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BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL APPLIED

RESEARCH CAPACITY

INTELLITEC/INTELLITEX PROJECT

Dr Jacek Mlynarek

CTT Group ACCC - Ottawa, February 21, 2003

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CTT GROUPCTT GROUPCentre for Textile and Geosynthetic TechnologiesCentre for Textile and Geosynthetic Technologies

INNOVATION AND R&D CENTREINNOVATION AND R&D CENTRE

ON HIGH-TECH TECHNICAL TEXTILE AND ON HIGH-TECH TECHNICAL TEXTILE AND GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALSGEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS

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OUR OUR MMISSIONISSION

TTOO FAVOR INNOVATION ANDFAVOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT OF OF TEXTILE AND TEXTILE AND PARA-TEXTILE PARA-TEXTILE (GEOSYNTHETIC)(GEOSYNTHETIC) MATERIALSMATERIALS AND TO STIMULATEAND TO STIMULATE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN THE TEXTILE AND PARA-TEXTILE IN THE TEXTILE AND PARA-TEXTILE INDUSTRIESINDUSTRIES

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Partenaire de l’industrie

NOTRE CLIENT + QUALITÉ =

NOS PRIORITÉS

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1982: Centre Protextile

(5 employés)

vers 1987: Centre des technologies

textiles Québec Inc. (CTT) (12 employées)

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1988: SAGEOS Inc. (Centre des technologies géosynthétiques) en collaboration avec l ’École Polytechnique de Montréal (50/50)(Employés : 15)

Mission :Le Centre des technologies textiles Québec Inc. s’estdonné pour mission de favoriser le développementdes matériaux textiles et géosynthétiques et destimuler l’avancement technologique de l’industrietextile et géosynthétique

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1992: Développement de SAGEOS Inc. en collaboration avec une compagnie de génie conseil (50%/50%) (18 employés)

1995: Page WEB - Promotion des services 1995: Bulletin d’information INFOGEOS 1996-1997: Achat de la Revue canadienne du

textile (1883) (25 employés) 1997 : Accréditation ISO 9000

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1998: Réseau d’Échange et de Savoir-Faire

(RESF)Industrie Textile Industrie Géosynthétique

Industriede la Santé

InfrastructuresRoutières

IndustrieAerospatiale

ProtectionEnvironnement

R.E.S.F. CTT & SAGEOS

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Administration (9 personnes)

20 technicien(ne)s

8 ingénieurs

3 + 2Ph.D

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Financement PMVT pour 5 ans de 1990 à 1995

Financement PMVT pour 5 ans de 1996 à 2000

Financement MRST (1997)

Financement FCI 1 (1998)

Financement FCI 2 (2001)

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2002: Revue textile (CTJ) et bulletin INFOGEOS sur INTERNET : webCTJ.com et infogeos.com

2003 (?) : Regroupement Intellitex Inc. de trois centres collégiaux : Groupe CTT + CETSO + CGQ afin de développer la fondation de la nouvelle technologie des textiles intelligents au Québec

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OPENING NEW AVENUES FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN CANADA :

INTELLIGENT TEXTILES

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Phase 1 : Laying the foundation

Phase 2 : Determining the trends

Phase 3 : Identifying lead users

Phase 4 : Developing the innovative products

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INTELLIGENT TEXTILESGroupe CTT Group, Saint-Hyacinthe – 23 / 04 / 2002

Smart Technology for Textiles and Apparel - Past, Present and Future" Prof. Tao, Hongkong Polytechnical University

Smart textiles : State-of-the-art and future developments

Dr. Bruno Chevet, ITF France

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Intelligent Textiles1. Inclusion of flexible micro-chips in textiles

2. Inclusion of electronics components in fibres

3. Fusion of electronics components inside fibre’s structure

4. Short and long distance tele-communication issues

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Creating Capabilities to Innovate1. Create new organizational structure within our

Centre in which new technology can be developed

2. Spin out an independent organization from the existing Centre and develop within it the new technology and values required to develop the new technological platform

3. Acquire a different organization whose process and values closely match the requirements of the new task

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Solution :

Spin out an independent organization from the

Centre and develop within it the

new technology and values required to develop

the new technological platform

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TRANS-TECH NETWORK

28 CEGEP’S TECHNOLOGICAL CENTRES

Partnership project : Intellitec/IntellitexCTT Group : Centre for textile and geosynthetic

technologies

CETSO : Centre de technologie des systèmes ordinés

CGQ : Centre de géomatique du Québec

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I NTELLI TEC inc.

INTELLITEX(divisiontextileintelligent)

Divisiontransportintelligent

Divisionbâtimentintelligent

Etc...

250entreprisessectorielles

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Autres intervenants

Chercheurs (inventeurs)

I NTELLI TEC Entreprises-clientes

Emploi Emploi

Licence

Licence

Licence

Recherche

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ACKNOWEDGMENTS• ACCC

• Directors of CETSO and CGQ• Staff of CTT Group

• Ministry of Finances, Economy and Research of Quebec : Research, Science and Technology Mission and Indutry and Commerce Mission

• Ministry of Education of Quebec

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THANK YOU !

Dr Jacek MlynarekCTT Group

jmlynarek@ctt.caTel : 450-778-1870Fax : 450-778-3901