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US pledges $75m for high-tech textiles institute

05/04/2016

The US government has announced $75 million in funding for the creation of an institute organised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop high-tech fibres and textiles. The Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles Manufacturing Innovation Institute will be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and bring together a consortium of 89...

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