Project Partners

Ten Cate AdvancedTextiles BV is a 360 employees Dutch Industry which produces and develops advanced technical textiles for the protective workwear market. It is a market leader in fire proof and flame retardant textiles and specialized in the development of innovative textiles and functionalities for high performance purposes. Ten Cate was chosen as DIGITEX Project Coordinator because of its experience in managing R&D projects, its broad knowledge in functional protective textiles and thourough understanding of integrating chemical functionalities and jet systems in textile applications. 
www.tencate.com

BBCK V.o.F. is a Dutch SME dedicated to the development and manufacturing of knitted workwear for service industries and industrial occupations.
www.bbknitwear.com

CIM-Mes Project SP is a Polish SME with large experience in applied mechanics and mechatronics for plastic, textile and leather industry. Research within CIM-Mes mainly focuses on the analysis of extreme behaviours of mechatronic systems and analysis of materials and webs under severe conditions.
www.cim-mes.com.pl

Grado Zero Espace is an Italian SME specialized in the development of textile and garment innovations. Grado Zero is an innovative  clothing developer and manufacturer that uses innovative design and development systems. It is also linked to the European Space Agency and several major research Institutes for the development of new technologies to be integrated in garments and textiles.
www.gzespace.com

Guantenor SL is a Spanish SME with large background on the development and production of protective gloves for several high and medium risk industries with different demands on performance, especially for sport and leisure sectors.
www.guantenor.com

Sarens N.V. is a Belgian SME which develops and produces protective clothing, workwear and corporate wear for medical and paramedical professions. It is actively involved in anti-infection protocols and equipment with leading academic hospitals.
www.sarco.be

IRIS DP S.r.l. is an Italian Research and Development company and a spin- off of the European Space Agency. It is highly specialized in the development and production of optical quality monitoring and control systems for the textile industry.
www.irisdp.com

Jomex Protective Clothing SP z.O.O. is a Polish SME dedicated to the development and production of protective clothing and work clothing with particular focus on civil protection, police and firemen. Jomex launched innovative products and is certified for processing membranes and advanced laminates.

Liebaert is a Belgian SME that produces and develops elastic fabrics and narrows used in lingerie, fashion, sports, beachwear and industrial applications. It has recently developed products in technical and medical textile field and it carried out test projects in ink jet printing for fashion products.
www.liebaert.be

UAB Skalmantas is a Lithuanian manufacturer of protective clothing, work  wear, military clothing, tactical vests, rucksacks and tents. In the former Soviet Unionit it was the supplier of NBC protective work wear for the USSR Army. It still has this expertise in advanced manufacturing and has developed a client base with leading armies in Europe.

SKA Polska is a Polish SME and has the mission to exploit advanced materials and sensor to provide services for the development of novel measuring techniques and their integration in industrial systems for process monitoring. SKA Polska provides innovative research and development contributions for sensors and tests products in their target market areas for chemical and biological detection, textile, food safety, environmental monitoring, medical technology and petrochemicals.
www.ska-polska.pl

Vexed Generation Clothing Ltd. is an English SME that designs and develops innovative clothing concepts for outdoor and urban environments, major sports and street wear companies like PUMA and Kickers.
www.vexed.co.uk

Xennia Technology Ltd is an English SME that develops new industrial Inkjet application technologies and supplies inkjet printers and inks. It is specialized in ink jet formulations for difficult substrates.
www.xennia.com

D'Appolonia S.p.A.  is an Italian Engineering and service company with extensive project management experience and established technology and know-how transfer capabilities, particularly from science and high-tech to the textiles and clothing sectors.
www.dappolonia.it

Associación de Investigación de la Industria Textile (AITEX) is a Spanish non-profit private research association supporting the textile sector with R&D, training, consultancy, laboratory services, certifications, quality and environment and ICT.
www.aitex.es

Centexbel is a Belgian collective Research Institute for the Textile industry and is active in testing services, technological advice and research and development both on a National and International level. Research is performed for individual companies but also on a collective basis.
www.centexbel.be

Heriot-Watt  University is a Scottish Higher Education centre. The School of Textiles & Design focuses on under- and post-graduate courses on textile related topics. It performs Academic Research in textile science and technology, colour science, chemistry related to textiles, design and fashion.
www.hw.ac.uk

Hogeschool Gent is a Belgian applied University which has several courses on textiles and strong knowledgebase and broad expertise in textiles, especially in textile finishing. Hogeschool Gent is, through its Centre of Applied Research CTO-TO2C, also active in technological advice and in Research and Development activities on both National and International levels. Research is performed for individual companies but also on a collective basis.
www.hogent.be

Institute of Applied Optics is a Polish Research Institute specialized in the development of optical monitoring and measuring systems and methods for process and quality control.
www.inos.pl

TNO Science & Industry is a Dutch Research Institute for fundamental and applied research. TNO has for this project specific research activities on material science especially on nano compounds and functional polymers, textiles and textile engineering, human physiology with respect to comfort and performance.
www.tno.nl

Technical University of Lodz is a Polish higher Educational Centre that includes several faculties and other units. The Faculty of Engineering and Marketing of Textiles is specialized in clothing and chemical technologies, architecture of textiles, textile machinery, measuring systems, fashion and textile design.
www.p.lodz.pl

University of Manchester is a higher educational English Centre that focuses on organic and non-organic chemistry and is involved in research and education in topics related to ink jet technology, ink formulations, fluid characteristics, interaction of inks and substrates and polymer chemistry.
www.manchester.ac.uk

University of Twente is a Dutch higher educational centre involved in research related to organic and inorganic chemistry, encapsulation and nano-technology and textiles.
www.universiteittwente.nl

Lamberti S.p.A. is an Italian Industry that produces and develops chemical auxiliaries for several markets such as textile, leather, oil, photo curing, coating, paper, cosmetics and detergent industries.
www.lamberti.com

Xaar Plc is an English industry, dedicated to the development and production of drop on demand print heads and systems.
www.xaar.co.uk

Saxion is a Dutch higher education institute involved in professional education and applied research. The textile department has always combined technological and economic expertise and education. Its applied research is mainly economic and focuses on technologies of functionalization and product differentiation, competitiveness of the supply chain, value chain analysis, product service systems and mass-customization.
www.saxion.nl

REDEN Dutch Company specialized in simulation software tools.
www.reden.nl

ANTWORKS Dutch Company specialized in simulation software tools.
www.antworks.nl