website. The projects that have been launched within call one include topics such as: Control system/ Image processing / Chromic sensors / Thermo & sensoric functionalities, Monitoring Fiber flows in spinning process, Lignans / Encapsulation / Grafting and a lot more.
Find more information at : http://crosstexnet.eu/success-stories/
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After encouraging results of the first call in late 2011, the European Textile Technology Platform is today launching the 2nd call of the European Textile Technology Marketplace (ETTMa). This service should help to more easily, quickly and cost-effectively connect European companies which look for innovative textile technologies with researchers from across Europe which look for industrial evaluation and exploitation of their research results and technology prototypes. The ETTMa service works as an Open Innovation platform with a process similar to the TEPPIES system. The ETTMa service is free of charge and is available to all textile & clothing companies and related research and technology providers based in Europe.
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The event entitled "From FP7 to HORIZON 2020: Making EU Research & Innovation Programmes fit for Small & Medium-sized Companies" featured presentations from 28 FP7 textile research projects across a wide range of subjects and also explored in detail how the European Commission and the European Technology Platform try to make European research, innovation & networking support programmes more accessible and manageable for industry, especially small and medium-sized companies from the textile and apparel sector.
All publicly available event documentation including the presentations at the plenary opening and closing sessions are available in the download area.
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The CrossTexNet ERA-Net project for supporting applied textile research through joint national/regional funding has just published its 3rd call for proposals. Regional and national funding agencies from Belgium, France, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Turkey participate in this call allowing companies and research organisation from the respective countries/regions can apply for funding. Submission deadline for project proposals is 12 March 2012.]]>
The EC just published its official proposals to the European Parliament and the Council (Member States) for the future Framework Programmes for Research & Innovation (HORIZON 2020) and for Competitiveness & SMEs (COSME), which are to be the successors of FP7 and CIP.]]>
Check the ETP newsletter for a quick overview on latest developments and activities of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing.
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€18 million European competition for collaborative R&D funding open to participants from Austria, Catalonia, Flanders, Germany, Israel, Poland, Sweden and the UK
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Following a consultation with Technology Platform members during the summer months, the ETP secretariat issued a position paper on the draft roadmap of the Factories of the Future PPP (FoF) developed by the EFFRA Association.]]>
Strong European Technology Showcase
Under the umbrella of the European Technology Platform, Euratex, Textranet & AUTEX jointly set up this European textile research and education showcase composed of some 25 stands of research organisations & EU projects on 22-29 Sept. at ITMA 2011 in Barcelona. The impressive high-tech showcase was also used to strengthen the sector image in a visit of European Commission representatives from DG Research & Innovation and DG Enterprise & Industry.]]>