New fibre developments offer a brilliant opportunity to transform technical textiles into countless innovative applications. The Lille Region has long been associated with the textile industry and has great development potential to offer in the field of technical textiles.
CETI was inaugurated on October 10, 2012 in the Lille region, offering cutting-edge technical facilities for research and development of various technical textile applications. In addition, the 3rd Futurotextiles event – an exhibition that associates science, technology, design, fashion and art with innovative textiles is being held at the CETI.New fibre developments offer a brilliant opportunity to transform technical textiles into countless innovative applications. The Lille Region has long been associated with the textile industry and #
CETI: European Centre for Innovative Textiles
CETI, the European Centre for Innovative Textiles, is the world's most recent research and prototyping centre dedicated to new textile applications. At the heart of a first class scientific network, CETI uses creativity techniques to accelerate the development, innovation, experimentation and application of state-of-the-art textiles.
The CETI was inaugurated on 10th October 2012 in the Lille Region (Northern France) with the installation of the spinning tool, Phase 1 of the CETI, which will be used to develop new high-performance fibers essential for markets such as ultra-filtration, medical devices and intelligent textiles.
There are only four units of the same tool worldwide. At the same time its drylaid tool uses new combinations of technology to develop new industrial solutions. The market is forecast to grow by 21% between now and 2017.
The phase 2 planned for 2013-2014 will focus on the manufacturing processes (knitting, weaving, braiding), especially for the composite or technical fabric markets.
Today, CETI positions itself as an exceptional world-class centre. It can be compared in terms of equipment to the “Non-Woven Institute” (NCRC) which federates over 60 major companies around the development of new textile materials from Raleigh in the USA.
It is in Phase 2 that the CETI comes into its own as it will then be the only platform in the world to bring together in one place as much technological equipment associated to cutting-edge research in the field of technical textiles.
The launch event of the centre attracted some of the big names in textile industry, like Arnold Wilkie from Hills and Hideki Hoshiro from the JCFA (Japan Chemical Fiber Association). Some high-level round-table discussions were held to highlight latest developments in the field of technical textiles. The launch of Futurotextiles exhibition was also announced to present incredible textile materials.
FUTUROTEXTILES 3: a leading exhibition of innovative technical textiles
Futurotextiles is a pioneering project, initiated in 2006. It associates science, technology, design, fashion and art around innovative textiles in fields as diverse as clothing, transportation, sport, housing, architecture, geotextiles, as well as medicinal and protective uses.
After the success of the first two editions in 2006 in Lille and in 2008 in Kortrijk, lille3000 is preparing a new edition : Futurotextiles 3. Presented as part of the Fantastic programme, it will be inaugurated on the occasion of the opening of the European Centre for Innovative Textiles with a surface of more than 1500 m2, before going on show at the Cité des Sciences in Paris. Incredible materials, microencapsulated lace and magic textiles will be at the heart of the exhibition organised around the central theme of the ultra-lightweight.
The visitor will be able to juggle clouds, experiment with unusual fabrics (made from coffee, crystal, etc.), see incredible dresses (wooden textiles by Elisa Strozyk, “catalytic dress” by Helen Storey, paper/ lace dress by Jum Nakao, angel coat by Janaina Milheiro, and more) and discover surprising objects (a violin of linen fibre, an inflatable surfboard) and installations (such as Carnovsky's chromatic transformations).
About Nord France Invest
Nord France Invest is the publicly funded investment promotion agency for Lille region. The agency helps businesses to develop and assists them in making the most of their move to Northern France.
Drawing on expertise across a wide range of fields, Nord France Invest and its network partners offer personalised and fully confidential services to investors, f, free of charge, from the initial decision through to the launch and follow-up. In pursuing these aims, Nord France Invest draws on the skills of its own staff, combined with expert input from an extensive network of regional and international partners.
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