Arxius de Functional fabrics

Eurecat and Total Training Suit create sportswear that works like a “second skin” to increase training intensity
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Eurecat and Total Training Suit create sportswear that works like a “second skin” to increase training intensity

Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sport, Textile

Eurecat and Total Training Suit create sportswear that works like a “second skin” to increase training intensity

EurecatEQZ2026-01-29T12:06:54+01:00September 29th, 2025|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sport, Textile|

The technology centre Eurecat and the textile innovation company Total Training Suit have developed an innovative sports outfit designed as a “second skin”, capable of increasing the intensity of functional training sessions by up to 30%. The prototype provides mechanical resistance to movement, allowing athletes to exert greater effort during physical activity. In addition, [...]

Eurecat leads project to turn forest management biomass into new sustainable products for the textile industry
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Eurecat leads project to turn forest management biomass into new sustainable products for the textile industry

Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Textile

Eurecat leads project to turn forest management biomass into new sustainable products for the textile industry

EurecatEQZ2025-11-03T16:14:56+01:00September 12th, 2025|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Textile|

The Eurecat technology centre is leading a project which will convert biomass produced by forest management into regenerated cellulose fibres for the textile industry in line with the push for the bioeconomy. The initiative, which also involves the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia and the University of Lleida, seeks to add value [...]

Eurecat creates biodegradable plastic derived from natural sources for textile manufacturing
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Eurecat creates biodegradable plastic derived from natural sources for textile manufacturing

Composite material, Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Textile

Eurecat creates biodegradable plastic derived from natural sources for textile manufacturing

EurecatEQZ2025-02-14T12:49:37+01:00January 28th, 2025|Composite material, Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Textile|

The Eurecat technology centre has created an innovative formulation of polylactic acid, a biodegradable plastic derived from natural sources known as PLA, specifically designed for manufacturing textiles with a low environmental impact both at origin as it is made from renewable sources and also at the end of its lifecycle due to its biodegradability [...]

Eurecat innovates in smart fabrics and plastics to bring functionalities, personalisation and comfort to car interiors
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Eurecat innovates in smart fabrics and plastics to bring functionalities, personalisation and comfort to car interiors

Automotive, Fires, Functional fabrics, Functional Printing, Press Notes

Eurecat innovates in smart fabrics and plastics to bring functionalities, personalisation and comfort to car interiors

EurecatEQZ2024-12-24T10:01:58+01:00November 14th, 2024|Automotive, Fires, Functional fabrics, Functional Printing, Press Notes|

This week at the Automotive Interiors trade fair in Stuttgart (Germany), the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing new technological solutions and innovations which include shape-memory fabrics, visual comfort and electroluminescent filaments along with smart plastics to add functionalities to car interior materials. The automotive industry “is fully engaged in digital transformation and also embedding [...]

Eurecat develops new type of ultra-thin smart interface for the new generation of cars
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Eurecat develops new type of ultra-thin smart interface for the new generation of cars

Automotive, Functional fabrics, Functional Printing, Plastic material, Press Notes

Eurecat develops new type of ultra-thin smart interface for the new generation of cars

EurecatEQZ2023-12-13T09:15:48+01:00December 11th, 2023|Automotive, Functional fabrics, Functional Printing, Plastic material, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has developed a smart plastic surface just 3 millimetres thick which has an interface that allows users to communicate with a machine, software or intuitive system with built-in LED lighting and capacitive sensors which is expected to be embedded in the central electronic system of the new generation of cars. [...]

El centre tecnològic Eurecat innova en la producció tèxtil a partir de materials de base biològica
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El centre tecnològic Eurecat innova en la producció tèxtil a partir de materials de base biològica

Consulting, Functional fabrics, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes, Sustainability, Textile, WEEI

El centre tecnològic Eurecat innova en la producció tèxtil a partir de materials de base biològica

EurecatEG2023-06-19T11:38:44+02:00June 14th, 2023|Consulting, Functional fabrics, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes, Sustainability, Textile, WEEI|

El centre tecnològic Eurecat participa en el projecte HEREWEAR, que està impulsant noves solucions de materials basades en els últims desenvolupaments de cel·lulosa i polièsters de base biològica, dins d’un enfocament holístic que busca impulsar un mercat de la Unió Europea per a tèxtils circulars i peces de vestir produïdes localment a partir de [...]

Photonic technology and artificial intelligence to predict textile manufacturing defects
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Photonic technology and artificial intelligence to predict textile manufacturing defects

Fires, Functional fabrics, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes, Textile

Photonic technology and artificial intelligence to predict textile manufacturing defects

EurecatEG2023-06-15T10:03:15+02:00June 9th, 2023|Fires, Functional fabrics, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes, Textile|

The Eurecat technology centre is showcasing at ITMA (International Textile Machinery) 2023, the leading trade fair for the textile industry running until 14 June in Milan, a solution harnessing photonic and Internet of Things systems coupled with artificial intelligence algorithms which predicts potential manufacturing defects before the fabric is made and warns the production [...]

Social organisation Solidança teams up with Eurecat to devise a container for collecting clothing to enhance textile waste circularity
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Social organisation Solidança teams up with Eurecat to devise a container for collecting clothing to enhance textile waste circularity

Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sustainability

Social organisation Solidança teams up with Eurecat to devise a container for collecting clothing to enhance textile waste circularity

EurecatEG2023-05-18T14:01:56+02:00December 7th, 2022|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Solidança, a social organisation engaged in the social and solidarity economy and with extensive experience in gathering and recovering textile waste under the Roba Amiga brand, has teamed up with the Eurecat technology centre using Catalan Waste Agency grants promoting the circular economy to eco-design a container for collecting post-consumer clothing made from the textile waste [...]

Textile and fashion value chain invests in a sustainability, digitalisation and growth strategy
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Textile and fashion value chain invests in a sustainability, digitalisation and growth strategy

Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Textile

Textile and fashion value chain invests in a sustainability, digitalisation and growth strategy

EurecatEG2023-05-18T14:22:12+02:00October 21st, 2022|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Textile|

The TecnoCampus Congress Centre hosted the ‘Digital and sustainable transition of the textile and fashion value chain in Catalonia’ innovation conference attended by some 150 delegates from businesses, industry associations and governments. The presentations underscored the textile and fashion value chain’s eagerness to address sustainability as an opportunity for growth and setting up new [...]

Flick Hockey and Eurecat create a line of high-performance sportswear using plastic waste recovered from the seabed
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Flick Hockey and Eurecat create a line of high-performance sportswear using plastic waste recovered from the seabed

Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sport, Sustainability, Textile

Flick Hockey and Eurecat create a line of high-performance sportswear using plastic waste recovered from the seabed

EurecatEG2023-05-18T14:38:35+02:00September 1st, 2022|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sport, Sustainability, Textile|

Family-owned field hockey e-commerce, distribution and retail business Flick Hockey has teamed up with the Eurecat technology centre to develop a new line of locally produced high-performance sportswear made from plastic waste recovered from the seabed which has cut its carbon footprint by 40 percent. “By leveraging the historically robust Catalan textile industry and getting recycled [...]