Centres of excellence in nonwovens
The nonwovens industry counts numerous Centres of Excellence in nonwovens contributing greatly to the research and innovation in the industry through their different capabilities, focus areas, technologies and services offered.
| Capabilities of Centre of Excellences | |
Fundamental research Technological and process developments Application developments Computational Modelling Teaching Materials for renewable resources | Smart materials High performance materials and lightweight structures Functional materials (dyeing, coating, printing, plasma treatment, etc.) Recycling 3D and additive manufacturing |
| In focus areas such as ; Polymers (as a raw material), Man-made cellulosic fibres, Natural fibres, Synthetic fibres (PP, PE, PET), Paper/cellulose ,Nanomaterials | With the following technologies; Short Fibre Airlaid, Carding, Long Fibre Airlaid, Wetlaid, Spunmelt, Nano Spinning Technologies. |
| Services offered include: Project Management/Development work, Nonwovens Pilot Facilities, Nonwovens Lab Scale Facilities, Consultancy, Training Courses and PhDs Opportunities. |
EDANA encourages its members to hold collaborative research activities and projects that benefit members in full compliance with general regulatory and competition law requirements. In addition, it helps in identifying European public funding opportunities for these activities and projects. In the last decade the number of Centres of Excellence member of EDANA has grown from 2 to 11.
Centres of Excellence for nonwovens members of EDANA
- Centre Européen des Textiles innovants (CETI)
- Centre Technique du Papier
- DITF – Deutsche Institute fur Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf
- Nonwovens Innovation & Research institute (NIRI)
- RI.SE - Research Institutes of Sweden
- STFI - Sächsisches textilforschungsinstitut
- The Nonwovens Institute
- The University of Leeds, Nonwovens Research- School of Design
- VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
Discover their key strengths here.
The flyer “Looking for Centre of Excellence for Nonwovens” gives an overview of the capabilities, focus areas, technologies and service offered by those different Centres.