AEI Tèxtils, the Catalan Cluster on Advanced Textile Materials, is participating at the masterclass on smart textiles organized by the Textile ETP and the Slovenian company Titera, which started on 21^st April.

The masterclass consists on a series of interactive webinars, during 15 months, to dive deep into smart textiles. The program focuses on practical and actionable insights for product and business development in smart textiles.

Ariadna Detrell, Cluster Manager at AEI Tèxtils, presented the organization during the first session, dedicated to introducing the different participants of the masterclass.

10 experts from the cluster are taking part at the masterclass, 3 staff members and 7 representatives from SMEs.

With the participation in this initiative, the cluster aims to increase its knowledge on market and technological trends about smart textiles and to upgrade our skills to uptake latest innovations that can be used to foster developments and to facilitate reaching the market.

AEI Tèxtils’ experience on smart textiles started three years ago, with the leadership of CONTEXT, a European network of experts in the field of advanced textile materials set in the framework of Cost Programme.

Now, the cluster is supporting 5 projects of its members which are developing smart textiles’ prototypes: E.CIMA, CINPASA, ARPE, C.P. ALUART and POLISILK.

AEI Tèxtils also collaborated in the edition of five state-of-the-art reports developed by CONTEXT network and related to advanced/smart textiles in healthcare and medicine; automotive and aeronautics; personal protection; building and living and sports and wearables.

AEI TÈXTILS and its members’ testimonial: https://youtu.be/-C73fwr8GdE