#Research & Development

2024-10-31

STFI Theme Day: Advancing technologies for a circular textile economy

The circular textile economy is a topic that has garnered widespread attention. However, achieving this goal requires more than ambition—it calls for collaboration and robust networks. Recognizing this, the Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. (STFI) invites partners from industry, academia, and research to engage in a dynamic professional exchange focused on this critical subject.

Challenges on the path to a circular textile economy are diverse and complex. They span across material research, processing and treatment technologies, product design, usage and care, business models, and even policy measures, which play a crucial role in incentivizing transformation. Given the current single-digit recycling rates, there's a considerable journey ahead. However, recent advancements in textile waste collection, sorting, and processing demonstrate that transformative momentum is building. Solutions must be as diverse as textile product designs themselves, with a circular economy emerging as a culture that involves us all.

For over 30 years, STFI has served as an innovation partner and service provider to a wide array of sectors within the textile industry. With the development of the Center for Textile Sustainability and the addition of a wetlaid nonwovens line, STFI has further advanced its expertise in nonwoven innovation, textile recycling, and testing services.

Event Program:

09:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Registration at the Center for Textile Sustainability

Welcome Address: Dr. Yvette Dietzel, Head of Research at STFI

Circular Textile Economy – Topics, Trends, and Perspectives: Johannes Leis, M. Sc., STFI

Are Natural Fibers a Mega Trend? Dr. Jörg Morgner, Temafa Maschinenfabrik GmbH

TBA – Caspar Böhme, Sumo GmbH

Technologies for Textile Circular Economy at STFI: Johannes Leis, M. Sc. & Dipl.-Ing./Dipl.-WI Ina Sigmund, STFI

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch and Tours of facilities, including the Textile Recycling Center, Spinning Mill, Wetlaid Technology Centre, and Laser Technology Centre

End of Event and Commencement of STFI General Meeting

Registration Details:

Participants may register until November 25, 2020, at

https://www.stfi.de/thementag

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