“ I was really impressed Industry Short Course
with the content and skills of the
INTRODUCTION
presenters of the Introduction to Textiles
course in Manchester, it really helped
develop my understanding and perception
of the use of textiles across industry.
TO TEXTILES
I would recommend this course to anyone
using textiles in their own industry as it
is interesting and enjoyable and will be
applicable in the workplace ”
Gary Pearson
Production Manager
Mölnlycke Health Care Ltd
The Course
This intensive training short course
is organised for the benefit of all those
who are engaged in the manufacture,
research and development as well as the
commercial aspects of textile business.
The course will cover the fibres, yarns
and fabrics used in textile products for
apparel, household and technical textiles
applications as core modules. The third
day will offer two specialist modules
The Textile Institute covering dyeing and finishing and fabric
testing and analysis.
The Textile Institute is a unique
organisation in textiles, clothing
and footwear. It was incorporated in
England by a Royal Charter granted
in 1925 and is a registered charity.
The Institute has Individual and
Corporate members in up to 70
countries, the membership covers all Cost (VAT included)
sectors and all disciplines in textiles, Full Course (3 Days)
clothing and footwear. Within the TI Member – £700
global textiles, clothing and footwear Non Member – £850
industries the aim of the Institute is Student – £450
to facilitate learning, to recognise Delegate + Introductory
achievement, to reward excellence Membership of The Textile
and to disseminate information. Institute – £810
2 Days
TI Member – £550
The Textile Institute Non Member – £700
Student – £350
International Headquarters
8th Floor St James’ Buildings 1 Day
79 Oxford Street TI Member – £350
Manchester Non Member – £400
M1 6FQ UK Student – £250
T: +44(0)161 237 1188 Refreshments, lunch and
E: [email protected] supporting course materials For information please visit:
textileinstitute.org are all included in the price. textileinstitute.org
Tutors Programme
Prof Subbiyan Rajendran CText FTI
Raj is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Bolton,
UK. He has previously held the position of Professor of Fibres; their production, properties and
Biomedical Materials and STEM Champion. He has 39 years areas of application.
of academic experience, has published 181 research papers
that include 11 books and 8 patents. He has been honoured
with a prestigious medal by The TI for his devotion to the Yarns; their production, properties
furtherance of scientific knowledge concerning fibrous
materials. Raj received a prestigious Research Fellowship and areas of application.
award from UNIDO. He is a Fellow of The TI and a member of
Council and Professional Qualifications Committee.
Weaving; yarn preparation, fabric production,
Mr Simon Burnett-Boothroyd CText FTI fabric structure, fabric properties and areas
Simon is a consultant in a broad spectrum of textiles. He has of application.
an expansive portfolio in development of products from
medical specialisms to high performance outer wear fabrics.
Simon is a patent holder in woven fabrics in the PPE market
and currently sits on the standard body as an industrial Warp and weft knitting; fabric production,
expert in this field. He is a published author and regularly fabric structure, fabric properties and areas
writes for the fire times. He has guest lectured internationally
on PPE and Medical textiles. He is also a committed member of application.
of the TI council.
Nonwoven Fabrics; classification, web
Dr Xiaogang Chen CText FTI formation, wet-laid, dry-laid and polymer-laid
Xiaogang is a Reader in the School of materials at the
University of Manchester, and is a trained textile scientist fabric production, fabric properties and areas
and technologist. He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from
China and his PhD degree from of application.
The University of Leeds in the UK, specialising in textile
engineering. His teaching career in textile technology started
in 1985 in China and continued in the UK from 1994. He is an Dyeing & Finishing; preparatory processes for
active researcher into textile engineering, textile composites,
and technical textiles, in particular ballistic protective textiles. different textile materials, dyeing,
His researches are funded by the EPSRC, DTI, Home Office and
MOD, as well as from industry.
principles of colouration.
Mr Adrian Wilson Fabric Testing & Analysis; fabric performance,
Adrian is an analyst and writer specialising in the technical fabric specifications, fabric testing
textiles, nonwovens and composites industries. He is
the owner of AWOL Media and the consulting editor for and analysis.
Sustainable Nonwovens, International Filtration News and
Technical Textiles International, while contributing to many
other industry titles. He is also the author of numerous
reference books on these industries. Course Director
Prof SC Anand MBE
Dr Elizabeth Gaston DSc Comp TI CText FTI MSc Tech PhD AMCST
Elizabeth is Senior Lecturer in Fashion at Northumbria
University, UK. She has extensive experience in knit design,
research and education including many years running short
courses in knit design and technology at the University of
Leeds, UK. Her research interest extends from craft practice
to virtual manufacturing and she has lectured widely
worldwide.
Mr Ian Smith CText FTI
Ian is a Textile Consultant working with companies around
the world on Textile Wet Processing. A technical dyer with
specialisation in the Wool and synthetic fibre sectors. He
has run training courses on textile wet processing for
buyers and designers of several high street brands, as well
as recently developing a technical training course for the
Carpet manufacturing sector. He works as a consultant to the
World Bank, and other NGO’s as well as major processing and
chemical organizations on a global basis, with an emphasis
on cleaner production and sustainability.
How to Book your place
Dr Hugh Gong
Hugh Gong graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Simply complete and return a booking form along with
Dong Hua University (Shanghai, China) in 1984 and obtained your payment. Your delegate place will be confirmed
his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1989. He then
spent three years managing the Coats Viyella - Marks and within 5 working days via email so please ensure that you
Spencer Fabric Centre before taking up a lectureship in the supply a correct email address.
Department of Textiles, UMIST in 1992. His main research
interests are in fibrous structures such as yarns, nonwovens,
nanofibres and textile composites, and in the performance
measurement, modelling and recycling of flexible materials. Contact Robyn Ingham, events coordinator
He served as the Director of Postgraduate Studies in the
School and Chair of the Postgraduate Degrees Panel in the T: +44(0)161 237 1188
Faculty of EPS. E:
[email protected]