SmartX says goodbye, but the European smart textiles community goes on

After the suc­cess of the SmartX Europe project, and the Textile ETP's ​‘Inno­vat­ing in Smart Tex­tiles’ Mas­ter­class, the Tex­tile ETP is com­bin­ing these two com­mu­ni­ties of +1000 experts. The new Com­mu­ni­ty will bring togeth­er lead­ing indus­try inno­va­tors and tech devel­op­ers from all over Europe, offer­ing dif­fer­ent ser­vices such as e‑learning, phys­i­cal and vir­tu­al net­work­ing, bro­ker­age and coach­ing activities.
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The SmartX project has come to an end

After nearly three years of open calls for proposals, SME coaching sessions, monthly member webinars,and several in-person meetings, our community came together for the last time at the Final SmartX Conference in April 2022.
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BUILDING THE EUROPEAN SMART TEXTILES VALUE CHAIN

The primary objective of SmartX programme is to build a community with all those who count for the future of European smart textiles. Within this community, the key ambition of SmartX is to shape and establish the industrial value chains that are needed to realise industrial manufacturing of smart textiles and to set up the ecosystem for full commercial exploitation.

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25 TRAILBLAZER PROJECTS SELECTED AND FUNDED

Each of these projects focuses on a specific product and a related part of the value chain for Smart Textiles. SmartX Trailblazer projects combine a set of disciplines, regions and/or cultures for the first time, thus following the true meaning of a trailblazer: making a new path. They serve as flagships, i.e. high-level showcases.

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THE SMARTX COMMUNITY PLATFORM

The SmartX open collaboration platform and the cross-sectoral and cross-cultural matchmaking also help to create a common language, understanding and perception. The platform presents the needs, possibilities and limits of the collaborating sectors but also of wider stakeholders (e.g. data security, standardisation), to simplify the initiation of joint innovation.

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What you’ve missed

SmartX Regional Event: Italy (Biella)
April 12, 2022

SmartX Regional Event: Italy (Biella)

SmartX Regional Event: Sweden (online)
March 17, 2022

SmartX Regional Event: Sweden (online)

SmartX National Event: Le potentiel d’innovation des Smart Textiles en France et en Belgique [vidéo]
15 mars, 2022

SmartX National Event: Le potentiel d’innovation des Smart Textiles en France et en Belgique [vidéo]

SmartX Europe: German-speaking smart textile dissemination event (virtuell)
22 März, 2022

SmartX Europe: German-speaking smart textile dissemination event (virtuell)

Evento de presentación de resultados SmartX (Barcelona)
11 de Marzo, 2022

Evento de presentación de resultados SmartX (Barcelona)

iTechStyle Talks® at EU Industry Days 2022 (Porto)
February 16-17, 2022

iTechStyle Talks® at EU Industry Days 2022 (Porto)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is a smart textile?
The SmartX project defines smart textiles as materials, components, products or product-services using a combination of textile fibres, yarns or fabrics combined/integrated/ assembled with (micro)electronic components such as conductive wires, microsystems, sensors, actuators, energy capture or storage devices, heat, light or sound-emitting devices etc. to realise a smart function that adds value to the end user of the enabled product or service.

 

What was the SmartX project?

SmartX aimed to boost smart textiles innovation to develop an end-to-end smart textiles manufacturing value chain in Europe and help drive promising prototypes faster to market. Building a strong sustainable community is the underlying long-term objective of the Programme, to foster interaction and collaboration within the European smart textile industry. A series of focused workshops have taken place throughout the EU and allow professionals to gain and share advanced knowledge and state-of-the-art technological solutions. During the 3-year programme, three calls for funding were organised to support 25 individual projects with a total budget of €2.4 million.

 

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SmartX in a nutshell

40

Projects

60,000

€ / projects

3

calls

13

European clusters

1,000

SMEs to reach

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