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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Greetings for 2026

Smart Textile Alliance organizes a range of events and activities to foster collaboration across the value chain. Stay tuned for our new activities in 2026….

New Ambassador for Smart Textile Alliance

In August, global technology event organizer, TechBlick became the latest Ambassador for Smart Textile Alliance.

Key Takeaways from our London Event

Event recap: Pioneers in the field revealed the hurdles they’ve faced and creative solutions paving the way forward.

E-Textiles Conference 12-14 November 2025

Join leading experts to explore cutting-edge innovations and gain insights into future industry trends.
See you in Roubaix…

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Highlights 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.

Protex Balti – Precision Manufacturing of Smart Clothes

Mar 4, 2025

Protex Balti AS is a leading supplier of wearable smart textile products, designing and realising creative solutions for bespoke client applications from sportswear to personal protective equipment...

STA Seeks Connector Development Partners

Sep 24, 2024

STA’s primary mission is to promote development of a voluntary industry standard for smart textiles, because we believe this is essential to ensure development of interoperable electronics and...

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...

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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