INTERACTIVE WEAR AG

Their core work

Interactive Wear AG is a German SME specializing in smart textiles and wearable electronics, integrating advanced materials like graphene into functional garments and body-worn sensor systems. They develop textile-based electronic solutions for health monitoring, active ageing support, and industrial applications. Their work bridges material science (particularly graphene and 2D materials) with practical wearable products, contributing sensor integration and wearable platform expertise to large EU research consortia. They are notably embedded in the Graphene Flagship ecosystem, one of Europe's largest research initiatives.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2016-2018, Interactive Wear focused heavily on fundamental graphene research and material exploration — keywords like layered materials, composite materials, photonics, and basic research dominated. From 2019 onward, their work shifted toward applied health technology (gamified coaching, biomechanical models, GDPR-compliant personal data handling) and graphene manufacturing scale-up (pilot lines, 2D materials production). This trajectory shows a company moving from research participation toward product-ready wearable health solutions built on graphene technology.

Interactive Wear is transitioning from research-stage graphene exploration toward manufacturing-ready wearable health devices, making them increasingly relevant for partners seeking to commercialize smart textile products.

How they like to work

Interactive Wear operates exclusively as a participant, never as coordinator, which is typical for a specialized SME contributing targeted technical expertise to larger consortia. With 270 unique partners across 25 countries, they maintain a very broad network — largely driven by the massive Graphene Flagship consortia (which can include 150+ partners each). This makes them well-connected within the European advanced materials ecosystem but suggests they function as a focused contributor rather than a project driver.

With 270 unique consortium partners across 25 countries, Interactive Wear has an exceptionally wide network, largely built through the Graphene Flagship's massive pan-European consortia. Their health-focused projects (SAAM, BIONIC) add connections in the medical and assistive technology communities beyond the materials science world.

What sets them apart

Interactive Wear sits at a rare intersection: they combine deep graphene materials expertise (from four Flagship projects) with practical wearable health product development. Few SMEs in Europe can credibly claim to bridge 2D advanced materials research with GDPR-compliant body sensor networks for elderly care. For consortium builders, they offer a tested integration partner who can turn advanced material innovations into textile-based wearable prototypes.

Highlights from their portfolio

• BIONIC
  Largest single EC contribution (EUR 470,000) and most application-focused project, combining body sensor networks, gamified coaching, and personal data protection in wearable health tech.
• 2D-EPL
  Graphene Flagship's Experimental Pilot Line represents the transition from research to manufacturing, positioning Interactive Wear in the scale-up phase of graphene wearables.
• GrapheneCore2
  Broadest keyword coverage across electronics, photonics, sensors, and biomedical technologies — reveals the full range of Interactive Wear's technical contributions to the Flagship.