CETI
CETI

France: Hauts-de-France

Overview

The CETI is a research center at the service of enterprises to encourage and accelerate innovation. It is a place to design, experiment, prototype and industrialize new products, materials and process adapted to the global textile industry.
The CETI collaborates with  producers, major brands and distributors of fashion, sports, luxury and technical textiles. 

The aim of the CETI is to respond to societal challenges related to sustainable development in order to transform the entire industry : 

Minimize it's environmental footprint,
Making smart technologies accessible,
Integrate digital transformation into business lines,
Promoting good living, 
Developing value ecosystems,
Deploy new business model ( economy of functionality , circular economy).

CETI has equipment in the following 4 platforms : 

THE TEXTILE PLATFORM - FASHION DESIGN 4.0

Co-creation workshop : Encourage creativity.
Prototype workshop : Make the access to technology easier in the aim to focus on the creation.
Connected shop : Discover the equipments to improve the customer experience.
 

THE NONWOVENS PLATFROM

Melt channel 

Spunbond 
Meltblown​​​​​​

Dry channel

Carde
Airlay

Nonwoven web consolidation

Spunlacing
Needling loom
Flat Oven
Calender
 

THE MONO, BI and TRI-COMPONENT SPINNING PLATFORM 

Compounding
Melt - spinning
Crimping / Cut
 

THE RECYCLING PLATFORM

Inauguration in Septembre

 
. The CETI guides companies in their product development projects offering solutions to a large levels of needs : 

Building the projects 
Developing new products
Improving innovation
Prototyping products 
Optimizing the processes
Developing skills
 

The CETI proposes to support companies in their efforts to integrate environmental requirements in order to reduce their impacts and promote the emergence of a circular economy and a functional economy

Eco - conception
Recyclability
Upcycling & Downcycling
CSR and traceability
 

The CETI has also created an experiential 4.0 workshop space, digitized from design to prototype and using the customer experience in store. 

Design and co-creation of materials and products. 
3D collaboration - Products developments
Customization / Industrialization 
Retail / Customer experience

 

 

. Yes. service.

Sectors
Textiles
Technology
Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 - Process industry (processing of novel materials, structures, etc.) - Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) - High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing)