The textile production of the future: A textile technology and development center is being created in Mönchengladbach.

The Textile Factory 7.0 serves as a model project for structural change in the Rhineland mining region. First, a technology and development center will be created, followed by an emission-free and digitized industrial park.

Instead of considering individual technologies in isolation, Textile Factory 7.0 combines the three megatrends of energy efficiency, AI-supported automation, robotics, and biotechnology in a practical textile real-world laboratory.

Modern machines and systems enable the development and testing of:

• On-demand production

• Microfactories

• Digital Textiles

This is complemented by textile technology and biological laboratories where sustainable raw materials are researched and new materials are developed.

The T7 Technology and Development Center

Close collaboration between research and industry creates new technologies, production concepts, and innovations for the textile industry. At the same time, the project creates new jobs in the Rhineland mining region.

From coal to AI: Textile Factory 7.0 is an example of the region's industrial structural change. The project strengthens the attractiveness and competitiveness of regional textile production in the long term. T7 Factory will create new jobs and specifically further develop innovative textile research at the site.

In the first development phase (2025-2029), a Textile Technology and Development Center will be established in Mönchengladbach, where the six core modules of Textile Factory 7.0 will be addressed in close cooperation between industry and research.

T7 Park – Emission-free and Digitized Industrial Park

In a second development phase, an industrial park of the future will be created beyond Textile Factory 7.0. Here, the textile and clothing industry will develop and produce under zero-emission conditions and with CO₂-neutral processes.

The industrial park offers space for innovative production facilities, company branches of the textile industry, and sustainable textile start-ups. This creates a modern industrial location that combines research, development, and industrial production.