Two diverse developments in the garment arena are fascinating me today.
The first being the talk about Industry 4.0 and the speed of the industry to
adopt machines to impress the garment manufacturers.
However, many have an ambiguous understanding of the concept and are
already positioning their technologies as Industry 4.0, ready to impress
their customers. Their limit to get admiration can extend up to just putting
a sensor to mark the machine temperature,which is communicated to
the user via an app and qualifies for a company as an Industry 4.0 ready
technology!
It is obvious that the garment manufacturers currently are unware about this emerging innovation since they accept every bit of computer-aided technology presented to them as Industry 4.0 ready, without question. But then, every concept takes time to develop and shape up to a level when both sides of the industry become well-versed and equipped to understand the thought in its totality and use it optimally.
The second development that I am watching very carefully is the upward movement of manufacturing in the USA, which is now US $ 13.6 billion of shipments annually, and which is growing further. Though most manufacturers in the US have small units with 25-60 machines, the growth is coming through big Chinese investments that are happening in garmenting, of late.
The latest is a Chinese company setting up a robotic plant in the US to take advantage of the ‘Trump Trust’ for local manufacturing. I am sure these kinds of initiatives would put a greater emphasis on the need to expedite Industry 4.0 equipped technology.
I will be visiting CISMA this month and it will be interesting to see how Chinese technology companies are geared up to imbibe Industry 4.0 in their technological processes. Earlier this year, the 4.0 revolution was the buzzword at Texprocess, Germany.
StitchWorld has always stayed ahead, bringing you all the newer perspectives and latest technologies, without losing touch with reality, because the major chunk of manufacturing still happens in the Third World (developing) economies, which require basic machines and few automats to make complete use of lower labour wages.
Our special issue covers a comprehensive preview of the technology variants that one can look forward to witness at CISMA from various technology manufacturers from around the globe.
It is obvious that the garment manufacturers currently are unware about this emerging innovation since they accept every bit of computer-aided technology presented to them as Industry 4.0 ready, without question. But then, every concept takes time to develop and shape up to a level when both sides of the industry become well-versed and equipped to understand the thought in its totality and use it optimally.
The second development that I am watching very carefully is the upward movement of manufacturing in the USA, which is now US $ 13.6 billion of shipments annually, and which is growing further. Though most manufacturers in the US have small units with 25-60 machines, the growth is coming through big Chinese investments that are happening in garmenting, of late.
The latest is a Chinese company setting up a robotic plant in the US to take advantage of the ‘Trump Trust’ for local manufacturing. I am sure these kinds of initiatives would put a greater emphasis on the need to expedite Industry 4.0 equipped technology.
I will be visiting CISMA this month and it will be interesting to see how Chinese technology companies are geared up to imbibe Industry 4.0 in their technological processes. Earlier this year, the 4.0 revolution was the buzzword at Texprocess, Germany.
StitchWorld has always stayed ahead, bringing you all the newer perspectives and latest technologies, without losing touch with reality, because the major chunk of manufacturing still happens in the Third World (developing) economies, which require basic machines and few automats to make complete use of lower labour wages.
Our special issue covers a comprehensive preview of the technology variants that one can look forward to witness at CISMA from various technology manufacturers from around the globe.
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