The INAM combines research and industry with start-ups in the field of advanced materials and the associated services. We combine our skills and resources to bring innovation faster to the market.

The goal of the network is the research and development of new, proximal devices, sensor, device-combinations and system solutions, which all help to shape work-, production- and medicine processes more effectively which leads to the acquisition of new markets. 

The Textile Prototyping Lab (TPL) is a research project of five organizations from the fields of textile research, design and economics. It includes the conception, installation and testing of a laboratory for textile prototyping. The three-year project will conclude with the setting up of a suitable business model after it has been rehearsed in different scenarios.

The entire project is under the theme: Open Innovation. This means research and development under new circumstances: at least a basic set of research and development that is relevant for individual actors is jointly developed and made accessible across its own organizational boundaries.