Just how big is the smart fabrics market?

April 25th, 2016

As IFAI’s market research manager, Jeffrey C. Rasmussen has been a closer observer of textiles markets. His presentation opened the one-day Smart Fabrics Summit held April 11 in Washington D.C. This article summarizes key points from his presentation. The growth of smart fabrics technologies and applications is no longer a curiosity; it is the new […]

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IFAI, Dept. of Commerce to host smart fabrics summit

November 23rd, 2015

UPDATE: Date has been changed. The Smart Fabrics Summit will be on April 11, 2016. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it will partner with the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) to host the first-ever Smart Fabrics Summit on April 11, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The Summit will provide a forum for public and private […]

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Success in smart textiles —now and in the future

October 9th, 2015

IFAI’s market research manager Jeff Rasmussen says that the worldwide smart fabrics market is growing at an annual rate of about 18 percent from about $984 million in 2011 to a projected $1.9 billion in 2015. Rasmussen spoke on “Current Developments in the Smart and Interactive Fabrics Market” Oct. 7 at IFAI’s Advanced Textiles Conference […]

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