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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
2017 – The Year of Nanotechnology in the Textile Industry

2017 – The Year of Nanotechnology in the Textile Industry
Israel Innovation Authority to Establish New R&D Consortia in Metrology and
Smart Fabrics

Jerusalem. January 17th, 2017 – The Israel Innovation Authority’s MAGNET
program, uniting technology and industrial companies with academic research
institutes for long term development of technologies in a variety of fields,
has greenlighted the establishment of two new consortia:

A consortium for developing a platform for generic technologies to produce
adaptable smart fabrics: Developing functional textiles with added value,
that respond to climactic conditions, will allow Israeli companies to
position themselves in the top tier of the global textile market for premium
products, a market characterized by stability and high added value. The
entrepreneurs and leaders of the consortium are the companies Avgol and
SALG, and it includes export-oriented Israeli industrial companies, material
manufacturers and leading academic research groups active in this field.

Multi-Dimensional Metrology (MDM) Consortium. This consortium will develop
technology for control processes based on multi-dimensional imaging, for the
purpose of monitoring the production of semiconductors in the
nano-electronics age. The consortium is the initiative of Applied Materials
Israel and includes leading companies in the field of process control such
as Borker and Nova, companies from complementary fields and academic
research groups active in this field.

These joint ventures will expose the companies to unique knowhow and will
enable cooperation in R&D not previously possible. The long term financial
support, exemption from returns on royalties, and creation of cooperation
between leading companies and academia – all serve as fertile ground for the
development of groundbreaking technologies, affords members of the consortia
an industrial edge and contributes to the Israeli economy in general. In
addition, the companies taking part will be exempt from paying royalties for
grant money received through the consortium.

Chairman of the Israel Innovation Authority, Avi Hasson noted that “both
consortia represent trends taking place in two significant sectors in which
Israeli industry has a relative advantage, the metrology market – quality
control of semiconductors' production lines, and the non-weaved textile
market. Research with the cooperation of academia will enable development of
technologies allowing control of innovative materials and multi-dimensional
semiconductor structures for the benefit of advanced production techniques
in this sector, as well as generic Spun melt technology for master batch in
the non-weaved textile industry in Israel. These will contribute
considerably to associated industries and produce market solutions for
export. Each consortium is expected to include many groups from the industry
and academia that will create a critical mass of activity in these
verticals, which include considerable technological challenges.”

Ilan Peled, Director of the Technology Division at the Authority, said: “The
MAGNET committee chose these verticals out of several considered over the
past six months. An additional vertical, the field of phenomics – creating
an agricultural support platform based on phenotypical characterization of
crops through remote sensoring – will also be examined. The budget of the
MAGNET consortia for 2017 will be NIS 170 million, enabling operation of
12-13 consortia, mostly those from previous years (a MAGNET consortium
usually operates for c. 5 years).”

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