The Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University (ITA) is affiliated with the Chair of Textile Technology in Mechanical Engineering and is hea-ded by Professor Dr. Thomas Gries. The ITA has around 100 scientific as-sistants focusing on mechanical engineering and textile process enginee-ring, polymer technology and high-performance fibre materials, textile pre-forming and fibre composites, medical technology, smart textiles and joining technology as well as simulation and measurement technology. For research and development work, the ITA possesses a fully equipped pilot plant with approximately 250 textile machines and test benches covering all textile process stages from spinning to joining.