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SMARTEX SRL
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Organisation type
Small or Medium Enterprise
Address
VIA DELLA CROCE ROSSA 82
59100 Prato
Italy
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Funding
Total H2020 EU funding 3m
SMARTEX s.r.l is a small limited liability company founded in 1999 with the aim of developing e-textile or new electronics structures compatible with textile processes and manufactures. Core activity is the implementation of bio sensing apparels (T­shirts, bands, vests, etc.) able to monitor vital signals, as electrocardiograms, heart rate, respiration signal and rate, index of activity as well as bio-potentials like EMG. Moreover systems based on piezoresistive textile sensors allow acquiring biomechanical signals for the recognition of gesture and posture. Smartex has also gained experience in the design and the implementation of textile solutions for biochemical sensing and body liquid handling. Smartex owns the intellectual property and the technical knowledge to implement the textile sensing, the acquisition and the extrapolation of parameters in different applications spanning from sport to clinical rehabilitation. Smartex has a significant experience in the development of safe, comfortable and easy-to-use interfaces between human and devices, focusing on the fabrication of multifunctional interactive fabrics, flexible and conformable to the human body for enabling the delivery of key enabling technologies (services, devices, products) in areas such as: 1. health monitoring: health promotion and disease detection and prevention; 2. rehabilitation: function restoring; 3. health assistance: disability compensation for higher quality of life; 4. sport medicine: function support and body monitoring; 5. quality of life and safety in workers. The team is composed by electronic engineers, one textile designer, bioengineers and physicists. Smartex is an equal opportunity employer. Current ratio of female/male employees is 57/43.
Economic sectors this organisation is active in:
  • HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES > Human health activities
  • MANUFACTURING > Manufacture of textiles
  • PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES > Scientific research and development
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