Ita Institut Für Textiltechnik Der Rwth Aachen University

The Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) is one of the TOP5-institutes at the RWTH Aachen University, which was awarded by the German Federal Excellence-Initiative. Connected to the Institute is • the Chair in Textile Engineering of mechanical engineering headed by Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Thomas Gries • the ITA Technologie Transfer GmbH, Aachen, CEO Markus Beckmann • the Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg gGmbH, Augsburg, headed by Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schlichter Click here for more information about our key cocus areas: https://www.ita.rwth-aachen.de/cms/ITA/Forschung/~leca/Leitthemen/?lidx=1 About 4000 people work at ITA: PhD students and postdocs in our research areas, employees in the technical labs, workshops, laboratorie The Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University, short ITA, has an area of 6.500m² in Aachen for its technical centre, laboratories and offices. ITA, Aachen has a fully equipped and modern technical centre with about 250 textile machines and test benches for all stages of textile processing from filament and yarn spinning to the joining of textiles. Furthermore, different laboratories (textile testing, polymer analysis) and workshops (mechanics, Elektroinik software and hardware) are staffed with technicians.