
#FESPAFABRIC
Fabric Corporate Partner Co-located with
DISCOVER THE DEPTHS OF FABRIC PRINTING
Explore an ocean of opportunity at FESPA Fabric showcasing the latest garment decoration and textile
printing technologies and substrates for apparel suppliers, interior décor, and more. Incorporated with FESPA
Digital 2014, prepare to immerse yourself in rich educational content, networking and the latest innovations.
REGISTER FOR FREE ENTRANCE AT
WWW.FESPAFABRIC.COM
international dyer 297x210 FABRIC EN.indd 1 27/01/2014 11:58
Textile research,
starting points for a European organization for UAS
Academic
research
MSc/PhD degrees
Applied
research
BSc/MA
Applied
research/
development
Industry
process, product,
engineering,
Market development
In Europe the Universities of Applied Sciences
(UAS) represent a vitally important group of
institutes that educate people for key positions
in the textile industry and perform applied
scientic research. They represent a large
part of the total textile research investments.
Customers and partners in this respect are
universities (fundamental knowledge) and the
industry that benets directly through bilateral
dissemination or membership of focused
research consortia and projects. These applied
research institutes are also partners in the
research programs. The aim is valorization of
knowledge and know-how by the industry.
Funding of research programs is of utmost
importance, particularly since many of the
industrial customers are SME and cannot
individually dedicate the huge investments
required for research.
In the foreseeable future funding of R&D will
largely be organized through EU systems,
like the horizon 2020 program. Therefore it is
important that the UAS get a strong voice in
the agenda setting expert groups in Europe.
Forming a group for regular discussion on
different subjects is considered extremely
useful and, in addition, to give UAS a voice in
strategic EU-agenda discussions.
One of the obvious pathways is getting this
access through the ETP for TEXTILES. The
ETP is organized in such a way that Autex,
Textranet and Euratex are board members
and thus play a dominant role in determining
future strategies and policy for textile research,
including possible funding regimes. Since the
UAS are not allowed to become a member of
AUTEX and/or Textranet, the input of the UAS
is missing in strategic discussions in the ETP.
ETP management favors a group that
safeguards the applied research domain as
worked on by the UAS.
PROPOSAL
As a group of UAS we therefore intend to set up
an organization for textile research to support/
strengthen/safeguard our position in Europe.
Together we cover a broad, complete, and up to
date technology infrastructure. We practically have
every processing unit required for textile research
and production on lab/pilot plant scale. Diversity
proved to be our strong point. Obviously, we
foresee close cooperation with Autex and Textranet.
In addition, also SME-associations will be contacted
to participate. They are considered as important
partners and a go-between for the dissemination of
project results to the industry. Together we will be
able to contribute to the impact of the textile and
clothing industry in our society.
March 2014
Prof. Dr. Marc van Parys, University College Ghent
Linda Deceuninck, University College Ghent
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Haug, Hochschule Niederrhein
Sandra Kuijpers, AMFI Amsterdam Fashion Institute
Prof. Dr. Hein Daanen, AMFI Amsterdam Fashion Institute
Lucie Huiskens, ArtEZ, Arnhem
Dr. Ing. Gerrit Bouwhuis, Associate Professor Smart Functional
Materials, Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Dr. José Teunissen, Professor Fashion Theory, ArtEZ Institute of
the Arts
Ir. Ger Brinks, Professor Smart Functional Materials, Saxion
University of Applied Sciences.
Kommentare zu diesen Handbüchern