AEI TÈXTILS is a cluster, with a non-profit association structure, formed by companies in the value chain of the advanced textile materials sector in Catalonia and other organizations supporting innovation.
Its main goals are to promote innovation, especially in cooperation; to foster links in the Catalan advanced textile materials sector and to give visibility to the cluster and its members at an international level to boost the green and digital transition.
Associated members
Team professionals
Ongoing innovation projects
In funding for members in 2021
Testimonials
“The cluster provides us with knowledge, keeps us up to date with technological trends and brings us closer to national and international experts.”
“In the cluster we share concerns with other companies and collaborate to find solutions.”
“The AEI Tèxtils team is proactive, knows our needs and supports us closely throughout all the process to carry out innovation projects.”
“It is important to belong to a cluster where the main companies in the sector are located. A network is generated, which provides us with contacts and offers us a very personalized service.”
“The success rate of the projects presented to various funding calls with the support of the cluster is very high.”
“AEI Tèxtils helps us to keep up to date with trends in the advanced textile materials sector. As machinery suppliers it is very useful for us to better target our offer.”
“Networking and industrial symbiosis to the cluster are key to promote circular economy and recycling in the field of technical textiles, to which we are dedicated.”
“Thanks to AEI Tèxtils we have been able to interact and get to know in depth many local companies and within our sector, exchange knowledge and create synergies.”
“The cluster is such a dynamic engine that opens us the door to many opportunities linked to innovation in our sector, as well as to all the financial support programs that the different administrations have open.”
“AEI Tèxtils offers us the possibility of having access to R&D&I or internationalization projects that would be impossible to carry out individually. All this, within an environment that promotes the transformation of competition between companies into collaborations that bring shared benefits.”
“As a University Institute for Textile Research that we are, belonging to AEI Tèxtils represents an opportunity and is a competitive advantage, since it allows us to keep up to date about different funding calls and also to get in touch with potential partners for future projects.”
“The cluster has managed to bring together a powerful association of companies that represent the present and the future of the technical textile industry.
Being present in this group opens the doors to potential collaborations and motivates us to find new challenges for our company. “
“Thanks to the collaboration and innovation framework of the cluster, we better understand the needs of advanced textile manufacturing companies to better offer solutions that optimize their production and logistic processes.”
“AEI Tèxtils not only gives us a very broad view of projects in the sector, but also makes it easier for us to access them successfully. Participation in projects and missions allows us to expand the range of opportunities and learn about trends in the sector.”
“As suppliers of auxiliary products, in the cluster we find the family that gives us access to valuable information on the needs and lines of work of our sector.”
“Being part of the cluster allows us to share synergies and objectives with other entities to develop new projects and proposals for the future.”
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