TexComp is an international conference dedicated to textile composites. The unique possibility to control the composite properties by a clever design of the textile reinforcement and important cost advantages lead to wide use of textile composites in aeronautic, automotive, civil engineering, marine, medicine, sport, wind energy and other applications. The TexComp conferences started by an initiative of Prof Verpoest in 1992 in Leuven, and toured the world ever since. TexComp14 is again held in Kyoto. Conference topics cover experimental studies, modelling, case studies related to design, manufacturing, properties, performance and applications of textile composites and their reinforcements.