Advanced Functional Fabrics of America

AFFOA is a non-profit, public-private partnership founded in 2016 as one of the DoD-funded Manufacturing Innovation Institutes in the Manufacturing USA® network. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, AFFOA's mission is to rekindle the textiles industry by leading a nationwide enterprise for advanced fiber and fabric manufacturing innovation, enabling revolutionary new system capabilities for commercial and defense applications. To catalyze the development of advanced functional fibers, AFFOA has assembled a Fabric Innovation Network (FIN) with 140+ members including startups, universities, manufacturers, commercial industry and defense partners.