Events
MoS, Textiles Commends NITRA’s Role in Providing Trained Manpoer
NITRA’s 10th Convocation was held recently at NITRA, Ghaziabad. Hon’ble Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Textiles, GoI was the chief Guest. The Guest of Honor was V. Srinivas, I.A.S., Jt. Secretary, Minitry of TextilesT, Governent of India. Eminent industrialists R. L. Nolkha, K. K. Agarwal, R. C. Jain and Shishir Jaipuria, all members of NITRA Governing Council, were also present.167 students from 11 programs were awarded certificates and medals in this year’s convocation.
R. L. Nolkha, Chairman, NITRA, in his welcome address underscore that the future of Indian textile and clothing industry is very bright. He said that the industry needs trained people from experienced and reputed training organizations like NITRA to perform better in business. He informed that at present NITRA has nearly 1700 alumni strength that is efficiently serving in more than 100 apparel and textile companies.
Director NITRA Dr. J,V.Rao disclosed that NITRA had set benchmarking standard in professional training and offered 14 industry-oriented techno-management programs on regular, part-time and distance learning modes, covering the areas such as textile/garment manufacturing, textile/garment designing, merchandising, quality assurance, garment finishing and sewing machine operation and maintenance. Apart from the regular students, the DLP students also excelled in their careers after updating their knowledge from NITRA. Under the ISDS launched by Government of India, NITRA has set a target to train 16,600 personnel over the next five years. To conclude, Dr. Rao also spoke about the “Centre of Excellence” set up at NITRA for carrying out R&D and training in protective textiles and the new Fire Testing Laboratory at NITRA.
V. Srinivas, in his key-note address informed that investment worth Rs. 2,000 crore is pumped in T&A sector in the last five years that is generating employment potential of 9 crore people in the coming years. He also discussed about the Government’s Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) for the Textile and Apparel Sector, launched in July’11 with financial outlay of Rs. 229 crore to train 26.75 lakh people over a period of 5 years.
Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi in her Convocation Address stated that the Indian textile and clothing industry contributes 14% to industrial production, 12% to export earnings, 4% to the GDP and 18% employment for the country. The industry directly employs nearly 35 million people and the current size of it is US$ 55 billion. The Ministry of Textiles has taken several new initiatives such as ISDS, TMTT, SITP, and TUFs, in order to achieve faster and inclusive growth of this industry that is likely to generate additional 30 million direct and indirect employment by 2020. The Minister expressed happiness over NITRA’s brilliant performance in training youngsters and providing them job opportunities.
K. K. Agarwal, Dy. Chairman NITRA, while proposing the formal vote of thanks, asserted that NITRA’s initiatives would fully support the existing Government. initiatives for manpower training and thus would benefit the textiles and apparel industry as a whole.
PAF Hosting IFFTI Conference on ‘Fashion Without Frontiers’
Come March 2012, India will see celebrated designers, style gurus and fashion educators from across the globe converge in the vibrant city of Jaipur, Rajasthan under the auspicies of the 14th Annual Conference of International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI). IFFTI which is a leading international forum for the fashion industry that has metamorphised into a significant gathering of industry shapers, begins on March 17, 2012. Pearl Academy of Fashion is proud host of the five day event in India.
The theme of the IFFTI 2012 conference is ‘Fashion Beyond Borders’ and addresses issues such as multicultural identities, virtual connections, commercial opportunities and educational responses amongst others. The conference is scheduled to include prominent names from the fashion sector including Yohji Yamamoto, Romeo Gigli, Simon Lock, Jeffry Aronsson, Rajeev Sethi, Manish Arora, Ram Sareen, Christopher Sanderson –drawn from all corners of the world to share their thoughts and vision on the business of fashion. Think tanks in Design, Technology and Business of fashion from 40 member institutions of IFFTI representing 19 countries, along with large enterprises and institutes from India, will converge to discuss issues and opportunities pertaining to the vibrant and rapidly evolving sector.
