As for many industries, these have been challenging years for manufacturers of sewing and apparel technology and machinery for processing technical textiles. But the Texprocess Innovation Award 2022, which was presented for the first time in three years, showed impressively that the industry has made intensive use of the time. Ronny Eckert Read more...
Returns are a huge problem in the online fashion trade with horrific figures of up to 70 percent for the proportion of articles sent back. One of the most common reasons for returns: the wrong size. A Munich-based start-up now aims to solve the problem with artificial intelligence. Ronny Eckert Read more...
Experts are in agreement: digitalisation will turn the analogue industry upside down. The textile and fashion industry also needs to confront the digital transformation, as digital printing expert Joachim Rees warns. Ronny Eckert Read more...
Hong Kong and Frankfurt as direct neighbours? With 3D as key digitalisation technology from the start, it’s possible! That will not only speed up the development process in the fashion industry, but also bring a completely new shopping experience for the customers. And in this sense Hong Kong is going to move very closely to ... Read more...
Even the name is in ‘3-D’: Delta – discover the difference – the sewing machine that heralds a major change. “Everything becomes simpler”, says Thomas Brinkhoff from Dürkopp Adler. “The machine knows the operator and the operator’s particular way of working. It knows what needs doing and how it must be done. It learns continuously, ... Read more...
Resource-saving and sustainable clothing manufacture is not possible without digitisation. Software solutions and smart systems make supply chains more transparent and utilise the latent potential for making improvements at all stages of production. Sabine Anton-Katzenbach Read more...
If a pair of jeans lets in ventilation in summer (intentionally!) without any help from its wearer, we are talking about a ‘4D textile’ – for some people, this is the next generation of textiles. David Schmelzeisen from the Institute of Textile Technology (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University explains what it’s all about. Ronny Eckert Read more...