SALTEX, Smart Textiles and Lightweight Materials—will take place at Dronbirn, Austria’s, Messe Dornbirn event center Oct. 5-6, 2016. The focus of the show for smart textiles and fiber-reinforced composites, as well as their industrial automation, is on interdisciplinary knowledge transfer and networking, and is geared to exhibitors and visitors from neighboring countries, […]