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Insight9 Jul 2021Optitex has collaborated with VIZOO, a provider of a 3D fabric scanner titled xTex, and Swatchbook, a cloud-based digital materials platform, to bring their functionalities together for Optitex customers.
In Brieffree7 Jul 2021The complex nature of textile & apparel supply chains mean software solutions that can integrate all business functions are an invaluable tool. By Otis Robinson
Insight5 Jul 2021In January 2021, Vandewiele, a supplier of weaving machines and textile accessories, acquired Savio Group, a leader in yarn finishing technologies – a move set to push innovation and development for both parties. Otis Robinson reports.
Product lifecycle management (PLM) systems are a solution to post-pandemic fashion business digitalisation strategies, according to Karen Lea-Swain from Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, in the UK.
Insight16 Jun 2021C&A, a clothing retailer, has opened its Industry 4.0-focused Factory for Innovation in Textiles (FIT) in Mönchengladbach, Germany, with the aim of developing ‘next-generation, sustainable’ clothing production. Otis Robinson reports
Insight10 Jun 2021Otis Robinson speaks with Apu Saha, founder at Motion Imager, about its new computational imaging technology capable of enhancing the functionality of personalised garments and enabling mass personalisation in apparel manufacturing.
Innovation Briefingfree26 Apr 2021WTiN examines a patent published in 2020 by Levi Strauss & Co which puts forward the use of machine learning (ML) and laser technologies to re-create wear patterns from existing garments for application on new garments.
