Smart Textile Alliance

Smart Textile Alliance (STA) is a private not-for-profit organization promoting industry standards, collaboration, and use of e-textile technologies. We support development of innovative e-textile products through access to trusted suppliers, contemporary knowledge, activities and events.

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A diverse Community of Specialists

STA supports collaboration with researchers and companies across the entire e-textiles supply chain, creating a community where SMEs, large enterprises and R&D organisations contribute diverse professional expertise in innovative products and services.

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Setting Standards for Sustainable e-textiles

Smart textiles are a disruptive technology combining microelectronics and textiles, increasing value for end-users and extending product lifetimes. STA promotes standardization of components and modular system architectures that facilitate replacement and recycling for sustainable products.

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Fast-track e-textile Development

We are an experienced team with an in-depth understanding of Smart Textiles. Through our network of Suppliers and Ambassadors we can help find the right components and partners for your development or to scale up your business.

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Upcoming Events for 2025

STA organizes a range of events and activities to foster collaboration across the value chain.
See below for details of upcoming events…

New Innovation Partner

Announcing the expansion of our Trusted Suppliers Directory to include specialist manufacturer of smart textile products, Protex Balti.

Virtual Coffee Meeting

Grab a coffee and join us online for an introduction to Trusted Supplier Loomia, May 5th 14:00 hrs CEST (20 mins)

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London Event for Sept. 2025

Following requests from our community, STA is hosting a peer networking event in London on September 16th. Book the date and stay tuned for details…

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Highlight from our Blog

We let you know what is new in Smart Textiles and why it matters to you. The contributions are from STA staff or from our industry partners. Our goal is to provide high-quality information that you cannot find anywhere else.

E-Textiles Conference 2024, Fraunhofer Forum | Berlin, Germany

Jul 11, 2024

Smart Textile Alliance had a chat with Sigrid Rotzler, an e-textile researcher at Fraunhofer IZM who is chairing the E-Textiles Networks 6th annual conference from 19th – 21st November in Berlin...

Loomia – Create the Impossible with Soft, Flexible Electronics

Sep 4, 2023

Loomia is fast-tracking smart textiles development by creating a platform of soft circuit technology, known as the Loomia Electronic Layer (LEL). Started in New York by Madison Maxey, Founder and...

Born GmbH – Knitting Smart Textiles

Jun 5, 2023

German smart textile design and production company Born specialises in knitted garments with integrated sensors and intelligent functions for medical, sport and other applications. The Smart...

Suppliers Directory

STA Suppliers Directory represents a list of companies with a proven track record of supplying high quality Smart Textile products. Components from these suppliers all fit within the Smart Textile Stack™.

Trusted Suppliers

“I am very excited to see a list of Smart Textile suppliers with a scalable focus accessible in one place.”

Alexander Krause, Former Head of ITK Engineering’s Smart Textile Competence Center

Ambassadors

STA Ambassadors are organisations whose values and work we admire. We share a common vision to make electronics soft and textiles smart in a responsible way. Our Ambassadors are ready to assist you with matters outside the scope of our own business.

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