$500,000
North Carolina State University
Campus Box 7214, Admin Services III
Raleigh, NC 27695
The National Textile Center (NTC) is a research consortium that serves the USA Fiber/Textile/Fiber Products/Retail Complex
THE NATIONAL TEXTILE CENTER
The National Textile Center (NTC) is a research consortium that serves the USA Fiber/Textile/Fiber Products/Retail Complex.
NTC was established to achieve three primary goals:
1. Research: To discover, design and develop new materials, innovative and improved manufacturing, and integrated systems essential to the success of a modern U.S. textile enterprise.
2. Education: To train personnel, establish industrial partnerships and create transfer mechanisms to ensure the utilization of technologies developed.
3. Partnership: To strengthen the nation's textile research and educational efforts by uniting diverse experts and resources in unique collaborative projects.
We believe that this program continues to play an extremely critical role in helping to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. textile and apparel industry, which employs nearly 600,000 workers nationwide and contributes nearly $60 billion to the nation’s gross national product on an annual basis. Moreover, it should be noted that this industry is a primary supplier of employment to women and minority workers, with many of these jobs located in depressed rural areas, as well as major inner cities. In North Carolina, 1,340 companies (9% public, 91% private) employ over 120,000 people in 90 of the 100 counties. (See NC Textile Connect at www.textileconnect.com).
The NTC provides a unique and highly effective structure for maximizing fundamental research and development efforts of value to the textile and apparel sector. Through the combined knowledge and expertise of the nation’s leading textile research universities, the NTC is leading an effort to address all key aspects of the textile industry, from fiber production to marketing. These efforts include research in many areas related to critical national needs, such as protective clothing, biomedical textiles, electronics, alternative energy sources, and environmental sustainability. While meeting its goals of research, education and industry partnership, the NTC also addresses concerns related to workforce training and job creation. The value of new textile products and processes that have been created by NTC research is well over $300 million -- nearly 3 times the federal investment in NTC to date. It is for this reason that NTC enjoys widespread industry participation and in-kind support.
THE NATIONAL TEXTILE CENTER
The National Textile Center (NTC) is a research consortium that serves the USA Fiber/Textile/Fiber Products/Retail Complex…
NTC was established to achieve three primary goals:
1. Research: To discover, design and develop new materials, innovative and improved manufacturing, and integrated systems essential to the success of a modern U.S. textile enterprise.
2. Education: To train personnel, establish industrial partnerships and create transfer mechanisms to ensure the utilization of technologies developed.
3. Partnership: To strengthen the nation's textile research and educational efforts by uniting diverse experts and resources in unique collaborative projects.
We believe that this program continues to play an extremely critical role in helping to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. textile and apparel industry, which employs nearly 600,000 workers nationwide and contributes nearly $60 billion to the nation’s gross national product on an annual basis. Moreover, it should be noted that this industry is a primary supplier of employment to women and minority workers, with many of these jobs located in depressed rural areas, as well as major inner cities. In North Carolina, 1,340 companies (9% public, 91% private) employ over 120,000 people in 90 of the 100 counties. (See NC Textile Connect at www.textileconnect.com).
The NTC provides a unique and highly effective structure for maximizing fundamental research and development efforts of value to the textile and apparel sector. Through the combined knowledge and expertise of the nation’s leading textile research universities, the NTC is leading an effort to address all key aspects of the textile industry, from fiber production to marketing. These efforts include research in many areas related to critical national needs, such as protective clothing, biomedical textiles, electronics, alternative energy sources, and environmental sustainability. While meeting its goals of research, education and industry partnership, the NTC also addresses concerns related to workforce training and job creation. The value of new textile products and processes that have been created by NTC research is well over $300 million -- nearly 3 times the federal investment in NTC to date. It is for this reason that NTC enjoys widespread industry participation and in-kind support.
Importance
Breakthroughs such as: 1) Innovative aircrafts made primarily from textile composite materials, 2) Protective clothing for firefighters, paramedics and policemen, and 3) Electrical energy stored in textiles have become a reality because researchers have been able to collaborate on advanced materials and textile projects through funding provided from the National Textile Center.
For more than 15 years, the National Textile Center has strengthened the nation’s research and educational efforts by uniting faculty from eight leading United States research universities in unique collaborative projects in a manner that enhances the efficiency of resource usage through circumventing duplication of effort. The advanced materials and textiles resulting from this research support sectors such as defense, aerospace, biotechnology, energy, semiconductors, electronics, nanotechnology and homeland security.
Research programs sponsored by NTC at North Carolina State University College of Textiles have been conducted in 4 areas, namely Materials, Fabrication, Chemical Processes, and Integrated Systems. Currently 9 research projects are funded under this program.
Breakthroughs such as: 1) Innovative aircrafts made primarily from textile composite materials, 2) Protective clothing for firefighters, paramedics and policemen, and 3) Electrical energy stored in textiles have become a reality because researchers have been able to collaborate on advanced materials and textile projects through funding provided from the National Textile Center.
For more than 15 years, the National Textile Center has strengthened the nation’s research and educational efforts by uniting faculty from eight leading United States research universities in unique collaborative projects in a manner that enhances the efficiency of resource usage through circumventing duplication of effort. The advanced materials and textiles resulting from this research support sectors such as defense, aerospace, biotechnology, energy, semiconductors, electronics, nanotechnology and homeland security.
Research programs sponsored by NTC at North Carolina State University College of Textiles have been conducted in 4 areas, namely Materials, Fabrication, Chemical Processes, and Integrated Systems. Currently 9 research projects are funded under this program.