As stated in the recently published Technology Platform for the future “European of textiles and the future of the European textiles and clothing sector clothing”, will increasingly depend on the to relentlessly innovate in its industry’s ability products and to focus its business operations on the constantly evolving needs of its customers. SMEs, the majority of textile and clothing manufacturers in Europe, generally do not have own resources to perform highly specialized product development projects, but rely on the services of research institutes and universities. An international consortium was established for this project with participants from different EU countries: Participant organization short Participant no. Participant organization name name SINTEF SINTEF (RTD) 1 (coordinator) Prof. Randi Eidsmo Reinertsen Norrøna Sport AS, Norway 2 Managing Director Jørgen Norrøna Sport (SME) (leader) Jørgensen Helly Hansen ASA, WorkWear, 3 Norway HH (SME) Vegard Berg Mosjøen Veveri, Norway 4 Managing Director Torgeir Mosjøen Veveri (SME) Markhus Norsk Fiberpels AS, Norway 5 Managing Director Svein Ove Norsk Fiberpels (SME) Martinsen Dale AS, Norway 6 Managing Director Jan Dale AS (SME) Cleveland L.Michael Oy, Finland 7 Managing Director Lorenz Michael Oy (SME) Michael Nokian Jalkineet, Finland 8 NOKIAN (SME) Tuire Erkkilä Swix Sport AS, Norway 9 Swix Sport (SME) Erik Stensrud SmartWearLab, Tampere University of Technology, SWL (RTD) 10 Finland Dr Harriet Meinander
As stated in the recently published “European Technology Platform for the future of textiles and clothing”, the future of the European textiles and clothing sector will increasingly depend on the industry’s ability to relentlessly innovate in its products and to focus its business operations on the constantly evolving needs of its customers. SMEs, the majority of textile and clothing manufacturers in Europe, generally do not have own resources to perform highly specialized product development projects, but rely on the services of research institutes and universities. An international consortium was established for this project with participants from different EU countries: Participant no. Participant organization name Participant organization short name 1 (coordinator) SINTEF Prof. Randi Eidsmo Reinertsen SINTEF (RTD) 2 (leader) Norrøna Sport AS, Norway Managing Director Jørgen Jørgensen Norrøna Sport (SME) 3 Helly Hansen ASA, WorkWear, Norway Vegard Berg HH (SME) 4 Mosjøen Veveri, Norway Managing Director Torgeir Markhus Mosjøen Veveri (SME) 5 Norsk Fiberpels AS, Norway Managing Director Svein Ove Martinsen Norsk Fiberpels (SME) 6 Dale AS, Norway Managing Director Jan Cleveland Dale AS (SME) 7 L.Michael Oy, Finland Managing Director Lorenz Michael Michael Oy (SME) 8 Nokian Jalkineet, Finland Tuire Erkkilä NOKIAN (SME) 9 Swix Sport AS, Norway Erik Stensrud Swix Sport (SME) 10 SmartWearLab, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Dr Harriet Meinander SWL (RTD)
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