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09.01.2024

Knitwear Lab relies on CREATE PLUS patterning software by STOLL

The Dutch company Knitwear Lab helps visions become reality. The creative think tank offers capacities in the areas of R&D, design, knitwear development and production of prototypes and small quantities and has thus implemented a wide range of projects in recent years. The objects range from medical products and high-tech sportswear to smart textiles with integrated sensors. Sustainability activities are also part of the repertoire, such as the production of yarns from recycled waste.

The Dutch company Knitwear Lab helps visions become reality. The creative think tank offers capacities in the areas of R&D, design, knitwear development and production of prototypes and small quantities and has thus implemented a wide range of projects in recent years. The objects range from medical products and high-tech sportswear to smart textiles with integrated sensors. Sustainability activities are also part of the repertoire, such as the production of yarns from recycled waste.

Knitwear Lab operates at two locations for its diverse tasks: Almere in the Netherlandsis available for development work. In Istanbul, there is a branch for production. Both Knitwear Lab sites each have five STOLL flat knitting machines, including models from the modern ADF range. Prototypes are produced in Almere and there is small-scale production. The production plant in Istanbul specializes in the manufacture of high-quality knitwear in small quantities. STOLL is also involved in the creative processes. For the industrial development of knitwear, Knitwear Lab offers Virtual Knitting, a revolutionary method that combines virtual and physical elements of pattern development and knitwear production to reduce waste and pre-production steps. Customers can use Virtual Knitting to create realistic, producible collections, simplify their design iteration processes and take advantage of the wide range of real-life colorways. The basis for this is comprehensive knitwear expertise, the latest 3D software and the CREATE PLUS patterning software, which was developed by STOLL together with KM.ON.

"The 3D visualization of CREATE simplifies communication with the customer considerably. We use this function every day," says Annika Klaas, Senior Knitwear Programmer. She personally appreciates the uncomplicated grading and exchange of stitch dimensions and the much faster and more efficient work with Dimensioned Shapes that this makes possible. This helps her in her day-to-day work. "We often have requests to realize the same product in different yarns, which now works much faster," says the programmer. Further simplifications would include minor optimizations in terms of the efficiency and user-friendliness of programming and additional import and export options for shapes. Discussions on implementation are already underway.

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KARL MAYER GROUP

20.01.2023

Asia meets EMEA: Assyst and Style3D join forces

  • Style3D is sole shareholder of Assyst
  • Integration of both product lines from 3D design to production
  • Assyst remains independent within Style3D

Assyst GmbH is as of now part of Style3D. The German fashion technology market leader and the leading 3D software company are joining forces. For Assyst customers and partners nothing will change.
 
Die Assyst GmbH betreibt ihre Geschäfte weiterhin eigenständig, entwickelt alle ihre Produkte weiter und strebt mit Style3D eine gemeinsame, durchgängige Produktwelt an. Der erste gemeinsame Auftritt des Assyst-Style3D-Teams findet bereits auf der Assyst Experience im Rahmen der Munich Fabric Start (24.-26. Januar 2023) statt.

Assyst will continue to operate its business independently and to develop, sell, and service all its existing products. Style3D and Assyst will start to integrate their products into a universal, seamless product world. The Assyst-Style3D team will make its first joint appearance already at the end of January at the Assyst Experience at Munich Fabric Start (24-26 January 2023).

  • Style3D is sole shareholder of Assyst
  • Integration of both product lines from 3D design to production
  • Assyst remains independent within Style3D

Assyst GmbH is as of now part of Style3D. The German fashion technology market leader and the leading 3D software company are joining forces. For Assyst customers and partners nothing will change.
 
Die Assyst GmbH betreibt ihre Geschäfte weiterhin eigenständig, entwickelt alle ihre Produkte weiter und strebt mit Style3D eine gemeinsame, durchgängige Produktwelt an. Der erste gemeinsame Auftritt des Assyst-Style3D-Teams findet bereits auf der Assyst Experience im Rahmen der Munich Fabric Start (24.-26. Januar 2023) statt.

Assyst will continue to operate its business independently and to develop, sell, and service all its existing products. Style3D and Assyst will start to integrate their products into a universal, seamless product world. The Assyst-Style3D team will make its first joint appearance already at the end of January at the Assyst Experience at Munich Fabric Start (24-26 January 2023).

Both companies are deeply rooted in apparel development and production: Style3D in Asia and Assyst in EMEA. Together, they are planning to create a global product offering for producers and brands that covers the entire apparel value chain from development to production and the various sales touchpoints.

