TEXTRANET focuses its activities on 8 thematic groups created under 3 main pillars:
1. New speciality fibres & fibre-composites for innovative textile products
2. Functionalisation of textile materials & related processes
3. Biomaterials, biotechnologies and environmentally friendly textile processing
4. New textile products for human perfomance (medical, protective, sports)
5. New textile products for technical applications (transport, construction, geotextiles etc.)
6. Smart textiles & garments
7. New concepts & technologies for design and mass customisation in Clothing & Fashion
8. Integrated quality and life cycle management
These 8 thematic groups were defined within the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing.