The Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. (STFI) in Chemnitz has been an outstanding innovation partner and service provider for its customers since it was founded in 1992. Textile materials have shaped our activity profile ever since. The non-profit institute addresses technical and social issues through an open, interdisciplinary and reliable approach. At STFI, the main topics of research and development are technical textiles, nonwovens, lightweight textile engineering, functionalisation, recycling, digitalisation and artifical intelligence. Additionally, STFI gathered many years of experience and expertise in textile testing as well as certifying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The STFI is consistently pursuing the path of contemporary and application-oriented research and has established the Center for Textile Sustainability in this context. The STFI has been an affiliated institute of the Chemnitz University of Technology since 2006. Furthermore, it is actively involved as a member of the Zuse Association and the Saxon Industrial Research Association (SIG).
In forestry and hunting in particular, workers are exposed to high risks from impact injuries. Conventional protective clothing often offers inadequate or one-sided protection. The aim of the project was therefore to develop a textile concept that adds impact protection to the existing level of protection (stab or cut protection) and thus increases the overall protection of users in the practical working environment.
Unter dem Motto „Geobaustoffe – Nachhaltig und effizient auf höchstem Qualitätsniveau“ veranstaltet das Sächsische Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. (STFI) zusammen mit seinen Mitveranstaltern am 28. und 29. Januar 2026 das 17. Bautextilien-Symposium BAUTEX „Bauen mit Textilien“ in Chemnitz. Vortragsvorschläge nehmen wir ab sofort entgegen.
The European Capital of Culture 2025, Chemnitz, opened its doors to textile designers, textile artists and experts from the fields of fashion, art and textiles: the Tour de LOOP on 26 and 27 May 2025 took participants on an exclusive professional tour of one of Europe's most traditional and innovative textile regions. 19 visitors from Europe explored Chemnitz and its textile region. They came from the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Great Britain and Germany.
You have the possibility of a virtual exploration at STFI. For this purpose, our futureTEX research and test field "Textile Factory of the future" with all its facilities was scanned by the company airmess GmbH from Dresden.
You can move freely around the room virtually and view individual plant technologies at close range. In the "Textile Factory of the Future", STFI scientists are working on topics related to digitalisation in the textile industry. Digital assistance systems, robotics, driverless transport systems and RFID technologies are the main components of the work in this field.
The virtual tour took place as part of the BBA project "Visit Saxony's Textile Hub", which is funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Economics, Labour and Transport and implemented and coordinated by Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH.
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