Don & Low to develop innovative new fabrics - Scottish Enterprise
22 Aug '07
3 min read
David Avril, development manager at Don & Low, welcomed the grant and said: "To keep ahead of the competition, we need to focus on manufacturing higher performance, higher value technical textiles with significant export potential.
"This project will help us exploit anticipated trends, diversify into new markets and secure new orders.''
Sandy Cannon, company development manager at Scottish Enterprise Tayside, said: "Don & Low is an excellent example of a traditional textiles company which has diversified into new high-tech, high-spec products and experienced major growth as a result.
"This is the latest project we have worked with them on and will help them diversify further and pick up more orders, helping their business to grow even more.
"It is also another example of how Scottish companies' innovation and know-how is leading the way in the global market.''
Scottish Enterprise's R&D Plus programme encourages companies in Scotland to undertake new and innovative research and pre-competitive development with global commercial potential to stimulate growth, strengthen competitiveness and boost employment in Scotland. The programme offers R&D support to large companies with the aim of improving their competitiveness by developing new products and processes.
Since its launch in 2003, 19 projects have received £23 million through the R&D Plus programme, which has helped to stimulate a further £163 million of R&D activity by the participating companies.
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