Research Institute of Textile Chemistry / Physics, University of Innsbruck 3.4

The Institute was founded in 1982 as a scientific institute of the University of Innsbruck, to promote research and development activities in this important industrial field.

Founding Members:

Federal Ministry of Science and Research
Federal Ministry of Education and Art
Provincial government of Vorarlberg
Association for the Support of Research and Development in the Textile Industry - Vorarlberg (Textilverein)
o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Ortwin Bobleter (appointed as the first head of the institute)

In 1989 our Institute moved from the original site on Achstrasse to the new building of the HTL-Textil, with an area of 500m² equipped especially for the requirements of scientific work. In 1998 A.Univ.Prof. Thomas Bechtold was appointed new head of the institute.

From 1998, the Institute was accorded regular status according to UoG 93. In addition to basic scientific research and industrial research projects, the Institute contributes to the University curriculum by offering lectures in the fields of Textile Chemistry, Textile Physics and Applied Chemistry .