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TEXTILE Prototyping & Pilot Trials

CETI provides textile prototyping services enabling industrial players and research organisations to transform ideas, materials or low-TRL developments into representative textile products.

Our prototyping activities are designed to secure innovation projects by validating materials, structures and processes at pilot scale, while anticipating industrial, market and regulatory constraints.

As an independent industrial research centre, CETI combines pilot and semi-industrial platforms with strong technical expertise to support efficient scale-up, industrial risk mitigation and accelerated access to the market.

Industrial challenges we address

Technical feasibility of materials, structures or processes beyond laboratory scale
Technological maturity of low-TRL developments and scale-up limitations
Industrial compatibility of innovative materials or textile architectures
Regulatory and market compliance of prototype products
Environmental constraints linked to materials, processes or recyclability
Risk of misalignment between prototype performance and end-use requirements

Prototyping is a key step for securing industrial development, investment decisions and market access. CETI supports organisations facing challenges such as:

Prototyping – What CETI delivers

CETI delivers prototyping services covering the design, manufacturing and validation of textile prototypes under pilot or semi-industrial conditions.

Product-oriented textile prototypes supporting material and fibre commercialisation

Representative samples enabling market and application validation

Pilot-scale prototypes to support product development and process evolution

Scale-up validation of laboratory or low-TRL developments

Technical and industrial validation prior to pre-industrial deployment

Functional prototyping to assess performance, usability and application relevance

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CETI added value

Access to pilot and semi-industrial textile platforms representative of industrial reality
Ability to produce product-oriented prototypes, not only material samples
Strong expertise across materials, processes and textile applications
Proven experience in scale-up from laboratory to pilot and pre-industrial levels
Capability to support commercial, technical and industrial objectives simultaneously
Independent, confidential and client-specific approach

CETI’s prototyping services are distinguished by:

This positioning enables CETI to act as a bridge between innovation, industrial decision-making and market deployment.

Our approach –
From idea or laboratory result
to validated prototype

CETI applies a structured and pragmatic prototyping approach:

Project framing and prototype definition
Pilot-scale manufacturing and process adjustment
Technical, functional and industrial evaluation
Validation and recommendations for next steps

CETI’s prototyping activities rely on dedicated technological platforms and recognised expertise across the textile value chain.

These resources enable CETI to support a wide range of stakeholders — from material producers and textile manufacturers to research organisations — in securing the industrial relevance of their developments.