TTRI showcased innovations at TITAS

The Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) recently took part in the 2010 Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS), showcasing a wide range of cutting-edge textile products, technologies and solutions.

TTRI's exhibition was divided into several themed areas including the Highlight Area, the Leading Innovation Area, the Technique Transfer and Promotion Area, and the MIT Product Alliances Area. The main feature of the Highlight Area was the T-man robot, a giant textile machine that can make woven, circular-knitted and flat-knitted fabrics. The robot with a height of three meters and weight of 1.5 tons is a symbol of integration that Taiwan's textile industry has seen a lot of.

A highlight of the Leading Innovation Area was the multi-nano grooves fiber, made with the multi-component fiber spinning technology. The fiber had various strong points, including moisture absorption rate nine times that of regular-sized fibers, surface area ten times that of regular round fibers, soft and comfortable texture that allows dry and cool feelings, and ability to clean or filter out micron and sub-micron particles and dust.

Among other TTRI exhibits were two-tone color effect nylon textiles, photoelectric textiles, energy textiles, physiological monitoring textiles, and LED embedded yarn and light-emitting fabrics.

Taiwan Textile Research Institute was established in December 1959 as successor to the technical department of the Taiwan Cotton Spinners Association. The organization changed its name to the China Textile Institute in 1971 and then to the Taiwan Textile Research Institute in 2004 to reflect current international realities.