Since 2008 AUTEX honours Professors for their commitment in the Association and for their extraordinary merits in the textile society with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

LIST OF AWARDED PROFESSORS

• 2019: Prof. Paul Kiekens (Ghent University, Belgium)
• 2018: Prof. Jiri Militky (TU of Liberec, Czech Republic)
• 2017: Prof. Krste Dimitrovski (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
• 2016: Prof. Ana Marija Grancaric (University of Zagreb, Croatia) & in memoriam Prof. Marijn Warmoeskerken (†)
• 2015: Prof. Pertti Nousiainen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
• 2014: Prof. Alenka Majcen Le Marechal (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
• 2013: Prof. P. Offermann (TU Dresden, Germany)
• 2012: in memoriam Prof. B. Wulfhorst (†)
• 2011: Prof. Roger Wardman (Heriot Watt University, UK)
• 2010: Prof. Mario de Araújo (University of Minho, Portugal)
• 2009: Prof. Isik Tarakcioglu (Ege University, Turkey)
• 2008: Prof. Franco Testore (†)