Revolutionary innovations are to be expected on the interface between biology and technology, and all this will be showcased at Techtextil 2015. TU Dresden will display organic plates made from natural fibers, which could be used in aeroplanes. The weight of this material is lower, they do not split in case of crashes, and do not develop sharp breaking edges. In addition, vibration damping and sound dissipation is much better and the energy balance is more favorable. Scientists of the Institute of Textile and Process Engineering technology at Denkendorf have developed new methods for the production of extremely light sandwich or hollow structures and plan parallel spacer fabrics as well as double curved fabric structures. Meanwhile, partners of the A1BioTex joint project have been committed to the development of a bio-technological production process for the manufacture of highly pure alginates.