Textronics appoints Emily Liggett to Board of Directors
31 Jan '06
3 min read
"The potential for integrating energy-active fabrics into our daily lives is unlimited, and Textronics holds key building blocks that will bring this technology to market," she added.
Liggett becomes the fifth member of the Textronics' Board of Directors, which includes Stacey Burr; Peter Grubstein of NGEN Partners, a Santa Barbara-based venture capital firm; Jim DiAndreth of INVISTA, one of the world's largest integrated fiber, resin and intermediates companies; and George Abraham, a partner in New York-based SAS Investors.
Textronics is a developer and producer of electro-textiles or "e-textiles," which are fabric systems that can conduct, warm, illuminate or sense.
The company's unique technology portfolio uses the stretch and recovery properties of elastomeric materials to interact with electronic systems. Current product technology includes conductive elastic Textro yarns(TM), variable resistive Textro polymer(TM), flexible elastic Textro interconnects(TM) and Textro monitoring(TM) physiological sensor and garments. Electro-textiles are used in the apparel, automotive, industrial, home interior, healthcare, and communications business sectors to deliver enhanced safety, comfort, health, communications, entertainment and aesthetic solutions.
The company is a spin-off from INVISTA S.a.r.l., formerly DuPont Textiles and Interiors. Textronics Inc. is located in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
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