What do you need to make your innovative product idea a market success?
Courage, creativity, a keen sense of the market, money, perseverance, a good team – and external experts whose specialist knowledge complements the company’s own know-how.
I support companies (mainly SMEs) and R & D institutions in Europe in the development of textiles with additional functions. We provide quick and easy access to a wide spectrum of textile technology expertise.
We see ourselves as a bridge between R & D organisations and the industry.
Services from Daniela and the TITERA team:
- Analysing innovation potential
- Development of product strategies
- Provision of contacts to other experts and institutions throughout Europe
- Gathering information on suitable EU funding programs
- Managing EU projects (tenders, project registration, funding management, etc.)
- Advice on standardisation and licencing requirements for the European market
- Workshops and lectures
- Coaching and training of teams and startups
- and much more
Dr. Daniela Zavec
- Owner and managing director of TITERA technology consulting, Slovenia/Germany
- Textile and clothing technology engineer specialising in wearer comfort
- Board member of the European Society for Protective Clothing (ESPC)
- Expert committee member of the WG for CEN / TC 248 WG31 for Smart Textiles-Electronic
- Expert at the DIN workshop "Smart Clothing – Active luminous warning vests", Berlin
- Member of the Smarttex Network in Thuringia, Germany
- Textile Association & President of Quality Association of Pomurje
- Guest lecturer at the University of Hasselt, Belgium
- Evaluator of research and development projects for the Slovenian Ministry of Economic Development and Technology
- Associate advisor at TCBL: Textile & Clothing Business Labs
- Technology scouting (smart textiles – electronic – innovations for traditional textile and human comfort)
- Certified consultant for the Enterprise Europe Network Thuringia
- Co-author of the scientific monograph "Theory and Applications of Heat Transfer in Humans": Whole-Body Human Computational Models and the Effect of Clothing
- Consultant – audited and approved by the European Commission – for innovation audits in small and medium-sized enterprises
Daniela was born in Slovenia, but feels at home in Germany and all over Europe.
Core competencies
Clothing and technical textiles in the following areas:
- Personal protective equipment
- Sensors
- Heating textiles
- Vehicle textiles (car seats, etc.)
- Medical textiles (interaction of different influencing factors)
- Interiors
What does the name TITERA mean?
In the textile industry, a “titre” is a unit of mass in silk yarn numbering. It refers to the fineness of fibres and fibre composites by the ratio of weight to length.
We place just as dedicated a focus on the importance of product development and the length of innovation processes. We are committed to a satisfactory relationship between the weight or potential of the textile product and the length or duration of the project’s development. Our mission is to combine research and production, make projects clearer and processes more efficient, and help companies advance both strategically and economically.
When a silkworm transforms into a butterfly, the process consists of many phases that take place in secret. Most people only see the final product: a beautiful creature soaring into the sky on colourful wings.
TITERA consulting: Helping the transformation from idea to product succeed.
