The TU Dresden’s ‘high-tech tailors’

The TU Dresden’s Institute of Textile Machinery and High-performance Material Technology (ITM) is one of the world’s leading university research institutes in the field of textile and ready-made-clothing technology, and its state-of-the-art infrastructure enables rapid development of completely new technologies and innovative products. The ITM’s interdisciplinary research activities encompass machinery development, technology development, product development and material modelling. The ITM itself is best known for its research work in the areas of lightweight construction, textile-reinforced concrete and medical textiles.