Textiles are versatile materials or the basis for functional and flexible applications.
The main research field Flexible Materials creates lightweight and flexible structures by means of textile technologies. Current trends of the markets and modern technical equipment offer customer-related product development and innovation not only for textile companies. Selected initial research investigates new technologies for the manufacturing and functionalising of flexible structures on a textile basis, like fabrics and thread constructions for medical or technical applications.
For multi-focus tasks, these fabrics and thread constructions can be further processed in following research groups like coating or smart textiles.

The main research field Flexible Materials provides also technological solutions for textile companies with the help of technical schools for thread constructions, weaving, braiding, embroidery and three-dimensional knitting, which are also available for customer tests and sample specimen.