Report Summary:
Editorial: New Technologies for Smart Fabric and
Intelligent Textile Products: Dye-Sensitised Solar
Cells and Plastic Electronics |
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Issue 68, 1st quarter 2007 |
A highlight of this issue of Technical
Textile Markets is the report “Smart Fabrics and Intelligent
Textiles in the UK: Seven Companies at the Forefront of
Innovation” which starts on page 11.
The smart fabrics and intelligent textile
sector is growing rapidly, albeit from a low base.
Furthermore, it is notable that a number of UK-based
companies are global leaders in their respective
technologies.
However, many of the products and
applications of smart fabrics and intelligent textiles would
not be possible without innovations in associated sectors.
Two examples of such associated sectors
are the manufacture of solar cells to provide power, and the
production of low cost portable reading devices.
Innovations in these two sectors do not
employ textile materials in their production and therefore
lie outside the scope of the report.
However, it is interesting to note that a
number of products in these sectors are being developed and
manufactured using innovative textile manufacturing
technologies.
Some experts believe that innovative
textile manufacturing technologies have large potential.
They also claim that the technologies could form the basis
of entire new industries which could greatly improve
conventional manufacturing techniques, processes and
materials.
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