The summit of ‘5th International R&D Project Market in Textile and Ready Wear Sector’ which aims production, use and maintainability of clothing and technical textile with high added value has begun in Bursa. 294 projects have presented in the summit. The summit of ‘5th International R&D Project Market in Textile and Ready Wear Sector’ which has begun in Bursa under the leadership of Turkish Exporters Assembly and with the partnership of UTIB and Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry will continue for two days. Within the scope of the event, awards will be given to projects which compete in fields such as construction textiles, automotive textiles, geotextiles and industrial textiles. The most striking ones among the projects competing in the event have been listed as “Production of anti-bacterial nonwoven textiles loaded with silver nanoparticles”, “Colour changing tent”, “Using synthetic textile wastes in the production of fibre-reinforced asphalt”, “Design of the textile product that can absorb offensive odour”, “Development of sewing machine needle wearing resistance of which is enhanced”, “Production of winter curtain that can produce heat from sun beams with nanometal particles on the surface”.
Uludag Textile Exporters Union (UTIB) President Ibrahim Burkay who has made a speech in the event has told that they take firm steps toward the aim of 2023 with R&D, design and innovation. Burkay who has reminded the searchings of ‘Window of New Opportunity’ which came to the fore in Uludag economy summit has mentioned that he thinks that successful studies regarding R&D and innovation will enter to the sector in next period by drawing attention to the competition carried out in the event. Burkay who has underlined that studies should be quickened in terms of matters such as commercialization of inventions, increasing of cooperations before competition, using R&D incentive mechanisms more efficiently by establishing technology transfer offices in terms of the development of technology and innovation has defended that ordinariness may be given up in world markets in this way.
