Textiles

The Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Institute (AFFOA), a Manufacturing USA Institute, addresses the spectrum of manufacturing challenges associated with developing and scaling advanced fibers and textiles from design through pilot production, helping to transition innovative technologies, and training the next generation manufacturing workforce. The institute’s Fabric Innovation Network  of member companies enables the development and commercialization of textile products that can see, hear, sense, communicate, store energy, regulate temperature, monitor health, and change color while delivering the conventional qualities of fabrics to benefit the commercial consumer and warfighter. The institute delivers breakthrough capabilities and innovations for national security through de-risking university technologies, non-traditional defense contractor participation, and the development of advanced textile systems. AFFOA centralizes the revolutionary fiber and fabric technology capabilities of startups, manufacturers, industry, and academia and organizes them to produce and manufacture advanced textile systems for the Department of Defense and commercial markets.

The Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials (TCGM) strives to advance the global competitiveness of our assigned industries through the development and execution of international trade and investment policies and promotion strategies. TCGM is comprised of four industry offices: the Office of Consumer Goods, the Office of Textiles and Apparel, the Office of Material Industries, and the Office of Critical Minerals and Metals.