AEI Tèxtils

The Catalan cluster of advanced textile materials

 

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 2022

AEI Tèxtils participates in a successful country mission to the USA together with its European partners

AEI Tèxtils participated in a mission in the US from May 8th to 12th, together with its European partners from Texglobal project.

END OF CONTEXT: 54 LEADING THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF EXPERTS ON SMART TEXTILES

CONTEXT, the international network of experts in advanced textile materials, led by AEI Tèxtils, celebrated its Final Event INCONTEXT in Prato and Florence on 23rd and 24th March.

Circular.Tèxtils.cat project came to an end with an event to present the most outstanding results obtained

On April 12 the closing event of the project CIRCULAR.Tèxtils.cat was celebrated. The project was coordinated by AEI Tèxtils and Fundació FITEX.

AEI Tèxtils reviewed its internationalization plan with its European partners in Terrassa

AEI Tèxtils holds the meetings of three European projects aimed at the internationalisation of its associated SMEs.

Member’s meeting

Visiting the facilities of the member Hilaturas Arnau.

AEI Tèxtils launches 660.000€ in cascade funding calls to support textile SMEs in building resilience

The action will be implemented in the framework of the Euroclusters xBUILD-EU and EuroBoosTEX.

Admantex2i launches its first newsletter

Admantex2i project, led by AEI Tèxtils, has launched its first newsletter.

AEI Tèxtils recognized with the GOLD Label for its excellence

AEI Tèxtils,, has been recognized with the GOLD Label on cluster management excellence.

AEI Tèxtils participates in a new european initiative to support SMES in transforming textile waste into value

On 21st and 22nd February, RegioGreenTex project, in which AEI Tèxtils participates as a partner, was kicked-off in Brussels.

End of GALACTICA: 30 months providing suport to smeas and creating new value chains

GALACTICA project, coordinated by AEI Tèxtils, celebrated its Final Event in Barcelona, on February 16, 2023, with more than 110 attendees.

Testimonials

“The cluster provides us with knowledge, keeps us up to date with technological trends and brings us closer to national and international experts.”

PAULÍ ALUART

Manager of C.P. Aluart

“In the cluster we share concerns with other companies and collaborate to find solutions.”

JAIME CABRÉ

Manager of LIASA

“The AEI Tèxtils team is proactive, knows our needs and supports us closely throughout all the process to carry out innovation projects.”

MARC PONSA

Manager of Polisilk and Etisilk

“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.”

 

RAIMON SELLARÈS

Manager of Marina Tèxtil

“The success rate of the projects presented to various funding calls with the support of the cluster is very high.”

JOAN PERA

Manager of Manufacturas Arpe

“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.”

 

MIKI FUSTER

Manager of Jose Fuster, S.L.

“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.”

JOAN SANTAMARIA

Manager of Hilaturas Arnau

“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.”

 

JOAQUIM BADRINAS

Manager of FINSA

“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.”

SALVADOR AYMERICH

Manager of CINPASA

“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.”

MANUEL VILLAROYA

Manager of Lumaquin, S.A.

“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.”

ENRIC CARRERA

Director of INTEXTER

“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. “

JORDI UBACH

Manager of S.A. HILADOS EGARFIL

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.”

PAU FELIU

Product Manager of MACCION

“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.”

ARIADNA CEREROLS

Director of TRITURATS LA CANYA, S.A.

“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.”

 

ALEX CHARLES

Managing Director of TANATEX Chemicals Ibérica, S.L.U.

“Being part of the cluster allows us to share synergies and objectives with other entities to develop new projects and proposals for the future.”

 

 

MÒNICA LLOSES

Manager of GENEROS DE PUNTO FELLO, S.A..

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