Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) RWTH Aachen

About the ITA Group

The ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles is an international research and training service provider for fibre-based high-performance materials, textile semi-finished products and its manufacturing processes with about 400 employees. The ITA is one of the biggest institutes of RWTH Aachen University.

Research and Development for Industry

Public funded projects bring together the competences of ITA and our industry partners and academic research partners from other disciplines. An emphasis is placed on supporting the innovation activities of SMEs. Furthermore, process analyses and feasibility studies are carried out and prototypes are brought to market through direct research and development contracts from the industry. The international orientation of ITA focuses on cooperation with recognized academic and industrial research partners in Europe, Turkey, Asia and the US.