Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc. (AFFOA) proudly announces Nuream and Z-Polymers as the next awardees to participate in the Product Accelerator for Functional Fabrics (PAFF) 2.0 program. This strategic initiative aims to accelerate the commercialization of advanced functional fabric products through targeted technical and manufacturing support.
Launched in 2024, the PAFF program enables selected companies to leverage AFFOA鈥檚 technical engineering team with expertise in advanced textiles across design, prototyping, integration, testing and process engineering, at no direct cost, to fill critical gaps in their functional fabric development processes, and ultimately reduce time to market.
鈥淢ost companies, from startups to mature organizations, face technical or resource-related gaps that can significantly delay the product development process,鈥 said Dr. Sasha Stolyarov, CEO of AFFOA. 鈥淭hrough the PAFF program, AFFOA can fill those gaps with targeted support to overcome those challenges, allowing innovators to bring transformative textile technologies to market faster while strengthening the domestic supply chain.鈥