Released on = June 5, 2007, 3:57 am

Press Release Author = Bharat Book Bureau

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = Executive Summary

This report profiles seven UK companies which are at the forefront of innovation in
smart fabrics and intelligent textiles, namely: Auxetix, d3o lab, Eleksen,
Engineered Fibre Structures, EXO², Fibretronic and Peratech. Some of these companies
have developed and commercialised functional fabric-based products

Press Release Body = Smart Fabrics and Intelligent Textiles in the UK: Seven
Companies at the Forefront of Innovation

Executive Summary

This report profiles seven UK companies which are at the forefront of innovation in
smart fabrics and intelligent textiles, namely: Auxetix, d3o lab, Eleksen,
Engineered Fibre Structures, EXO², Fibretronic and Peratech. Some of these companies
have developed and commercialised functional fabric-based products
incorporating integrated electronics. Such products are capable of interfacing with
or accommodating iPods, mobile phones and laptop computers, and include sports
jackets, bags, business suits and fabric keyboards. Eleksen, Fibretronic and
Peratech are among a number of UK-based companies leading
this field. At the same time, other smart materials offering new performance
features for a varied range of end uses have emerged. Many are based on the results
of academic research, and some have been created by modifying existing textile
manufacturing technology. Such materials include: blast curtains and self-locking
sticking threads from Auxetix; protective equipment for high performance sports
applications from d3o lab; a glove which can be used to control games consoles and
other electronic devices from Engineered Fibre Structures; and heat conducting
clothing technology from EXO².

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