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Sustainable solutions for upgraded smart wearables and equipment in sport
will ensure a reduced environmental impact on the manufacturing value chain and end product – a country cycling suit – fully recycled. UPWEARS development will minimise manufacturing waste thanks to artificial intelligence technology and multiscale testing. It will also reduce chemical utilisation thanks to enzymatic & eutectic green solvents. For this, UPWEARS will: -Create an innovative & sustainable value chain from the native fibre to functional device end-of-life; -Switch from a traditional towards a modern textile fabrication process supporting the textile industry's digital and sustainable transformation; -Eco-design an e-textile for high added-value sportswear applications meeting European consumer's demand and contributing to EU competitiveness. UPWEARS implementation and exploitation will have many environmental, societal and economic impacts. It will contribute to EU policies like the EU Green Deal since it combines electronic devices and natural fibres and works on circularity. Finally, UPWEARS consortium covers the full value chain: formulation, functionalization; e
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- award
- status
- SIGNED
- region
- EU
- value
- 7093178.75
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- EUR
Evidence & attribution
European Commission, CORDIS Horizon Europe project dataset. Metadata adapted.
License: CORDIS reuse policy
First collected: 2026-09-20T03:21:21.440Z. This is not the publication date.