“With demand for wearable technology growing swiftly worldwide, it became eminently clear that these new San Francisco and Hong Kong facilities were a necessity to keep us ahead of the curve,” said Robin Shephard, CEO. “This reflects our continued growth in both markets and the immense promise that Eleksen is bringing to consumer electronic and wearable technology markets.”

2006 marked a banner year for Eleksen as the company signed a record amount of deals and was the first smart fabrics company to have an initial public offering.

The company's core technology, ElekTex, is an electro-conductive fabric touch pad optimised for the creation of flexible, durable and rugged fabric touch screen interfaces. It is used in applications ranging from wearable electronic controls for consumer electronics and industrial wear to lightweight, low-power touch interfaces for accessories, telematics, military, transportation and space suits.

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