Project Summary
European Textile and Clothing Research Network - TERESA
The aim of the European Textile and Clothing Research Network "TERESA", project under the European Thematic Network Initiative, is to establish a common platform for the exchange of information and experience between the different projects and an efficient dissemination of their results.
Main objectives are:
· to involve the industry as much as possible in the research dynamics
· to promote the importance of the research activities
· to stimulate the development of new technologies.
The participating projects are organised in the following 4 thematic clusters:
1. New Paradigms of Management
2. Rational Use of Resources
3. Innovative Products
4. Innovative Processes
The main activities on network and cluster level are:
· Coordination: Systematically promote contacts, synergies and integration among all the European textile and clothing research projects in the different programs
· Dissemination: Actively accelerate the dissemination System of Information
· Strategic Analysis: prepare and regularly update a review of the state of the art and a strategic analysis of current and future research efforts and requirements
EUROPEAN DIMENSION AND PARTNERSHIP
The European Textile and Clothing Research Network "TERESA" currently consists of 41 research projects and plays a key role in developing working contacts between the most active players in European Textile and Clothing research. It helps to exploit their complementarities, to accelerate the dissemination of state of the art textile and clothing technology in the European industry, and to maintain and reinforce the European lead in the area of textile machinery, advanced processing and high value-added products.
The role of EURATEX as coordinator ensures that the European textile and clothing industry as a whole, being the end user of the technologies developed, is informed of the research activities and results, and has the opportunity to guide and direct future work towards those areas of highest industrial priority and relevance. A further improvement and promotion of network events and publication will develop TERESA as a reference point for all enquiries in European textile and clothing research and development.
POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS (BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL SECTOR)
Contacts both within existing projects and with representatives from upstream and downstream sectors, such as the chemical and the automotive industries, will promote the development of new European products and markets in non-traditional areas. Indeed, the combined participation of EURATEX, Textile Institutes and Universities, and individual textile and clothing companies, covering most of European Textile and Clothing research, will provide a representative and multi-disciplinary forum for developing a strategic analysis, which will be of key importance to the industry, the European Commission and national authorities in their combined efforts to evaluate, stimulate and orient current and future textile and clothing research in Europe.
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