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Textile innovations powered by Techtextil: Smart textiles ahead | Messe Frankfurt

Thimo Schwenzfeier, Director Marketing & Communications Textiles & Textile Technologies, Messe Frankfurt | Smart textiles – From Tech to Fashion Technologies that enter the fashion business today often originate from applications that have nothing to do with the latest apparel trends. Smart textiles are used in a variety of products, especially when lightweight textiles and electronic functions are combined, creating valuable precedents for how they can be used and applied in different contexts. Thimo Schwenzfeier, Marketing & Communications Director of Textiles & Textile Technologies at Messe Frankfurt, heads an expert panel that will provide a full overview of what fashion can hope to learn from tech. Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Gimpel, Head of Marketing , Textile Research Institute Thüringen-Vogtland | How textiles get smart Although there are still only a limited number of smart textile products on the market, major companies from many industries are considering their use in a variety of applications. Google and Levis are developing interactive textiles, and the possibility of these materials’ breakthrough in the industry is becoming a reality. Sabine Gimpel, Head of Marketing at the Thüringen-Vogtland Textile Research Institute, leads this panel on how sensory, luminescent or interactive features, in combination with mobile devices and user-friendly apps, will accelerate the growth of the smart textiles market. Andreas Röpert, CEO, Interactive Wear | Smart Textiles – How to Enter the Market How has the smart textiles market evolved since the year 2000? And how will it evolve over the next decade? After a short introduction on the past and future of smart textiles, Andreas Röpert, CEO of Interactive Wear, will share wisdom gleaned during 12 years of product development and production, spread over more than 100 projects. This will be followed by a panel that analyzes different approaches to illustrating the opportunities and challenges of product designers, with a closer look at the development of electrically-heated products and illustrated examples from fashion and sports.