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Cintas and Google join forces to develop smart workwear

Cintas has announced a collaboration with Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects Group to explore advancing Project Jacquard into the enterprise space.

22nd June 2016

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Cincinnati

Clothing/​Footwear, Protective, Medical/Hygiene

Jacquard is a smart garment technology developed by Google’s ATAP team, which enables conductive fibres to be woven into textiles, connecting interactive apparel wirelessly to devices, software platforms, and cloud services.

ATAP presented advancements in the technology at Google’s recent developers conference, Google I/O. Cintas and ATAP are collaborating to advance use cases in work environments, with the goal of developing Jacquard-enhanced uniforms.

New possibilities

“The Jacquard platform provides new possibilities to interact with services, devices, and environments directly from the garment, literally from the cuff of your sleeve,” said Ivan Poupyrev, Google ATAP Technical Project Lead for Project Jacquard.

“This could greatly impact and benefit the healthcare industry in meaningful ways, for patients and practitioners, as well as provide solutions in numerous other fields. We look forward to exploring and developing potential applications for Jacquard with Cintas, a key partner for enterprise solutions.”

Healthcare and safety applications

The initiative will seek to deliver solutions that address various challenges in multiple enterprise verticals, with an initial focus on healthcare and safety applications.

“Cintas is excited to collaborate with Google ATAP in developing use cases in work environments for Jacquard’s textile technology. Together, we are developing use cases in the healthcare vertical in cooperation with a number of leading hospitals,” said Paul Jantsch, Cintas Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development.

“We see many applications for the technology to impact productivity, compliance, health and safety, not only in healthcare, but in virtually all industries. Cintas is committed to helping our customers get Ready for the Workday™ by providing innovative products and caring service.”

Cintas

Cintas is a leading supplier of corporate identity uniform programmes, providing entrance and logo mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid, safety, fire protection products and services, and industrial carpet and tile cleaning.

The company operates more than 400 facilities in North America, including six manufacturing plants and eight distribution centres.

Further reading

www.cintas.com

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