INVEST / BUSINESS

TECHTERA

TECHTERA is the Rhône-Alpes competitiveness cluster for technical and functional textiles.

To promote innovation in the wider sense, improving the skills of companies forming the Centre by combining individual skills through horizontal or cross-disciplinary collaborations.
To accelerate the rate of collaborations between the Technical and Functional Textiles companies, the public research centres and the training organisations of the Rhône-Alpes region.
To pass on information regarding technological developments known to the technical centre(s) in a more efficient manner to the companies in question
To simplify administrative processes and applications for public assistance resources
To transmit the skills of Rhône-Alpes companies to an expanded audience
on a European and world scale

To create dynamic links between companies
To promote the production of innovations which generate added value
To cement Techtera’s long-term credentials by mobilising the maximum number of involved parties : industrial firms from the technical and functional textiles industry, suppliers, co-contractors and clients
To promote and reinforce the Techtera brand as a European centre of excellence in Technical and Functional Textiles
To position the Rhône-Alpes region as a European leader in the various key markets for the sector.