Techtextil Innovation Prize

Awards go to outstanding achievements in research, new materials, products, technologies and applications and are announced in association with Techtextil, which is held from 11 to 13 June 2013.

The Techtextil-Innovation Prize brings the latest developments into view, encourages unconventional thinking, and intensifies communication among researchers, manufacturers and users.

New ideas, visions or concepts are also considered.

The developments are to be connected with the manufacture or use of technical textiles, nonwovens or textile-reinforced materials. If appropriate, more than one prize will be awarded per area.

The Techtextil Innovation Prize is awarded for the following areas:

• Research
• New materials, products, means of production, manufacturing and finishing techniques for applications in one of the 12 application areas as described by Techtextil, that is, Agrotech, Buildtech, Clothtech, Geotech, Hometech, Indutech, Medtech, Mobiltech, Oekotech, Packtech, Protech and Sporttech
• New materials and products for technical applications based on or combined with natural fibres