5th European Industry and Research Exchange on Technical Textile


Download: Agenda 09-2021 Impact of the pandemic on the future development and use of technical textile


Agenda: Thursday 30th September 2021

EUTT 09-2021 Start

Stefan Schmidt
Department Manager Technical Textiles, IVGT e.V., Germany

Lutz Walter
CEO, The European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP), Belgium + EU

Johannes Diebel
Head of Research, Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V. (FKT), Germany

Markus Regenstein
Chairman, Technical Textiles department and board member at IVGT e.V., Germany
CEO, Penn Textiles Solutions, Germany
CEO, Penn Italia, Italy

Yves-Simon Gloy
Adjunct Prof. (Clemson Univ.) PD Dr.-Ing.
Partner+Enabler, Gherzi Germany GmbH – Member of Gherzi Textile Organisation, Germany

Session 1: Digitalization in Research and Production from ERP to IoT and AI

AI-supported textile manufacture and development - Speeding up the textile chain.
Alexandra Glogowsky and Lennart Hellweg
Hochschule Niederrhein – University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Reduce lead time and time to market while optimizing costs.
Ronen Hagin
CEO Datatex AG, Switzerland

Reduction of quality deviations and increase of cost efficiency.
Lukas Hartmann
CEO Intex Consuting GmbH, Germany

AutoNoM: On-Line AI-driven optimization of the nonwovens production.
Ruben Kins
Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University (ITA), Germany

Chair: Bruno Mougin,
EU-TEXTILE2030 – World Class Cluster – Advanced Textile Materials, EU, Project Manager at TECHTERA, France, Vice Chair of the CONTEXT network, EU

  • Alexandra Glogowsky, Lennart Hellweg,Hochschule Niederrhein – University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Ronen Hagin, Datatex AG, Switzerland
  • Lukas Hartmann, Intex Consulting GmbH, Germany
  • Ruben Kins, Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University (ITA), Germany

Session 2: Fibres – Nonwoven – Filtration and Innovative Technologies

Fine Dust Separation with Industrial Filter Media.
Peter Harfmann
Lydall Gutsche GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

RadiciGroup, a journey from spunbond to medical garments to meltblown for filtration media.
Enrico Buriani
RadiciGroup Advanced Textile Solutions - Nonwovens, Italy

Reuse of surgical masks and FFP2 after sterilization.
Olivier Jolois
Centexbel, Belgium

Latest innovations for sustainable nonwovens (biobased, light weight, recycling material) .
Simon Fremeaux,
CETI - Centre Européen des Textiles Innovants, France

Chair: Aldo Tempesti,
CEO TexClubTec and Sistema Moda Italia – Federazione Tessile e Moda (SMI), Italy

  • Peter Harfmann, Lydall Gutsche GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
  • Enrico Buriani, RadiciGroup Advanced Textile Solutions - Nonwovens, Italy
  • Olivier Jolois, Centexbel, Belgium
  • Simon Fremeaux, CETI - Centre Européen des Textiles Innovants, France

Session 3: Research in Teams – Resilience of Development+Products+Circularity

Post pandemic in textile: innovative global value chains and cross-sector innovation.
Leonardo Marchetti
Next Technology Tecnotessile, Italy

The RESERVIST project.
Frederik Goethals
Centexbel, Belgium

Conceptions for collaborative product development.
Heiko Matheis
Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF), Germany

Glaukos – Circular solution for the textile industry.
Tanja Meyer
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Belgium

Chair: Johannes Diebel,
Head of Research, Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V. (FKT), Germany

  • Leonardo Marchetti, Next Technology Tecnotessile, Italy
  • Frederik Goethals, Centexbel, Belgium
  • Heiko Matheis, Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF), Germany
  • Tanja Meyer, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Belgium

Session 4: Post-Pandemic Action, Strategies, Skills and Future Technologies

Analog and virtual education in the field of technical textiles – trends and visions.
Jacqueline Lemm
Drees & Sommer SE, Germany

Sustainable business transformation as criteria of quality in textile supply chain.
Daniela Zavec
TITERA technology consulting, Germany

Fog and Dew Harvesting textile architecture to face the hydric crisis Development of smart meshes enhancing the harvesting system to an efficient and nature-based solution.
Maria Giovanna di Bitonto
Politecnico di Milano – Textile Architecture Network Group, Italy

User centered design of technical textiles for (post-)pandemic air diffusion using 4D textiles.
Hannah Kelbel
Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University (ITA), Germany

Chair: Enrico Venturini,
context – European Network to connect research and innovation efforts on advanced Smart Textiles, EU CEO, Next Technology Tecnotessile - Società Nazionale di ricerca r.l., Italy

  • Jacqueline Lemm, Drees & Sommer SE, Germany
  • Daniela Zavec, TITERA technology consulting, Germany
  • Maria Giovanna di Bitonto, Politecnico di Milano – Textile Architecture Network Group, Italy
  • Hannah Kelbel, Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University (ITA), Germany
Karine Wallois
International Business Manager of CLUBTEX, France


Download: Agenda 09-2021 Impact of the pandemic on the future development and use of technical textile