New ideas need to be translated into tangible results. Those who do this in the most innovative and visionary way receive an award for their outstanding achievements. The Texprocess Innovation Award – for unconventional ideas and visionary technologies for processing textiles and flexible materials. Some winners quietly refer to it as the ‘Oscar’.
Award-winning visionary technologies
Our renowned jury of experts selects the best innovations in four categories – from digitalisation and AI to innovations for improving quality. Take advantage of our jury's expertise. Discover the best innovations live at Texprocess – and find new solutions for efficient textile processing.
On 14 April 2026, we will announce the winners of the Texprocess Innovation Award 2026.
Be there live at the award ceremony on 21 April 2026!
Expert jury: Excellent work deserves outstanding judges
Claudia van Bonn, Editor-in-chief,
dfv media group, Textile Technology, Germany
Jürgen Brecht, Director Procurement,
HAUBER-GRUPPE FERD. HAUBER GMBH, Germany
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Fischer, Head of Center of Management Research,
German Institutes for Textile and Fibre Research Denkendort (DITF), Germany
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries, Chair of Textile Engineering,
RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Textile Technology, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Yordan Kyosev, Head of the Chair of Assembly Technology for Textile Products,
Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Walter Wählt, Senior Director Advanced Creations – Apparel Pattern & Digital Creation,
adidas AG, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kerstin Zöll, Confectioning technology, Head of Sewing and Manufacturing Lab,
Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Department of Textile- and Clothing Technology, Germany
The Categories
- Economic quality (cost minimisation, time and process optimisation, automation)
- Ecological quality (climate protection, energy efficiency, sustainability, recycling, circularity)
- Digitalisation + AI
- Innovation for quality improvement
Looking back: winners of the Texprocess Innovation Award 2024
In 2024, these innovations were recognised with the prestigious Texprocess Innovation Award.
Dürkopp Adler
Dürkopp Adler receives the Texprocess Innovation Award in the category "Innovation for quality improvement" for its new CNC sewing unit.
The "911Revolve" system enables perfect sewing in all directions. Car seats and interiors, airbags, medical bandages, filters and handbags, for example, can be sewn more precisely and to a higher quality. This reduces the need for additional machines. The official market launch is planned for this year's Texprocess.
Juki Central Europe
One of three Texprocess Innovation Awards in the "Economic Quality" category goes to Juki Central Europe for an innovative sewing machine called the "DDL-10000DX". It enables any user to handle three-dimensional sewing. According to Juki, the technology is a "world first in the sewing machine industry".
To the exhibitor searchMikkelsen Innovation
One of the most important production steps in the textile industry is completely manual or at most semi-automatic: sewing. In the "Economic Quality" category, the Texprocess Innovation Award went to the Danish company Mikkelsen Innovation for "FastSewn".
The patented technology is digitally controlled and enables automatic sewing and cutting. According to Mikkelsen Innovation, FastSewn is initially aimed at the production of airbags, car seats, sewn furniture parts and industrial filters.
To the exhibitor searchVEIT
Odours, mould, contamination and pathogens - with the patented compact finisher "CF20 DesFin", these can be removed from garments without chemicals.
The Bavarian company VEIT received a Texprocess Innovation Award in the "Economic Quality" category for this. The technology will be used in future in areas such as clothing logistics, online retailers, laundries and dry cleaners.
Valvan
Less than 1 per cent of old clothes are reprocessed into new clothes. Recycling is made more difficult by zips, buttons, labels and elastic bands. Removing them requires a laborious sorting process.
In order to increase the textile recycling rate, the Belgian company Valvan has developed a machine that automatically recognises and removes non-textile parts from old clothing. The company received one of two Texprocess Innovation Awards in the "Digitalisation + AI" category.
To the exhibitor searchITM
The second Texprocess Innovation Award in the "Digitalisation + AI" category goes to the Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Materials Technology (ITM) and the Chair of Development and Assembly of Textile Products at TU Dresden for a new evaluation method for body scans based on 4D scans.
Soft body parts such as the female breast can thus be measured in motion. In future, clothing manufacturers could use 4D body data such as this to develop more customised bras that are more comfortable to wear.
