ITM Introduction

The Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material (ITM) is an education and research facility; it is also part of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University in Dresden, and among the largest and most successful institutes at TU Dresden.

The ITM is one of the worldwide leading education and research facilities due to its innovative strength and interdisciplinary research performed along the entire process chain for high performance textiles. Research activities are focused on national as well as international developments, thus high performance textiles are being promoted as customized, efficient and pioneering materials within the key industries. Therefore, another important aspect of the work at ITM is to provide industry-related education programs to its students, in order to help them become future experts in solving the textile challenges provided by science and economy.