SEWING INNOVATION ABOUNDS AS COMPANIES SEEK TO INJECT MORE AUTOMATION TO BOOST EFFICIENCY
April 9th, 2024
As the textile industry has adopted technological solutions to boost efficiency, sewing has remained the last bastion of manual labour due, primarily, to the malleable features of fabric. Robots introduced to automate most other aspects of the industry have - thus far – largely failed to replace human sewing.
But emerging technologies are entering the market, with new ideas set to be commercialised, which could change how products are manufactured and where they are made.
“The textile industry, often perceived as traditional, is undergoing a quiet ...
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