Objective Technical textiles is a new sector of the textile industry that has experienced a rapid grow in recent years, thanks to the new materials that have been developed for each specific application The structural market conditions of technical textiles are comp letely different from the traditional sectors (clothing, home textiles), where nearly everything is ready to use and the market is well defined In the technical textiles market, the client defines the objectives and specifications by a set of technical parameters The production development can occur during a long period of time, sometimes years, using expensive materials and performing a very high number of tests on the products and their respective applications Positive results, in this sector, are o nly possible by a permanent dialog between the fibre supplier, manufacturer and final client In order to achieve the main objectives, a strong financial position is required, as well as high skills in terms of textile engineering and product design Maj or considerations that should be taken into account when starting a research and development activity in this field can be summarised as follows: Developments in this field need larger amounts of time and resources than those on traditional textiles; Even when the technical success is considered very good, profits could be low if mass production is not achieved; Demand for more challenging product specifications is increasing, so the machinery should be more sophisticated and quality control more restri ctive; Research and development is always hard for small companies, so research centres where know-how is gathered, reducing or eliminating financial and technical risks, 'should undertake it Scientific and technical knowledge in other fields beyond tex tiles and clothing is required The main objective of MUL TIWEA VE project is to develop new manufacturing processes that can take advantage of the possibilities of new woven structures. One of the most important characteristics of technical textiles is the possibility of providing a specified strength in multiple directions. In order to achieve this objective, the research team is determined to develop a new concept that could produce a multiaxial fabric. This kind of fabric is designed to boost the re inforcement in bias directions, by the insertion of interlaced yarns between the weft and warp in a woven structure. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineeringsea vessels Keywords 00 05 06 23 International economics Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2002-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Cooperative - SMEs-Co-operative research contracts Coordinator P.& MAIA LDA EU contribution No data Address Lugar da Pisca CREIXOMIL (GUIMARAES) Portugal See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SAMDAL ENGINEERING Norway EU contribution No data Address Donskiveien 7 GJETTUM See on map Total cost No data SPOLSIN SPOL SRO Czechia EU contribution No data Address Moravska 1078 CESKA TREBOVA See on map Total cost No data REGIS FABRICS LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Northen Court, Vernon Road, Basford NOTTINGHAM See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO Portugal EU contribution No data Address Largo do Paco BRAGA See on map Total cost No data RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN Germany EU contribution No data Address Templergraben 55 AACHEN See on map Total cost No data LABOR SRL Italy EU contribution No data Address Via della Scrofa 117 ROMA See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO AGILUS DE INOVACAO EM TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACAO, LDA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Av.Fernao Magalhaes, 110-1° D OVAR See on map Total cost No data MAGEBA TEXTILMASCHINEN GMBH CO OHG Germany EU contribution No data Address Wuppertalstr. 21 BERNKASTEL KUES See on map Total cost No data