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Robotics innovation is key to reshoring the $1T apparel manufacturing industry

Robotics Business Review

Sewing machines were controlled via ROS to synchronized apparel operation with a robot. Source: ARM Institute A staggering 97% of the apparel sold and worn in the U.S. is made overseas, according to the American Apparel & Footwear Association. Not only does this mean that the U.S. Not only does this mean that the U.S.

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Grafton Apparel enters into sale agreement with Stern Partners Inc.

Canadian Manufacturing

TORONTO — Grafton Apparel Ltd. “Across Tip Top and our Big & Tall stores, Grafton Apparel offers unparalleled quality, value, and style that has delivered record results,” says Lance Itkoff, President and CEO of Grafton. a Canadian private investment company controlled by Ronald N.

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Gildan launches positioning and marketing campaigns for the Gildan, American Apparel, and Comfort Colors brands

Canadian Manufacturing

MONTREAL — Gildan announced the release of its new positioning and marketing campaigns for the Gildan, American Apparel, and Comfort Colors brands. “We American Apparel will debut The 2001 and Only campaign, spotlighting its original AA2001 style. Photo: Gildan.

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Canada Goose laying off 17% of its staff

Canadian Manufacturing

The layoff comes months after executives said they were open to hiking prices as buyers rethink purchasing expensive apparel while interest rates and inflation remain high and temperatures are unseasonably warm.

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BMC selects Zebra to automate operations

Robotics Automation News

Zebra Technologies, an industrial automation company, says Bespoke Manufacturing Company, an apparel manufacturer, has selected S&H Systems and Zebra’s Fetch autonomous mobile robots and fixed industrial scanners to improve visibility and productivity.

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Underwear apparel company Hanes rolls out FuturMaster demand planning software to boost global supply chain

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

HanesBrands, the $6.5bn global apparel company that manufactures and sells a number of leading underwear and activewear brands including Wonderbra, DKNY, Playtex and Champion, is deploying a standardised IT system to help with supply and demand forecasting in more than twenty-five countries.

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US Manufacturing PMI inched up to 47.7% in February

AU Manufacturing

The February Manufacturing PMI in the United States of America has registered 47.7 per cent recorded in January, according to the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Report On Business. The post US Manufacturing PMI inched up to 47.7% per cent, 0.3 per cent is 0.4

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