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AVK Innovation Award 2023

STFI takes third place in two categories each

30.10.2023General

The renowned Innovation Award for Fibre Reinforced Plastics of the AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V. was presented this year in Salzburg. The award goes to companies, institutes and their partners in each of the three categories "Products and Applications", "Processes and Methods" and "Research and Science" for outstanding innovations with fibre-reinforced plastics. Criteria such as level of innovation, degree of realisation and sustainability are evaluated. STFI was nominated in two categories and was awarded third place in each.

Skilled labour qualification and sustainable innovations

Successful first STFI Academy Breakfast and Innovation Day

28.08.2023General

On 23 August 2023, the STFI invited representatives of the textile industry to an open exchange around the topics of skilled labour qualification and sustainable innovations. The first STFI Academy Breakfast brought textile entrepreneurs, the Federal Employment Agency and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce to a richly laid breakfast table to discuss approaches to solving the shortage of skilled workers.

„Rundum gesund“ – SIG Science Talk

9. Ausgabe der Online-Veranstaltungsreihe am 25. April 2023

19.04.2023Events

„Gesundheit ist das höchste Gut“ lautet eine alte Volksweisheit, die zunehmend an Aktualität gewinnt. Dabei spielt heutzutage nicht nur die Bekämpfung von Viren und Bakterien eine große Rolle, sondern auch die Verbannung von gesundheitsschädlichen Chemikalien aus beispielsweise Verpackungen, Kleidung und Kinderspielzeug. Wie Wissenschaftler aus Sachsen mit ihren Forschungsprojekten zum Schutz der Gesundheit beitragen, erfahren Sie am 25. April 2023 von 10 - 11 Uhr beim 9. SIG Science Talk zum Thema „Rundum gesund“.

Digital solutions for the circular economy

12.04.2023General

SME industry is currently facing complex challenges: Energy and raw material costs are rising, new legal regulations are affecting supply chains and the circular economy, work is becoming digitalised and now requires employees to have the right qualifications. How do small and medium-sized enterprises meet these challenges? The Sächsische Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. supports SMEs in turning these challenges into opportunities for the future through digitalisation.

STFI at the INDEX

Sustainable nonwoven developments for Geneva

06.04.2023Events

The world's leading nonwovens fair INDEXTM is taking place at Lake Geneva from 18 to 21 April 2023. A trade fair team from the Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstituts e.V. (STFI) will be on site presenting news from nonwovens research at STFI, such as a bio-based hygiene nonwoven, the recycling of high-performance fibres using the example of the VliesSMC project, an innovative tubular liner system and water-jet nonwovens made from recycled fibres will be on show.

EU project BIONANOPOLYS

Open Call until 30 April 2023!

04.04.2023General

As part of the EU project BIONANOPOLYS, an innovation platform is being developed consisting of an OPEN INNOVATION TEST BED (OITB) with 14 modernised pilot plants and complementary services to support technological and economic activities. STFI is a project partner and joins the OITB with a meltblown nonwoven plant and a fibre nonwoven plant. The aim is the production of innovative nano-products from sustainably obtained raw materials for packaging and textiles as well as for the agricultural, cosmetics, pharmaceutical or food sectors.

STFI webTalks

Review futureTEX – Future model for the textile industry

09.02.2023Events

Project futureTEX funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the "Twenty20 – Partnership for Innovation" programme ended last year. Since its launch in 2014, more than 30 research projects have been set up to make a decisive contribution to the transformation from the traditional textile industry to the TechTex industry in Germany.

In our next webTalk on February 15, 2023 (10:00 to 10:30 a.m.), our colleague Dirk Zschenderlein, Head of Intelligent Production Systems, Modeling and Process Management at STFI, presents the research project and informs about its beginnings as well as important milestones.

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