Innovation Award winners named
21/04/2011
Ten developments have won prizes: seven for the Techtextil Innovations Award and three for the Avantex Innovation Award. At the same time, three have received honourable mentions.
Phase-change material technology provider Outlast is among the Techtextil Innovation Award winners. The full list is as follows:
- Outlast Europe GmbH (Germany) for PCM – Polyester fibres in the category of New Materials. Outlast introduced its bi-component fibre with a PCM core and a polyester sheath towards the end of last year.
- D’Appolonia S.p.A. (Italy) together with the Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI/Germany), Blastech Ltd. (Great Britain), Consorzio CETMA (Italy, Air Tex Solution (US), Cargo Network (Germany), Meridiana Maintenance S.p.A. (Italy), APC Composite (Sweden), and Riso DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy (Denmark) for Fly-Bag: explosion resistant textile luggage container for aircraft cargo holds, in the category of Safety + Protection.
- Fibroline France SARL (France) receive an Honourable Mention for a new latex free carpet for the automotive industry, manufactured with powder coating wastes, in the category of New Processes.
- The Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering Denkendorf (Germany) together with the Plant Biomechanics Group, University of Freiburg (Germany) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design, University of Stuttgart (Germany) for Bionic facades shading based on the model of the strelitzia in the Architecture category.
- The Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering Denkendorf (Germany) together with the State Museum of Natural History, (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde), Stuttgart (Germany), The Institute of Geo-sciences (Institut für Geowissenschaften), University of Tübingen (Germany), Mattes & Ammann GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) and Solarenergie Stefanakis (Germany) for Development of three-dimensional textile materials for the recovery of water from fog aerosols in the category of New Materials.
- Lindauer Dornier Gesellschaft mbH (Germany) for "Open Reed Weave Technology" in the category of New Technologies.
- PyroTex GmbH (Germany) receives an "Honourable Mention" for "The new safety fiber" in the category of New Materials.
Research and testing centre The Hohenstein Institute featured in the Avantex Innovation Award Winners. The full list is as follows:
- Berlin-Weissensee Art Academy, College of Design (KHB/Germany) and the Textile Research Institute (Textilforschungsinstitut) Thuringia-Vogtland (TITV / Germany) received an Honourable Mention for Tex-Vest in the category of Safety and Protection.
- The Hohenstein Institute for Textile Innovation (Germany) together with the Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI) and the Institute for Micro-Sensors, Actuators and Systems (IMSAS) of the University of Bremen (Germany) for "Sensor-based personal protective equipment for forestry work with dangerous machines and tools (power saws)" in the category of "Personal Protection"
- Luxilon (Belgium) together with Sofileta (France) for Luxicool Performing Yarn in Sofileta Cooling Fabrics in the category of Comfort + Function.
Both Techtextil and Avantex Innovation Awards are given for outstanding achievements and exemplary developments in research, materials and product development, technology and applications. We congratulate all the winners.
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