Optitex 2D/3D tools to power your transportation seating systems
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by Marielle Pesant
2y ago
Transportation seating manufacturers may have several reasons for rethinking their CAD solutions, where their decisions are directly related to technical and support issues. But more often than not, it’s to gain a competitive edge. To enhance their market position, transportation seating companies are turning their attention to new and advanced product strategies. One example is the recent development in the cover seat replacement market, resulting from the increased awareness of hygiene, and disinfecting the car, due to the current pandemic and the growing popularity of ride sharing. Drivers ..read more
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Replacing Your Legacy Fashion CAD: What brands & manufacturers need to know
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by Marielle Pesant
2y ago
Leggi in ItalianoLire en Français Fashion companies may have several reasons for upgrading or replacing their CAD system, where decisions are directly related to technical and support issues. But more often than not, it’s to gain a competitive edge. To enhance their market position, fashion companies are turning their attention to new and advanced product strategies. That’s because brands and manufacturers can no longer focus on a single strength. Today, they must consider several key factors, such as innovation, performance, customization, and end-product quality. Time-to-market and costs, al ..read more
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2020 – What a Year It Was…
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by Marielle Pesant
3y ago
Leggi in ItalianoLire en Français 2020 helped Optitex find new ways to grow, new ways to shine – and new ways to be there for one another. 2020 was all about change, about adapting, and about making the transition to the digital space, easier. To support its user community as they made the move to remote working, throughout 2020, Optitex continued to develop and deliver exciting new tools and knowledge-transfer sessions to ease customers’ digital transformation journey. Here’s a look back on the main highlights of the past year, where despite its many challenges, Optitex continued to put its c ..read more
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Harnessing the power of 3D for sustainable design & prototyping
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by Marielle Pesant
3y ago
Leggi in ItalianoLire en Français The Power of 3D: Facilitating a sustainable design process Sustainable fashion design is the process of designing garments with the aim of reducing the amount of waste, where today, traditional fashion production results in 15-25% of materials being wasted. Most of the industry’s efforts to minimise waste focuses on manufacturing, but the design process itself, is also a significant source of waste. Many traditional fashion companies centre their efforts on aesthetics, functionality and production costs, despite their impact on the environment. This, in turn ..read more
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3D Challenges in the Fashion Industry
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by Marielle Pesant
4y ago
Leggi in italianoLire en français Fabric and garment simulation raise some very real challenges in today’s fast-paced fashion design and manufacturing industry, such as mechanical simulation, collision detection, geometric modeling, interactivity, and others. Let’s start by looking at how a fabric reacts under various conditions – draping, folds, wrinkling, and tearing. A fabric’s reaction to these and other conditions is the result of the many properties that make up specific fabrics. More importantly, is how a fabric reacts to its environment, where certain fabrics will react very differentl ..read more
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Printing on Demand is Here
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by Marielle Pesant
4y ago
In a recent article, Textile Today magazine described digital textile printing as “one of the most promising developments in the textile industry.” The most common method of textile printing is screen printing using rotary frames, but with the introduction of digital printing in the 1990s, the time gap between the design of the print and the production of the finished product became significantly shorter. A few years ago, digital textile printing was only competitive for sampling, but this situation has changed dramatically with the appearance of new printers and inks. The digital textile prin ..read more
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Connecting the Supply Chain
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by Marielle Pesant
4y ago
In a recent article on Apparel Magazine, Jon Slangerup, Chairman and CEO of American Global Logistics, described the complexity of the fashion industry’s supply chain by saying “Few supply chains are as dynamic as those relied upon by the fashion industry.” Indeed, a myriad of elements must be managed simultaneously within extremely tight deadlines, such as short product life cycles, a broad network of suppliers, fierce competition, demanding consumers, and more. Growing industry demands highlight the importance of a well-managed supply chain. In 2017, the global fashion industry was worth $2 ..read more
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How Traditional Fashion Houses Embrace Innovation
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by Marielle Pesant
4y ago
One of the most interesting conflicts in the fashion world is between a traditional point of view and a groundbreaking one. On the one hand, elite fashion houses pride themselves on being around for centuries and offering timeless, iconic items. On the other hand, there’s the constant pursuit after the next trend in fashion and a strong desire to be the first to introduce it to the world. This is a business that is focused both on setting the rules and shattering them. This internal conflict grows stronger as we examine fashion’s relationship with innovative technology. The tools and technique ..read more
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India is in Style
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by Marielle Pesant
4y ago
When we think of the fashion capitals of the world, the cities that come to mind are New York, London, Milan, and Paris. But will we soon find Delhi or Mumbai on this list? In its recent “The state of fashion 2019” report, global consulting firm McKinsey named India’s fashion industry one of the 10 trends to watch in 2019, noting that the country’s advancements in manufacturing and tech, combined with its growing middle class, turn it into “an essential destination for fashion companies.“ Here at EFI Optitex, we’ve been investing on India’s fascinating fashion arena for quite some time and are ..read more
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