New Release Focuses on Productivity, Improved Material Utilization and Ease of Use

OptiTex distributor, PGM Int'l Group Ltd., will be present at China Int'l Sewing Machinery & Accessories Show (CISMA) 27-30 Sept 2011 at the Shanghai new int'l expo center in Hall E1, Booth no. C31. CISMA is the world's largest professional sewing equipment exhibition.

There has been recent interest in LEAN manufacturing, a concept that adopts efficient ways to optimize production and reduce wastage. Singapore-based AMS System Services has adopted this concept and incorporated it into the design of E-LEAN system and achieved remarkable results in its application. The E-LEAN system, specifically designed to meet the demands of a globalised market, has an inbuilt LEAN framework which can be more easily implemented than conventional means.

A new software tool that helps manufacturers calculate the right amount of thread needed for a production run, and also monitor the efficiency of raw materials usage, has been launched.

Parents may worry less about losing their child - and the kid's expensive coat - with a new piece of winter wear that includes a global positioning tracker.

The market for moisture management fabrics is set to grow as apparel manufacturers shift

their attention to the high-performance end of the sector and consumers place increasing

importance on the performance of garments, according to the latest issue of Performance

Apparel Markets.

Having taken the measurements of over a million people inside institutions and clothed them, TELMAT is now commercialising SYMCAD II, an unprecedented innovation in the measurement of the human body. Very easy to use, SYMCAD II provides boutiques and clothing store chains with an automated body measurement system that can determine clothing sizes and help produce made-to-measure clothes.

Worldwide apparel and textile manufacturers who have long sought low-cost digital printing capabilities combined with high accuracy and fast throughput digital cutting (laser cutting, can now get demonstrations of a unique printing equipment innovation-- INX NW 140 UV Digital Narrow Web Press and Spartanics X140 Laser Cutting Station --(http://www.spartanics.com/products_detail.cgi?id_num=65&styleid=2 ).

A new online tool that helps fashion companies collaborate better with their suppliers when purchasing goods is among latest fashion-specific offerings from LawsonSoftware.