Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. STFI, Chemnitz

The Saxon Textile Research Institute e.V. (STFI) carries out application-oriented process- and product-related research and development tasks. The competences are bundled in the Innovation Center Technical Textiles: Nonwovens/Films, Woven/Fabric, Finishing/Ecology, Textile Recycling/Plant Fibers, Technical Nets/Strands and Textile Materials Research. In the Nonwovens Competence Center, the main research areas for the nonwovens sector are combined on an interdisciplinary basis. Furthermore, the STFI is accredited as a testing laboratory for textiles as well as a testing laboratory and certification body for personal protective equipment (PPE). The Institute for Technical Textiles (ITT) GmbH, which is affiliated with the STFI, is accredited as a monitoring and certification body for geosynthetics.

International competence for technical textiles - nonwovens - protective textiles

The STFI is a non-profit research institution in the Free State of Saxony, committed to the long-standing traditions of Saxon textile research. Our process- and product-related R&D work reflects classic textile technologies as well as innovative, unconventional solutions  for the widest range of applications. We cultivate exchange with companies and research institutions at home and abroad and support companies in the regional textile industry with our know-how. 

• Research, development, consulting
• Certification body protective textiles
• Accredited testing laboratory
• Transfer Center Textile Technology

• Nonwovens competence center (fiber nonwovens, spunbonded nonwovens)
• Woven & knitted fabrics
• Textile reinforcement structures
• Woven/knitted fabrics
• Textile recycling
• Refinement/Ecology
• Textile materials research
• Technical textiles
• Certification body protective textiles
• Accredited testing laboratory
• Monitoring and Certification Body Geosynthetics
• Transfer Center Textile Technology