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SoftWear Automation, a company which builds machines for the textiles industry, is launching something it calls “Sewbots as a service”.
“Sewbots” – short for sewing robots – is the name the company uses for its automated sewing machines, and whereas previously it was looking to sell units, now it will also hire them out.
If SoftWear’s technology takes off, it will have dramatic implications for the textiles industry. [Read more…] about SoftWear Automation launches ‘Sewbots as a service’
SoftWear Automation, an Atlanta-based robotic sewing firm, has received $4.5 million in financing from existing investor, CTW Venture Partners.
The company says funding will accelerate the company’s development of fully automated sewn good worklines specifically for apparel production in the United States.
Additionally, the company plans to add 20 employees to keep pace with growing customer demand. [Read more…] about SoftWear Automation raises another $4.5 million and pledges to help bring back manufacturing to the US
More and more companies in the textiles, clothing and footwear business are turning to advanced manufacturing technologies – robotic sewing machines and connected systems – to reduce the number of humans in their factories, along with the financial and social costs of employing them.
One of the largest apparel manufacturers in India, Raymond, which employs 30,000 human workers, says it plans to replace 10,000 of them with robots over the next three years. [Read more…] about Sewbots prepare to take millions of jobs off humans in clothes manufacturing sector
