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The success story of Smart Textiles continues. An approved ECEI SILVER Label \u201cDedicated to Cluster Excellence\u201d audit under the European Clusters Labelling Excellence Structure is the latest success to tick off. It is an important quality assurance benchmark issued by the European Commission that will facilitate increased international collaboration.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Since Smart Textiles started fifteen years ago, what was once a limited project has become an established cluster, with the goal of creating a better world through system innovations. In the beginning, the focus was on dynamic fibres and electroactive textiles in order to develop the next generation of products. Today, Smart Textiles is a recognised innovation environment, on By Rum’s list of Sweden’s most powerful actors in architecture and design, and an important part of Science Park Bor\u00e5s at the University of Bor\u00e5s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause we were certified at the silver level, we now also have an important stamp of quality that guarantees that we have a high level of excellence and quality in an international context,\u201d explained Susanne Nejder\u00e5s, Director of Smart Textiles and a textile strategist at Science Park Bor\u00e5s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn five years, we believe that Smart Textiles will be the strongest textile cluster in Europe. Certification is one key part of such success, and it is a prerequisite for taking that role\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evaluation described developments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The road here has, among other things, take them through first being a cluster initiative and then becoming an established cluster that is now certified at the prestigious silver level. The cluster evaluation consisted of 18 minimum criteria to show, for example, what the composition of the companies in the cluster looks like, their collaborations with each other, what proportion of the collaborations are with the public sector, and so on. Three development areas were to be identified, the strategy process, collaborations with cluster participants, and the organisation in regards to knowledge and competence development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy presenting these points, we showed how well-developed and mature the cluster is and how it has developed over time,\u201d said Susanne Nejder\u00e5s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

National cluster organisations act as innovation-promoting actors through EU collaborations in Europe and globally. Smart Textiles is linked to the textile strength area and is anchored in V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland’s strategy for smart specialisation in Sweden and Europe as well as internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cluster collaborations and the interconnections between clusters and other organisations, such as science parks, is an element of long-term development work on the part of the EU. There are a number of cluster organisations in Sweden and national development efforts under the leadership of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, in close collaboration with Vinnova, to strengthen cluster development in Sweden even further. In 2021, the new cluster association Clusters of Sweden was established in order to gather together the Swedish cluster landscape; Smart Textiles is one of the founders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total in the EU, about 1,200 clusters have bronze certification, about 150 have silver certification, and about 100 have gold certification. The certifications are valid for two years and need to be renewed continuously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart Textiles at Science Park Bor\u00e5s is Sweden’s only textile cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

About European Clusters Labelling Excellence Structure<\/a>
About Smart Textiles <\/a>
About Clusters of Sweden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Text: Anna Kjellsson, translation Eva Medin
Photo: European Cluster Labelling Excellence Structure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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