Théophile Legrand International Award For Textile Innovation 2011

Award 2010 in Roubaix (ENSAIT)

The Theophile Legrand Foundation - Institut de France was created in 2007 by the descendants of Theophile Legrand, who is widely considered to be the father of the development of the textile industry in Fourmies, France.

On saturday, october 1th at 4:30 pm, in the auditorium of the Bol Vert in Trélon (59 - France) . These two prizes were established by the Theophile Legrand Foundation – Institut de France and carry a total value of €18,000. The awards will be given to 2 individuals  based on originality of design in the area of technical textiles: fabric or fibre, innovative combinations of materials or new industrial production techniques.

It is an international competition, open to all researchers, PhD or MSc Students. Entry is free. Its goal is to favour innovation, research, creativity, while highlighting both the technical / industrial and mechanical features intrinsic to the textile industry. This competition is also designed to be a stepping stones for those researchers who may some day invent tomorrow’s most advanced fabric.

Based on an initiative by the Théophile Legrand Foundation – Institut de France, this competition is supported by CLUBTEX (a group of textile firms in the North of France), by the most prestigious schools of textile engineering and by the Avesnois Ecomuseum. This price is organized by the Foundation and the company « Ecomusée de l'avesnois » and Nicolas Soulié, in close collaboration with the E.N.S.A.I.T. in Roubaix, HEI in Lille and TUT.

Applications should be either in French or in English, and must be sent by August 7, 2011 to  e-mail : theophile-legrand@hotmail.fr

Ecomusée de l’avesnois – Paul Schuler – B.P. 65 / Place Maria Blondeau – 59 612 Fourmies Cedex - France