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ITA Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University

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ITA Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University
Otto-Blumenthal-Str. 1
52074 Aachen
Germany

Telephone+49 241 8023400

Fax+49 241 8022422

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About us

Textile Innovations

Sustainable.Digital.Individual 


The ITA Group


The ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles focuses its core competence on the goal of ensuring the holistic biotransformation of textile technology and thus the use of biological principles for small-scale value-added processes. The ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles is an international research and training service provider for fibre-based high-performance materials, textile semi-finished products and its manufacturing processes with about 350 employees.

The core of the ITA Group, located in Aachen, comprises of the research and teaching institution Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University and the ITA Technology Transfer GmbH.

  • The Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University is the technological centre for textile engineering of RWTH Aachen University. The chair of textile engineering is a part of the faculty of mechanical engineering of RWTH. The institute is headed by the director Prof. Thomas Gries.
  • The ITA Technologietransfer GmbH (ITA GmbH) in Aachen, headed by Markus Beckmann, is the technology transfer partner of the ITA Group. The ITA GmbH is an industrial service provider and commercialization group of the ITA group aligned with the previously mentioned research focus of the institute. The ITA GmbH offers the industry comprehensive solutions along the textile chain, accompanies the innovation processes from the idea to a commercially viable product launch, and supports the innovation process in diverse secondary industrial sectors.

Biotransformation of Textile Technology
Our goal is the holistic biotransformation of textile technology and thus the use of
biological principles for cycle-oriented value-added processes. This includes, for
example, the closing of raw material cycles, the reduction of energy and water
consumption for production processes and the principle of "Design for Recycling"
as a fundamental paradigm of product development.​

Digitisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Digitisation is an important tool in this context. The highly fragmented value
chain with many individual processes is networked and digitally mapped. Based​
on the paradigms of Industry 4.0, the implementation of AI use cases, digital
business models and data-based networking along the value stream is​
the new challenge.

Our Key Topics
Textile materials and semi-finished products are enablers for sustainable
products in all areas of life. Our research and development is oriented towards the
following key topics:​

  • Mobility
  • Communication
  • Health
  • Building and living
  • Resource efficiency​

The design of innovative, digital workplaces and the development of new qualification
formats are also in our focus.​

Profile of the ITA Group:

  • Our key focus areas are based on social megatrends and challenges: mobility, health, energy, building and living, information and communication technology, materials, production, qualification
  • We combine our wide range of technical knowledge through complete process chains with a thematic depth in selected technologies and areas of competence
  • We use integrated engineering competencies: quality management, project management and process control, material analytics, modelling and simulation of processes and materials, manufacturing engineering, construction, product development
  • We work on technology-exceeding, holistic questions: human-machine interaction, qualification, design and assessment of technology impact, industrial engineering and value chain management



The ITA Group: Our Value Proposition

Providing our customers with advanced, competitive, state of the art solutions through our 4 I’s

  • Integrated Approach: The ITA is a ‘one stop shop’ for all textile based Solutions. The ITA strengthens its customers’ market position by providing advanced state of the art solutions.
  • Interdisciplinary: All disciplines of a technical elite university are represented at the ITA
  • Industry-oriented: Approx. 30 % of all ITA’s projects are direct industrial projects, while a further 40% are co-operation projects with the industry. The ITA is an extended, direct R&D team for industrial partners and an innovative service provider.
  • International: Worldwide co-operation with prestigious universities and companies, focus point regions are Turkey, Asia (Japan, South Korea, and India), Russia, Europe, North America.

Our product groups

More about us

Special Interests

Innovation Award

Our Brands

BIOTEXFUTURE - BTF
Recycling Atelier by Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg gGmbH

Keywords

  • Circular Economy
  • Smart Textiles
  • Automobil
  • Composites
  • Nonwovens