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• 2010 Jan 20 -- Roy Godden Lecture Series, London, UK
• 2010 Feb 23-25 -- The Textile Institute Training Programme: Introduction to Textiles, Manchester, UK
• 2010 Apr 14-16 -- Smart Fabrics, Miami, FL, USA
• 2010 Jun 10-11 -- Managing Innovation In Textiles, Manchester, UK
• 2010 Nov 3-4 -- The Textile Institute World Conference, Manchester, UK
  

The Textile Institute Training Programme

Introduction to Textiles
23, 24, 25 February 2010 - Manchester

Introduction to Textiles is a new and intensive 3 day course aimed at both new entrants to the textile industry or those requiring a deeper understanding of textiles, their manufacture, properties, performance and quality issues.

This course is suitable for people engaged in the supply chain as well as manufacturers, designers, merchandisers and retailers. Technologists and those involved in financial and commercial aspects of the industry will find this course of benefit. No prior knowledge of textiles is necessary for this specialised short course.

Programme (Download complete brochure)

Day 1
Fibres & Yarns Trainer Lead Presenters
Mr Trevor Rowe & Dr Kim Gandhi
Topics to be covered:
Fibres - markets, fibre classifications, fibre types, production, physical and chemical properties, applications.
Woven fabrics - their design, manufacture, fabric properties and applications

Day 2
Fabrics Lead Presenters
Prof Subhash Anand & Mr Trevor Rowe
Topics to be covered:
Warp and weft knitted and nonwoven fabrics, production, design and properties, fabric analysis, future trends.
Yarns - yarn types, yarn production systems, yarn properties and processing parameters, filament yarns and their production.

Day 3
Wet processing & fabric performance Lead Presenters
Prof Derek McKelvey & Mrs Christine Wilkinson
Topics to be covered:
Preparatory process for different textile materials, dyeing, principles of colouration, fabric performance, fabric specifications, fabric testing and analysis.

Cost
Full Course
TI Member - £548.09 + VAT (£644) Non Member - £685.11 + VAT (£805)
1 day only
TI member - £195.75 + VAT (£230) Non Member - £244.68 + VAT (£287.50)
Included in your course fees are refreshments throughout the day, lunch, course handouts and samples.

How to Book your place
Simply complete and return this booking form along with your payment. Your delegate place will be confirmed within 5 working days via email so please ensure that you supply a correct email address. In-house and Company sponsored courses are available, please contact us for a quotation.

The Venue
St James' Buildings are situated on Oxford Street in Manchester and are within easy walking distance of all major railway stations and also within easy reach of Manchester Airport. The buildings are also the international headquarters of The Textile Institute.

There is a range of accommodation situated nearby to suit all budgets. Please STinsley@textileinst.org.uk for a complete list.

2010 April 14-16, Smart Fabrics 2010, Miami Florida

Intertech Pira are organising the 6th annual Smart Fabrics Conference. The event will cover topics such as the current status of innovative smart fabric technologies in the marketplace, as well as recent application breakthroughs and adoption. The conference will be of particular interest for people involved in electronics, textiles, medical, sporting equipment, fashion, and wireless communication industries, as well as military/space agencies and the investment community.

For a full programme, speaker details and information on how to register visit www.smartfabricsconference.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

The global Textile Industry has in the last few decades seen revolutionary changes in its output, structure, and technology - covering all aspects of Fibres, Yarns, Fabrics, Machinery and manufacturing processing techniques.

Apart from the above major achievements, the industry progressively has seen major developments in the production of Technical & Industrial Textiles covering around 25 different fields of new applications. A huge variety of revolutionary products have been brought into the world market as a result of technological innovations in new fibres, yarns, fabrics, dyeing and finishing and processing methods. Unforeseen a few decades ago, these products have been successfully imagined and developed and now on the whole have brought dramatic positive changes in our environment and life-styles.

The most exciting new markets for Technical and Industrial Textiles from a potential growth/value-added/profitability point of view involve the high technology or high performance applications. The forecast as to what will happen most likely in the technical and industrial textile world during the next decade is one of growth in spite of the current global financial situation.

• How these innovations universally being created?
• How are ideas converted into products?
• Can innovation be managed?
• How do we identify market opportunities?
• Can we learn from recent case studies of successful innovation and product launch?
• How will technology serve the needs of the design and fashion sectors?

To address this need, the Technical Textiles Special Interest Group (SIG) of The Textile Institute, Manchester and The Manchester and Cheshire Section of the Textile Institute have teamed together to organise an International Conference on Managing Innovation in Textiles.

The conference will aim to bring together textile scientists, engineers, fibre-yarn -and fabric mfrs, fashion designers, retailers, and many others engaged and interested in recent innovations and their applications in all branches of Technical & Industrial Textiles. The conference programme will consist of invited and contributed papers.
The organisers invite authors to submit the title of their paper along with the brief abstract by 20th March 2010

For full details contact:

Dr. Kim Gandhi , CText FTI
Chairman Manchester & Cheshire Section
Mobile 0780 170 8878
Tel : +44 161 702 9483, Fax +44 161 702 9616
kim.gandhi@virgin.net

Brian McCarthy
Chairman Technical Textiles SIG
Director, Technitex Faraday Limited Manchester
Mobile 07841 590657
Tel +44 161 306 8500 Fax +44 161 306 8501
brianmccarthy@technitex.org

Textile Institue World Conference,

3rd & 4th November 2010,
Manchester, UK
WebSite: www.TIWorldConference.org

CALL FOR PAPERS -- Click HERE

The Textile Institute is pleased to announce the date for their next world conference which will be held in Manchester on the 3rd & 4th November 2010. A full call for papers will be issued in November 2009 with full details on the website and within issue 4 of textiles.

A variety of corporate sponsorship opportunities, including exhibition stands are available to suit all budgets. If you would like to discuss how your company can become involved please contact stinsley@textileinst.org.uk

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