TY - CHAP U1 - Buchbeitrag A1 - Textor, Torsten T1 - Industry, innovation and economic growth : The potential of interdisciplinary research and development: Or why textile works better as multi-disciplinary cooperation T2 - Technical textiles : innovations, trends, markets N2 - Are textile structures better? In the professional world, there is no doubt that textile composites can offer many advantages. It is well known that they are often better than non-textile alternatives. There are manifold examples. Innovative developments are not only the popular textile reinforced concrete which was awarded with the Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Future Award) but also a huge number of probably less perceived or spectacular products based on fiber-reinforced plastics. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-86641-812-7 SB - 978-3-86641-812-7 SP - 34 EP - 36 S1 - 3 PB - Deutscher Fachverlag CY - Frankfurt ER -