Curent projects
Armetiss
sARt Multifunction tExtiles for integrated Soldier Systems
ARMETISS aims to develop a set of smart clothes and equipment integrating complementary functions based on EU end-users’ needs and textile-based advanced technologies.
Start : 10/2024 – Stop : 10/2027 – Contact : Vladan KONCAR – Cédric COCHRANE
Link to ARMETISS project on Gemtex website
Assistmov
Robotic Assistance to Human Movements
The project focuses more specifically on the use of robotics to assist human movement, particularly in situations of disability, through the development of a new range of exoskeletons.
Start : 12/2024 – Stop : 12/2031 – Contact : Damien SOULAT
Link to ASSITMOV project on Gemtex website
Bigbagnat'
The project aims to develop an alternative to traditional big bags, which are currently mostly made from petroleum-based plastics. The idea is to design flexible packaging made from locally grown flax and hemp fibres and make it recyclable or compostable, both industrially and domestically.
Start : 01/2025 – Stop : 07/2028 – Contact : Damien SOULAT
Link to Bigbagnat project on Gemtex website
Biosutur
Production of textile structures using absorbable suture threads made from bio-based polyglycolic acid. The aim is to replace or improve conventional sutures with bioresorbable, smart or bioactive devices capable of accelerating healing and monitoring the condition of wounds.
Start : 04/2026 – Stop : 09/2029
Contact : Aurélie CAYLA
Link to Biosutur project on Gemtex website
Blast3DPro+
Underfloor blast protection for land vehicles
Start : 10/2023 – Stop : 09/2026
Contact : François BOUSSU
Link to Blast3Dpro project on Gemtex website
Cagearmor
Textile functionalised with porous solids for the capture and degradation of chemical warfare agents
Start : 10/2025 – Stop : 09/2028
Contact : Christine CAMPAGNE
Link to Cagearmor project on ANR website
Corplaux
Design and production of a decoupling plot based on composite materials with auxetic properties
COnception et Réalisation d’un PLot de découplage à base de matériaux composite à propriétés AUXétiques
Start : 09/2022 – Stop : 05/2027
Contact : François BOUSSU
Link to CORPLAUX project on Gemtex website
DETEXMEN
The DETEXMEN project focuses on complex household textile waste, a waste stream that is growing rapidly as a result of fast fashion. It aims to develop innovative technological approaches optimised for the reuse and upcycling of collected complex textile products, and to assess the associated environmental impacts of these processes.
Start : 04/2026 – Stop : 03/2029
Contact : Usha MASSIKA – Christine CAMPAGNE
Link to DETEXMAN project on PERP website
Duchess
Development and implementation of an Upcycled-Carbon fibers industrial processing solution for Highly Enhanced textile and composite SpecificationS
Start : 03/2024 – Stop : 02/2028
Contact : Damien SOULAT – Ahmed LABANIEH
Link to DUCHESS project on Gemtex website
ECLA
Evaluation of Flax Cultivation by Aerodyne
Contact : Damien SOULAT
GarSem
GARments : deep SEMantic understanding
GarSeM, ANR project, aims for a deep semantic understanding of garments which depict complex topological and physical behaviors, involving in particular strong self-occlusions or deformations of fabrics,
Start : 10/2024 – Stop : 09/2028
Contacts : Xianyi ZENG
Link to GarSem on iCube website
Hifydress
This Horizon Twinning Bottom-Up project aims to design, produce, and characterize the morphological and mechanical properties of hybrid hydrogel-fibrous constructs suitable for wound dressings for diabetes-related chronic skin ulcers.
Start : 06/2024 – Stop : 06/2027
Contacts : Elham Mohsenzadeh, Hayriye Gidik
Link to HyFiDress project on Gemtex website
I-texgeo
IoT Supported Electronic Geotextiles for Sustainable and Smart Precision Agriculture. The project aims to offer innovative solutions that will revolutionise modern and smart agricultural practices by bringing together interdisciplinary collaboration in textiles, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, control systems, information technology, communication systems, and agricultural sciences.
Start : 01/2026 – Stop : 01/30
Contact : Vladan KONCAR
Link to I-Texgeo on European Commission website
Lil2Tex
100% Bio-based Textiles Made from Lignin.
The main challenge facing Lig2Tex is to wean the textile industry — which has historically been heavily reliant on fossil fuels (oil for polyester, nylon, etc.) — off these resources by developing bio-based alternatives.
• Utilisation of lignin: The technological core of the project centres on the use of lignin, an abundant natural by-product of the paper industry and plant biomass.
• Creation of biomaterials: Transforming this lignin into new polymer components or sustainable additives suitable for textile applications.
Start : 09/2026 – Stop : 06/2029
Contacts : Aurélie CAYLA
Link to Lil2Tex project on Gemtex website
Lillegnin
The LILLEGNIN project aims to establish a complete value chain dedicated to lignin valorisation at the Lille site. The project brings together complementary areas of expertise such as the biology of plant-based raw materials, innovative lignin extraction and its (bio)catalytic processing, as well as various innovative pathways for its utilisation in textiles, fire-retardant materials, biofuels and electronics.
