SMART TEXTILES VALUE CHAIN: A ROADMAP Introduction: A complex value chain The smart textiles value chain comprises multiple actors from three distinctive industries, namely electronics, textile, and ICT (Information and Communications Technology). This underlines both the need for cross-sectoral partnerships and how challenging it is to bring together competencies, energies and strategies based on three very different […]
SmartX Europe has performed a detailed analysis of the multidisciplinary smart textiles value chain and identified gaps in the existing framework. The resulting cross-sectoral map provides an overview of the complex value chain, identifies challenges facing the industry, and lists the issues that need to be addressed in order to successfully bring smart textile products […]