Starting point will be the integration of the flagship products of both companies – Style3D and Assyst.CAD. Style3D is currently the most advanced 3D fashion design software with a high growth rate globally. While Assyst is market leader with its 2D CAD technology in Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland and offers a seamless software portfolio from 2D and 3D CAD to production (Automarker) and to all sales touchpoints.

Major driver of the merger is the companies’ complimentary technology offering and the vision to create a seamless digital process from providing digital fabric and accessories up to the realization of products.

The merger also strengthens Assyst's competitive position in the 3D design sector. Style3D, in turn, will benefit from Assyst's expertise in the development, CAD and digital simulation of apparel products and the access to the international market.

Looking ahead to the future, both parties will offer 2D-based & 3D-based one-stop solutions for business clients leveraging on their global tech base and complementary serviceable resource dominance. On January 24-26, the Assyst-Style3D team will meet clients and present its products at the Assyst Experience at Munich Fabric Start.

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Assyst GmbH

SHIMA SEIKI
22.09.2022

Virtual Samples: SHIMA SEIKI and KDDI launch XR Mannequin for APEXFiz

SHIMA SEIKI announces a sales promotion package for the apparel industry together with KDDI, Linking 3D fashion design with cross-reality― realizing digital catalogs, VR showrooms and new customer experience allowing 360-degree viewing without actual samples

Leading fashion technologist SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan together with telecommunications company KDDI Corporation of Tokyo, Japan launched "XR Mannequin for APEXFiz," a sales promotion package that links SHIMA SEIKI's APEXFiz design software for the apparel industry with KDDI's XR (cross-reality) technology.

SHIMA SEIKI announces a sales promotion package for the apparel industry together with KDDI, Linking 3D fashion design with cross-reality― realizing digital catalogs, VR showrooms and new customer experience allowing 360-degree viewing without actual samples

Leading fashion technologist SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan together with telecommunications company KDDI Corporation of Tokyo, Japan launched "XR Mannequin for APEXFiz," a sales promotion package that links SHIMA SEIKI's APEXFiz design software for the apparel industry with KDDI's XR (cross-reality) technology.

XR Mannequin for APEXFiz will be offered to the apparel industry. Using an XR Mannequin that enables viewers to check product images from any angle in 360 degrees on various devices, XR Mannequin for APEXFiz enables digital catalogues with 3D virtual sample image data of garments designed on APEXFiz design software, 360-degree VR showrooms, as well as digitally extended stores. It also realizes virtual proposals at exhibitions, showroom-style stores with no inventory, and user-friendly purchase experience on e-commerce sites, and more. It also allows users to reduce excess stock at stores and create new sales opportunities.

Eventually, by adding movement to models wearing Virtual Samples and rendering them on a cloud server, customers will be able to view high-resolution virtual fashion shows on their smartphones and other devices.

 Until now, the apparel industry has been making actual product samples in each of the planning and design stages of production. This process not only takes an enormous amount of time and cost, but generates waste of raw materials including fabric that require disposal. At the retail stage, stores also needed to have various sizes and colors in stock to address a wide range of customer preferences, resulting in excess inventory.

With SHIMA SEIKI's APEXFiz, designs can be evaluated without making actual samples, minimizing resources spent on sample production as well as lead time, enabling environmentally-friendly manufacturing.

In May 2022, KDDI developed a high-resolution XR mannequin for apparel sales, with support from Google Cloud. It enables various devices such as store signages and smartphones to check products from any angle in 360 degrees, enabling stores to sell products without maintaining inventory.

SHIMA SEIKI and KDDI combines APEXFiz and XR Mannequin to start providing XR Mannequin for APEXFiz. This brings DX solutions to all stages in the supply chain for the apparel industry, from planning and design to sample making, production, distribution, and retail sales. SHIMA SEIKI and KDDI will continue to create services together that link each other's products, to bring about a sustainable society by reducing excess stock, and providing a customer experience that gives peace of mind when purchasing products.

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SHIMA SEIKI

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Lectra Modaris V8R2
09.07.2019

Lectra-Software sorgt für kürzere Markteinführungszeiten von Kollektionen

  • Empowering customers through industrial intelligence
  • Neue Version von Modaris macht 3D-Prototyping noch realitätsnäher

Ismaning/Paris – Lectra bringt Modaris V8R2 auf den Markt, eine neue Version seiner 2D/3D-Lösung für Modellerstellung, Gradierung und Prototyping. Das Upgrade, der von führenden Modeund
Bekleidungsherstellern weltweit meistgenutzten Modellerstellungslösung, sorgt für noch mehr Geschwindigkeit, Effizienz und Präzision in der Produktentwicklung. Dank leistungsstarker Tools für die 3D-Simulation und der verbesserten Zusammenarbeit wird die Modellentwicklung und Entscheidungsfindung noch weiter beschleunigt. Durch weniger – oder sogar gar keine physischen Prototypen senken Modeunternehmen die Entwicklungskosten und neue Produkte können möglichst zeitnah nach Trenderkennung auf dem Markt eingeführt werden.

