R&D

Fibre-reinforced plastics or composites are applied in an increasing number of products all over the world.

Currently the world of polymeric composite materials is exclusively based on fossil derived components. This fact represents a strong issue, as the non-renewable global oil resources are being exploited year after year, also as a consequence of the ever growing demand for plastics engineering materials. As a concrete answer to the increasing volumes of building and construction materials processed and transformed by industry in almost all sectors, renewable resources need to be exploited in order to reduce the depletion of oil reservoirs, and the associated ecological issues deriving

NoTeReFiGa aims at developing novel temperature regulating fibres and innovative textile products for thermal management, selected by the SME segment of the European textile industry. The temperature regulating effect will be realised by incorporating large amounts of phase changing materials (PCM) into textile fibres.

DIMETEX is part of an Interreg IV cross-border cooperation programme for the textile industry and regroups players from the Walloon Region of Belgium as well the Nord-Pas de Calais and Picardy Regions of France.

The <strong class="ultra">medical segment</strong> is one of the main segments to demonstrate many assets and a strong power of attraction for producers of technical textiles.

Three areas of study have been identified in an effort to represent the major opportunities for the development of SMEs within the region.

3 to 4% of the population suffers from sleep disorders, often causing severe health problems.

The MONSOTEX projects aims at developing a system for (remote) sleep monitoring, based on the use of smart textiles with several embedded psychometric sensors (electro-cardiogram, respiration, temperature...).

Textiles with a variety of integrated sensors for comfort assessment, remote heath monitoring, and home healthcare

<h2>Envimedia/ Platform for health and environment</h2>
<img src="/files/logo/envimedia.jpg" width="240" height="85" alt="envimedia.jpg" class="right" />Open platform integrating lasers, sensors, technological components and systems for the detection, measurement and recognition for air quality monitoring, noise pollution monitoring, healthcare monitoring of the elderly at home, imaging and medical care.