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Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) a public-private partnership that began at MIT, has officially opened its headquarters in Cambridge.
CEO Yoel Fink at the headquarters’ opening ceremony said that fabrics express who we are, convey our identity as individuals and our values as a society. A new high-tech fabric center has actually developed that technology.

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Iowa State University (ISUs) research team is part of a partnership to improve the overall design and function of new military protective gear used in the military, emergency response and more. The ISU research team will be lead by Guowen Song, associate professor and the Noma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing.

ISU is one of 31 universities involved in the AFFOA partnership, and the new institute is part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, a network Song said was created to improve manufacturing in the country.