Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. manufactures glucose monitoring equipments. It designs, develops and manufactures glucose monitoring systems and test strips for use in both home and hospital settings. The company was founded on August 29, 2005 and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

Milliken & Company is a diversified industrial manufacturer that has been in business since 1865. With corporate headquarters located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the company is active across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemical, floor covering,, performance and protective textile materials, and healthcare.

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation provides scientific and industrial research services. It plays a role in collaboration within the Australian national innovation system and as an advisor to government, industry and the community. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Canberra, Australia.

IEE International Electronics & Engineering SA develops and manufactures automotive safety sensing systems. It offers products for transportation and automotive markets, such as automotive safety sensing systems for car occupants and pedestrians, customized input sensing systems for the car interior, and active safety sensing systems. The firm also provides people counters, tailgate detectors, volumetric object surveillors, and seat occupant detectors for the public and commercial infrastructure market. The company was founded by Michel Witte in 1989 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

The company was founded in 2014 by a group of engineers, scientists and business visionaries fascinated by the potential of commercialising graphene at industrial scale. They developed an approach that they believe is essential for success: Understand and work within the cultures and structures of industrial supply chains, and provide a QA process that mitigates reduce the risk of adopting a new technology. By disciplining their selves in this way, they hope to serve their customers efficiently and effectively and build a global business.

Far Eastern New Century Corp. engages in manufacturing and selling polyester materials and semi-finished and finished textiles such as cotton, synthetic, or blended fabrics; towels and bed sheets; and woven and knitted garments; polyethylene terephthalate bottles and sheets; and natural, synthetic, or blended yarns and polyester textured yarns. It operates through the following business segments: Petrochemical, Chemical Fiber, Textile, Telecommunication Services, Real Estate Development, and Investment and Others. The company was founded by Yu Ziang Hsu on January 13, 1945 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company and was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain. It was formed by the merger of leading British chemical companies in 1926. Its headquarters were at Millbank in London, and it was a constituent of the FT 30 and later the FTSE 100 indices.

W. Zimmermann GmbH & Co. KG, part of Geiger GmbH & Co. KG, is a company headquartered in Weiler-Simmerberg, Germany, that manufactures as well as distributes elastic and technical threads.

AFITEX SAS manufactures and markets synthetic materials for the construction industry. It offers solutions to drainage, earth retaining, and lining systems. The firm also transforms basic textiles into geo-composite products. Its products include protecterre, coverdrain, and alveoter. The company was founded by Yves Durkheim in 1992 and is headquartered in Champhol, France.

Footfalls & Heartbeats is a New Zealand-based company founded by award winning chemist Simon McMaster who brings many years’ experience researching intelligent textiles. It is positioned to become a leader in the provision of smart textiles for a diverse range of applications in a global market that is increasingly demanding intelligent fabrics. The company’s technology can be exclusively customised to meet the exact needs of its commercial partners in multiple healthcare areas and athletic and performance disciplines. This includes advanced wound care, compression garment systems, infant monitoring, athlete monitoring and remote monitoring of health and physiological symptoms for those in high risk environments, such as first responders and defence personnel. Footfalls & Heartbeats technology also has the potential to measure mechanical stress in composite structures to allow real time structural composite monitoring for satellites, aircraft wings, wind turbine blades, yacht hulls and foils and high performance car chassis. The technology currently measures tensile and compressive forces and temperature. Additional functionality being explored is the ability to track movement, bio-electrical outputs such as heart rate, active and passive skeletal muscle signals, as well as blood oxygen saturation, all of which will enable new applications. Footfalls & Heartbeats technology provides new opportunities for remote intervention to support individual monitoring with the potential to significantly reduce escalating healthcare costs for ageing populations and those with chronic illness and disease. Footfalls & Heartbeats technology can create uniquely durable, safe and comfortable fabrics that are comfortable and natural to wear, making them ideal for people with health conditions. Information from Footfalls & Heartbeats sensing textiles has the potential to deliver a wealth of data to improve health and other outcomes. The company is managed by Brent Ogilvie, who has extensive experience in early stage venture development, international business development and corporate partnering. This capability is supported by a group of high quality directors and active investors including Sparkbox Chairman Andrew Duff, entrepreneur Jeremy Collins, expat New Zealander David Bell who is Marketing Professor at Wharton Business School, and David Henry, its Chairman and former CFO of Fisher & Paykel. Footfalls & Heartbeats is actively seeking resources and commercial partners in its market application areas including health, sports, rehabilitation, aged care, aerospace and automobile industries

Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH, a subsidiary of Amphenol Corp., is a German company located in Heilbronn that manufactures motor vehicle electric equipment, air bags and related accessories. Craig Anthony Lampo, Richard Adam Norwitt and Dietrich Ehrmanntraut are the current co-CEOs of the firm.\nThe company says this about itself: Amphenol Tuchel-Electronics Automotive is a subsidiary of the US Amphenol Group, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With over 70,000 employees worldwide, our organization is one of the leading manufacturers of electrical connectors. Amphenol Tuchel-Electronics GmbH employs more than 500 people worldwide. The global presence in all important centers of the automotive industry is the basis for extraordinary technical solutions and optimal service.

MTC Micro Tech Components GmbH is a specialist in the protection of electronic circuits and the environment from high frequency electromagnetic radiation, MTC develops, manufactures and sells high quality EMC shielding materials and ESD solutions. They use the very latest technologies and work with a network of efficient suppliers.\n20 years of experience in the business, a sophisticated corporate culture and steady growth provide guarantees for long term, successful cooperation with their customers and partners.

Icore International Ltd., part of Safran SA, is a company headquartered in Slough, UK. The firm manufactures connectors for the aerospace and defense industries. Zodiac Aerospace SA acquired Icore International Ltd. from Smiths Group Plc on December 01, 2003.

BASF Corp. manufactures commercial and industrial chemicals. The firm serves the aerospace, agriculture, automotive, clean energy, nutrition, textiles, and building, and construction sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered Florham Park, NJ.