Start : 01/2026 – Stop : 12/2029
Contacts : Aurélie CAYLA
Link to LILLEGNIN project on PC2A website
Microplaite
MICROfluidic PLAtform for In-vitro Tissue Engineering
The challenge addressed by this Intereg project is to reduce the number of in vivo tests by developing an innovative microfluidic platform for the evaluation of tissue reconstruction medical devices.
Start : 10/2024 – Stop : 09/2028
Contacts : Christine CAMPAGNE, Stéphane GIRAUD, Aurélie CAYLA
Link to MICROPLAITE project on Gemtex website
Pocoma
POlymer membranes for personal thermal COmfort Management
The ANR POCOMA project aims at developing passive polymer membrane for clothing in order to improve the thermal comfort felt by a person at rest through the control of Mid-InfraRed (Mid-IR) radiation.
Start : 10/2021 – Stop : 12/2026
Contact : Joseph LEJEUNE
Link to POCOMA project on Gemtex website
Pre-Vert
Patrimoine, Rénovation, Écologie VERTueuse.
This project aims to promote the emergence of innovative, replicable and structuring green alternatives that will enable the sustainable transformation of mining heritage renovation practices, taking into account the entire value chain: design, production, distribution and end of life.
Start : 04/2025 – Stop : 03/2028
Contact : Philippe VROMAN
Link to Pre-Vert project on Bassin Minier website
Proptitex
Textile with Optical Properties
The ambition of the PROPTITEX project is to produce fabrics capable of changing colour locally and in a controlled manner. It is based on integration of electrochromic compounds « in textiles », directly on the filament/fibre/yarn.
Start : 10/2023 – Stop : 12/2026
Contact : Vladan KONCAR
Link to PROPTITEX project on Gemtex website
Regencell
Clean process for dissolving wood cellulose for the production of textile yarns
The ANR REGENCELL project aims at developing a new textile production process from wood cellulose, as an environmentally friendly and cost-efficient alternative to the existing viscose polluting process.
Start : 03/2023 – Stop : 12/2026
Contact : Joseph LEJEUNE – Aurélie CAYLA
Link to REGENCELL project on Gemtex website
RegeNexus
Towards a sustainability-oriented cyber-physical system to improve the efficiency and cooperation of recycling stakeholders in a context of sovereignty.The RegeNexus project relies on advanced digital solutions, including digital twins, multi-agent modelling, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, to improve flow traceability, behaviour prediction and dynamic reconfiguration of value chains.
Start : 010/2025 – Stop : 09/2029 – Contact : Ludovic KOEHL
Link to RegeNexus project on DISP laboratory website
Revalotex
The value of textiles in the circular economy: Re-creating value and multiple lives
The overall aim of this project is to assess the environmental benefits of circular economy strategies.
Start : 04/2023 – Stop : 09/2026
Contact : Anne PERWUELZ – Ludovic KOEHL
Link to REVALOTEX project on Team2 website
Softie
Materials for sustainable soft technologies of interconnected e-textiles. The SoftIE project aims to address a major technological challenge in the smart textiles industry: the lack of reliable, flexible and conformable connectors for electronic textiles (e-textiles). The aim is to design a new type of technological connector capable of integrating seamlessly and durably into the fabric without compromising the wearer’s comfort or the material’s flexibility.
Start : 06/2026 – Stop : 05/2029
Contact : Vladan KONCAR : vladan.koncar@ensait.fr – Cédric COCHRANE : cedric.cochrane@ensait.fr – Xuyuan TAO : xuyuan.tao@ensait.fr
Link to SOFTIE project on its website
Sweetheart
Screening Women using magnetic rEsonance and Electronic Textiles, for HEART disease. The scientific aim of the SWEETHEART project is to provide a simple, cost-effective, non-invasive and non-ionising screening technique for INOCA that can be used for further research in humans. .
Start : 10/2023 – Stop : 10/2027
Contact : Vladan KONCAR – Cédric COCHRANE
Link to SWEETHEART project on Gemtex website
Textichanvre
Preliminary study for the establishment of a French industry for the recovery of long fibres from textile hemp.
Start : 11/2024 – Stop : 05/2028
Contact : Damien SOULAT
Link to Textichanvre project
Trefle
Textile biosourcé REtardateur FLammEs – Fireproofing of PA11 in textile form. This project concerns the fireproofing of textiles for applications in transport, personal protective equipment and filtration. and filtration equipment.
Start : 01/2023 – Stop : 01/2027 – Contact : Aurélie CAYLA
Link to TREFLE project on Gemtex website
Vlan
VLAN: VaLorisAtioN of textiles – Recycling, recyclability and reuse
The project will focus on textile recycling strategies and the design of spinning polymers suitable for the development of a textile circular economy.
Start : 03/2023 – Stop : 03/2027
Contact : Anne PERWUELZ – Ludovic KOEHL
Link to VLAN project on ANR website
YaLiGreen
Multifunctional fabrics with yeast dyes
The YaLiGreen project aims to produce a green dye (prodeoxyviolacein) using a modified strain of Yarrowia lipolytica, extract the dye and use it to dye textiles.
Start : 01/2025 – Stop : 12/2027
Contact : Christine CAMPAGNE
Link to YaLiGreen project on Gemtex website