Future Textiles Awards 2017 Future Textiles Awards reflect n-ging innvatin in technical textiles industry, ensuring we recgnise and celebrate excellence and the achievements f the very best cmpanies and individuals. The Future Textiles Awards are pen t all the end-use sectrs fr technical textiles as well as materials experts, prduct develpers and designers. Why Shuld I Enter? Here are the reasns why yu shuld enter: Industry recgnitin - Winners will be annunced n 10 th May 2017 at an Awards dinner ceremny in Frankfurt. This is yur pprtunity fr sme prime time expsure and recgnitin. Energise yur team - Being nminated psitively affects the team invlved. Endrsement f innvatin and hard wrk is key t driving persnal success. Acknwledge the excellence f yur teams and clleagues and invigrate them. Marketing advantage - evidence that yu've been judged as ne f the best within the industry. Yu can make full use f the Awards Finalist r Winner branding n all future marketing, and nline prmtins. Netwrking - The ceremny is attended by key players and decisin makers frm the technical textiles industry. Jin them t share ideas, catch up and have fun. Benchmarking - The applicatin prcess fr entering an award can ften frce yu t lk at yur business frm a different perspective and cmpare yurself t yur cmpetitrs. Key dates: Entry deadline: 30 th Nvember 2016 Finalist annuncement: 15 th March 2017 Awards ceremny: 10 th May 2017
Award categries 1. Best Prduct - agrtextiles* textiles industry in the area f agrtextiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses used in agriculture, frestry, hrticulture and landscape gardening applicatins. 2. Best Prduct textiles fr building and agriculture* textiles industry in the area f building and cnstructin. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses used in membrane cnstructin, lightweight and slid structures, earthwrks, hydraulic engineering and rad cnstructin. 3. Best Prduct clthing textiles* textiles industry in the area f clthing. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in she and clthing manufacture. 4. Best Prduct getextiles* textiles industry in the area f getextiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in rad cnstructin, civil engineering, dam and waste site cnstructin. 5. Best Prduct hme textiles* textiles industry in the area f hme textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in the manufacture f furniture, uphlstery, flr cverings and carpets. 6. Best Prduct industrial textiles* textiles industry in the area f industrial textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in mechanical engineering and fr the chemical and electrical industries.
7. Best Prduct medical textiles* textiles industry in the area f medical textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in manufacture f medical and hygiene prducts. 8. Best Prduct mbile textiles (autmtive, aerspace and ther transprt)* textiles industry in the area f mbile textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in ship and aircraft cnstructin, as well as in all aspects f autmbile, railway and space travel. 9. Best Prduct packaging textiles* textiles industry in the area f packaging textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in the packaging, cvering and transprtatin f gds. 10. Best Prduct prtective textiles* textiles industry in the area f prtective textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and prcesses, used in the persnal and prperty prtectin. 11. Best Prduct sprtswear and utdr* textiles industry in the area f sprts and utdr apparel textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabric, and prcesses, used in the sprt, leisure and utdr apparel industries. 12. Best Prcess / Prduct sustainable textiles* textiles industry in the area f sustainable textiles. The categry cvers fibres, yarns, knitted, wven and nnwven fabrics, and innvatin, as well as prcesses used in envirnmental prtectin, waste dispsal and recycling. 13. Mst innvative cmpany small textiles industry. This award will be pen t any small business cnnected t technical textiles which had a turnver in its last financial year f less than 2 millin.
14. Mst innvative cmpany medium textiles industry. This award will be pen t any medium-sized business cnnected t technical textiles which had a turnver in its last financial year f less than 40 millin. 15. Mst innvative cmpany large textiles industry. This award will be pen t any large-sized business cnnected t technical textiles which had a turnver in its last financial year f less than 100 millin. 16. Grundbreaking partnership develpment The judges will be lking partnerships which create meaningful value fr bth parties perating in technical textiles industry. They will take int accunt bth the size f the deal but the degree f integratin and partnership activatin. Entrants shuld demnstrate clear ROI fr the business and the partner and creative thinking. The categry can be entered by cmpanies, assciatins and research institutins. 17. Best start-up cmpany This award is pen t businesses that have started within the last tw years. The winner will have displayed a strategic apprach t business, successful implementatin f a business strategy and will have gd prspects fr the future. 18. Innvatr f the year This award is pen t an individual whse research and develpment wrk has made a significant difference t a cmpany r rganisatin ver the last year. The judges will be lking fr individuals wh prpse highly innvative prjects that have the ptential fr unusually high impact. Entries will be assessed fr the individual s creativity, the innvativeness f the research apprach, and the ptential f the prject t have a significant impact n an imprtant area in the technical textiles industry. 19. Launch f the year This award will be given t a prduct that breaks new grund and will have a significant impact in the technical textiles market. It may nt yet be prven in the marketplace but an understanding f the ptential market must be demnstrated. This award may als cnsist f a unique cmbinatin f technlgies that have been cmbined fr the first time, r a prduct that has been launched t an entirely new custmer base. *Fibre, yarn, fabric, prcess, technlgy r equipment
Entry Guidelines and Rules: Objective: Describe the bjectives and gals that lead t the implementatin f yur initiative - up t 200 wrds. Strategy: Describe yur entry s strategy, implementatin and key features - up t 500 wrds. Results: Lay ut the results f yur wrk and hw it successfully met yur bjectives - up t 300 wrds. Additinal infrmatin: Yu may include any additinal infrmatin that will help judges evaluate innvatin and success f prduct, including research details, sales results, client testimnials, vides, etc. Images must be.jpg r.png, 2MB max size. Team recgnitin: Give credit t all the peple wh cntributed t yur entry s success! Entrants shuld read the fllwing guidelines and rules befre submitting their entry: All entries must be submitted nline via this website. N hardcpy entries will be accepted. Entries exceeding 1000 wrds will be autmatically marked dwn by the judges. Only fully cmpleted entry frms will be accepted. Wrd limits are t be strictly bserved. Judges will nly receive the exact number f wrds requested. The standard entry fee is EUR 250 + VAT per entry. All entries must be submitted by 5:00pm (GMT) n 30 th Nvember 2016 On receipt f yur entry, the awards administratr will cnfirm it via email. If yu d nt btain such a receipt within three days, please cntact us t cnfirm yur entry. Finalists will be annunced n 15 th March 2017. Winners will be annunced during the Awards dinner in Frankfurt n 10 th May 2017. All entrants reaching the prvisinal shrtlist will be cntacted upn annuncement f the prvisinal shrtlist t discuss their attendance and prmtinal ptins. ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE: https://www.futuretextilesawards.cm/enter/ Fr mre details, please feel free t cntact: Chinky Tyagi ctyagi@wtin.cm +44 113 360 9860 Edward Fearn efearn@wtin.cm +44 113 360 9912