Optimierte Zusammenarbeit

  • Empowering customers through industrial intelligence
  • Neue Version von Modaris macht 3D-Prototyping noch realitätsnäher

Ismaning/Paris – Lectra bringt Modaris V8R2 auf den Markt, eine neue Version seiner 2D/3D-Lösung für Modellerstellung, Gradierung und Prototyping. Das Upgrade, der von führenden Modeund
Bekleidungsherstellern weltweit meistgenutzten Modellerstellungslösung, sorgt für noch mehr Geschwindigkeit, Effizienz und Präzision in der Produktentwicklung. Dank leistungsstarker Tools für die 3D-Simulation und der verbesserten Zusammenarbeit wird die Modellentwicklung und Entscheidungsfindung noch weiter beschleunigt. Durch weniger – oder sogar gar keine physischen Prototypen senken Modeunternehmen die Entwicklungskosten und neue Produkte können möglichst zeitnah nach Trenderkennung auf dem Markt eingeführt werden.

Optimierte Zusammenarbeit

Modellmacher können mit der neuen Version von jedem Gerät aus mit ihren Partnern 360-Grad-Videos austauschen. Im Gegenzug können Designer mit dem neuen 3D Style-Modul Modell und Passform
anzeigen, kommentieren und genehmigen.

Schnellere Modellerstellung

Die Upgrades von Modaris V8R2 reduzieren die physischen Prototypen um bis zu 50 %. Sie bieten eine noch bessere Qualität der 3D-Simulationen und eine erweiterte Biblioth ek mit mehreren neuen Funktionen - von 3D-Absteppungen, über Beleuchtungsoptionen bis hin zu Pantone und Natural Color Systemen. Die Lösung ist mit dem hochwertigen Vizoo Scanner kompatibel, der für realistischer aussehende Stoffmuster sorgt. Zudem ermöglichen weitere 3D-Komponenten, wie Maya, 3DS Max oder Iray, realitätsgetreuere und genauere digitale Renderings der Prototypen. Mit der neuen Abnäherfunktion von Modaris V8R2 können Modellersteller den Modellen problemlos Abmessungen hinzufügen und für die Änderung eines Abnähers ist nur noch halb so viel Zeit erforderlich.

Garantiert die richtige Größe

Des Weiteren ermöglicht die Lösung die Verwaltung unterschiedlicher Maßeinheiten und trägt damit den Anforderungen der globalen Arbeitskräfte der Modebranche Rechnung. Mit Lectras Modaris V8R2
können Modellmacher und externe Lieferanten die Übereinstimmung von Größen garantieren, ungeachtet der in den Herstellungsländern verwendeten Maßsysteme. Mit Modaris V8R2 baut Lectra seine Position als führender Anbieter von Produktentwicklungssoftware weiter aus und die neue Version wird bereits bei Pilotkunden, wie dem italienischen Modeunternehmen GGZ positiv aufgenommen: „GGZ ist ein Fast-Fashion-Unternehmen - Zeit und Qualität sind für uns von ausschlaggebender Bedeutung. Mit der neuen Abnäherfunktion von Modaris können wir Modelländerungen in der Hälfte der Zeit durchführen. Darüber hinaus können wir durch das 3DPrototyping schon frühzeitig sicherstellen, dass die Größen und Proportionen der Modelle den Erwartungen der Designer entsprechen und die Vorlaufzeiten deutlich reduzieren“, sagt Majla Gottardo, Modellerstellerin, GGZ.

„Im Informationszeitalter reagieren wir mit unseren Lösungen auf die Bedürfnisse von Modellerstellern, die den unterschiedlichen Vorlieben, Körperformen und Größen der Verbraucher gerecht werden müssen. Modellmacher müssen eine Vielzahl von Kollektionen liefern und können sich keine Fehler leisten. Wir möchten ihre alltägliche Arbeit erleichtern und ihnen helfen, den Entwicklungsprozess zu rationalisieren und die Anzahl von Nacharbeiten zu reduzieren, damit sie gleich von Anfang an die richtige Passform erzielen“, erklärt Céline Choussy, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Lectra. „All das ist mit Modaris V8R2 möglich.“

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Lectra Deutschland GmbH