Embroidery.
Electronics.
Engineering.
Innovating Your Future.
Service
From Idea to Mass Production: Your Partner in Smart Textiles
We accompany you every step from the development of your smart textiles product to its mass production.
Product Development & Prototyping
Small Batch Manufacturing
Our on‐site small batch manufacturing services allow you to start production of your smart textiles before the machinery is available at your facility.
Transfer Into Mass Production
Workshops & Trainings
We help you master electrical engineering, e‐textiles development, and technical embroidery machine operation.
Solutions
Our specialty – refining e-textile with embroidery innovation
- Integration of electronic components and PCBs into textiles
- Embroidery of conductive traces and sensor areas
- Tailored placement of fibers, wires and tubes onto textiles
- Embroidery of 3D electrodes for body signal acquisition and electrical stimulation
Solutions
Advanced Integration Technologies for Smart Textiles
3E Smart Solutions delivers engineering-driven approaches for embedding functional electronics into fabrics via precision embroidery systems from ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH. Our capabilities include the integration of heating conductors, light-emitting components, textile-based sensors and RFID antennas, rigid and flexible PCB modules, and embroidered electrodes—all optimized for flexibility, durability, and scalability.
Textile Heating Integration
We design and prototype textile-based heating systems tailored to your product needs. Using advanced embroidery techniques for conductive fiber and wire integration into fabric, heating elements are positioned exactly where needed for optimal thermal distribution and energy efficiency.
From heated car seats and workwear to medical therapy products and outdoor gear, our textile heating solutions combine comfort, durability, and scalable manufacturing potential.
Light-Emitting Fabrics
From decorative effects to safety lighting, we integrate LEDs, EL wires, or optical fibers directly into fabrics to create striking illuminated textile designs. Our solutions are robust, adaptable, and ready for applications in workwear, pet products, outdoor gear, and interior design.
Whether you need high-visibility lighting or aesthetic effects, we make illuminated fabrics reliable, washable, and ready for production.
Textile RFID Solutions
We create embroidered RFID antenna systems for seamless asset tracking, authentication, and process automation. Ideal for industrial laundry management, logistics, and smart inventory systems.
We help you adapt RFID to your specific textile, performance, and durability requirements.
Fabric-Integrated Sensors
We develop textile-integrated sensors for measuring pressure, strain, moisture, temperature, proximity, and more. By embroidering conductive paths and sensing elements directly into the fabric, we create soft, flexible, and reliable sensing systems.
Applications range from sports performance monitoring and veterinary wearable devices to automoive interior controls and human-machine interfaces.
PCB Integration into Textiles
We integrate microcontrollers, driver boards, and complex electronic assemblies directly and reliably into textiles. Our embroidery technology allows precise placement, fixation, and connection of rigid or flexible PCBs, enabling fully functional smart textiles without the need of soldering or adhesives.
From interactive safety clothing to smart wearable products, we ensure your electronics and fabrics work as one.
Embroidered Textile Electrodes
We design and produce soft, advanced textile electrodes for ECG, EMG, EEG, EMS, and TENS applications. Our moss-embroidered electrodes maintain low skin impedance without conductive gels, improving comfort for long-term health monitoring, fitness tracking, rehabilitation, and electrostimulation therapy.
Customizable in size, shape, haptics, and material composition, they are ideal for medical smart textiles and wearable health devices.
Need more information or have a question about a specific solution? Contact us or book a free consultation with our team.
Industries
Embroidered Smart Textile Applications Across Sectors
Our embroidery technology transforms fabrics into intelligent systems by integrating sensors, electrodes, heating elements, illumination, RFID antennas, and electronics directly into textiles. These solutions are already driving innovation in healthcare, automotive, defense, wearables, and more—delivering reliable, scalable, and customizable smart textile applications tailored to each industry.
Healthcare & Medical
Embroidery technology enables next-generation medical smart textiles.
Applications include moss-embroidered electrodes and textile sensors for vital parameter measurement in babies and adults, as well as textile-based heating and electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) for rehabilitation and therapy.
Veterinary & Animal Wearables
From illuminated dog coats for visibility to textile-based monitoring and therapy systems, embroidered e-textiles enhance safety, health, and performance in animals.
Applications include behavior tracking, localization, and light-based safety solutions.
Fitness & Wellness
Wearable textile technology such as ECG chest straps with moss-electrodes provide accurate body parameter tracking. Other applications include red-light therapy for faster recovery and smart fitness equipment with integrated textile sensors.
Automotive
Embroidered smart textiles bring comfort and functionality to car interiors. Examples include integrated seat and steering wheel heating, embroidered textile control elements, and ambient interior illumination embedded directly into the fabric.
Aerospace & Aviation
Embroidery of lightweight and efficient textile heaters and sensing elements provide scalable solutions for demanding aerospace environments. Applications include area heating on aircraft wings and integrated sensors for safety and monitoring.
Defense & Security Textiles
With embroidered circuits and textile sensors, defense applications benefit from integrated heating, core body temperature monitoring, RFID antennas, and illumination directly in uniforms and gear. Embroidery ensures ruggedness, reliability, and washability for mission-critical environments.
Smart Safety Clothing
For outdoor workers and first responders, embroidered smart protective clothing combines active illumination, heating, and environmental sensors. These scalable textiles integrations improve safety, comfort, and situational awareness in critical conditions.
Apparel & Fashion
Embroidery offers freedom of design for integrating LEDs, sensors, or sound modules directly into fabrics. This allows the creation of interactive garments with lighting effects and responsive features—all fully reproducible.
Industrial Laundry and Hotel Textiles
Embroidered RFID antennas ensure durability and wash resistance in industrial laundry cycles. Scalable embroidery integration makes textile tracking and identification reliable for hotel linens and uniforms.
Home Textiles & Furniture
With embroidery, fabrics can be enhanced with integrated LEDs, heaters, and textile sensors. Curtains, cushions, and furniture textiles gain smart functionality while remaining flexible and visually appealing.
Research & Education
We support R&D labs and universities with co-development, prototyping, and training. Applications range from testing conductive traces to experimenting with new textile sensor designs and integration possibilities.
Not sure which industry fits your vision? Let’s explore your application together.
About us
3E Smart Solutions – your gateway to innovation and excellence
We are a passionate team of visionaries dedicated to creating cutting‐edge solutions that redefine industries and empower individuals like you.
As leading experts in the field of smart textiles and e‐textiles, we blend innovative technology with decades of expertise in embroidery to create customized, high‐quality embroidered functional textiles.
From the very inception of our projects, we carefully plan for a seamless transition to mass production.
Let's work together
Contact us and explore your new potentials
Dipl.-Ing. Melanie Hoerr
Co-Founder & Lead Development Engineer
MSc. Steliyan Vasilev
Co-Founder & Development Engineer
