The Shima Seiki system claims to offer a smooth transition to machine programming, reducing waste and accelerating time-to-market. Credit: Shutterstock The SDS-One Apex series now features a total of ...

Genevieve Dion has focused her research on identifying production methods that advance the field of wearable technology. Following the signing of a groundbreaking, million dollar agreement with Shima ...

When Masahiro Shima started his glove-knitting machine factory in 1962, all he intended to do was to automate the production of safe, reliable and perfectly designed knitted gloves. Turning the glove ...

Knitwear is a $200 billion business that produces nearly 20% of all garments sold annually. This segment of the fashion industry is being rapidly revolutionized by new digital fabrication technologies ...

Japanese textile solutions provider Shima Seiki of Wakayama, Japan will display for the first time at JEC World 2020, a prototype weft knitting machine under development that is capable of multi-axial ...

The COVID-19 crisis has put the onus on apparel manufacturers to pivot to a product no one could have predicted would be so necessary to the public just a few short months ago: face masks. But as more ...