8. Objectives ZEETEX = creation of a platform for the development of innovative
textile products for marine and maritime applications and/or for the exploration
of new (marine/maritime) applications for existing textile products
structured way
cartography of both industries in both regions
Seminar (9th July 2013 in Oostende)
Workshops (after seminar)
4 themes:
-> safety
-> fishing/aquaculture
-> protection
-> shipbuilding/sailing
Developments
ZEETEX ≠ researchproject
BUT: means available to initiate and
prepare research projects
(partnermatching, preliminar testing,
submit an application for subventions, … )
Contacts between companies
Objectives of
ZEETEX
11. TEXTILE EXPOSITION:
Demonstrate maritime textile applications
Demonstrate the technical possibilities/capacities of our
textile sector for the maritime people
New applications/ existing textile products
New applications / innovative textile products
9 July 2013
12. Seminar Oostende (9th of July 2013)
Workshops / theme
(from October ‘13 -> January ‘14)
Developments of innovative textile products
follow-up
13. 4 themes
Protective clothing and
equipment, …
fishnets, aquaculture,
cultivation, processing,
desalination, filtration, …
Dikes, dredging, geotextiles,
cleaning the oceans,
artificial islands, …
Composites for shipbuilding and
windmills, ship interior & exterior,
sails, ropes, off-shore, …