Dr. Satoshi Onuma, Chairperson, IFFTI said “The first decade of the new millennium has exhibited interesting and significant trends. The idea of fashion has struck a universal chord with multiple fashion weeks occurring across continents. Despite these global market trends, Fashion and Design haven’t quite evolved as mainstream career options in India. The fashion and design excellence being brought into India through IFFTI will place India on the global platform of fashion education and change mindsets significantly.”
Dr. A.K.G. Nair, Group Director, Pearl Academy of Fashion said “It is indeed a great honour to host the prestigious 14th Annual IFFTI Conference. The IFFTI 2012 conference will have industry representatives from all parts of the globe, ensuring a cross-border exchange of fashion ideas and trends, thereby enriching all stakeholders. Cognizant of the global interests of Indian fashion designers and manufacturers, the IFFTI 2012 Conference provides an unique opportunity for our talents to show the world what India has to offer.”
Since its inception fourteen years ago, IFFTI has grown into the most comprehensive and prestigious international organization representing leading fashion higher education institutions in the areas of design, technology and business. IFFTI presently comprises 35 members from 19 countries.
SWF Happy with Indian Market Response: HANS MUN
Defying the downward trend that is apparent in the apparel sector, especially embroidery, the Korean embroidery giant SWF has been making steady inroads in the Chinese brand dominated segment. This segment of the embroidery industry had emerged as the fastest growing sector due to its ability to offer very low rates, bordering on the absurd. Now that better quality and faster deliveries have become the norm of the buyer, price points remain a sensitive issue albeit first two criteria are met with. This has prompted many to consider SWF for their reliable and quality oriented performance.
Such is the demand for SWF machines that in spite of their sizable presence in the forthcoming Garment Technology Expo (GTE 2012), SWF held a private show at their Delhi office at Okhla on 15th-16th December to showcase the salient features of their latest TA Series meant for high value addition to the embroidery work. Its innovative taping and coiling features allow it to produce most complicated of designs with ease. Its peripheral units for taping / cording, coiling and zig-zag embroidery can easily be replaced and mounted. Its zig-zag sewing patterns are automatically generated on the basis of running stitch data. The touch screen operation box allows easy selection of the particular type of embroidery that can be done with this machine. Stable and smooth thread flow ensures consistent thread tension which results in creation of beautiful embroidery. A large number of industry people attended the two day private show including Brijesh–Jade Knits, RK Tiwari – Charming Apparels, Deepak Singla – Shiv Jyoti Group, Ajay Agarwal – SK Embroidery, Rajneesh Grover – Sri Krishna Embroidery. According to Megha Anand, Director-HCA, the sole agents of SWF machines in this region, they received several serious inquiries during the 2-day private show.
Speaking to The Stitch Times, Hans Mun, Managing Director – Sunstar’s Delhi office said, “We are very pleased with the response from the Indian market though it is currently a little slow. Our customers have been giving us very good feedback of the performance of the machines. As SWF machines perform with minimum thread breakage, the output is very good that allows the users to get more work done through lesser work force and stay profitable in this competitive market.”
“In 2012 We plan to have more private shows at various embroidery centers in India to have a direct contact with our existing and potential customers as during big trade fairs we are not able to devote enough time to the focused industry visitors. We are very enthused with the response SWF machines are getting. More and more customers are now opting for high value addition machines,” added Jon Yoon, Sales Manager, Sunstar-Delhi office.
SWF also displayed their single-head variants MA-6 and E Single series machines. These models are ideal for small order and industrial production respectively. MA-6 operates at a speed of 1000 rpm while E Single runs at 1200 rpm. Both models come with colour graphic LCD screen and consume very little power. Due to their tubular frames, both the machines can do embroidery on ready T-shirts and caps also. Cap frame is optional and comes in wide and semi-wide variety.
Technology
Clariant and Cotton Incorporated Develop New Wrinkle Technology
Wrinkle-free technology for cotton fabrics has taken a giant leap forward with Clariant’s launch of high performance, sustainable and innovative Foam Eco Care finishing. The new foam application formula results in increased productivity, improved energy usage as well as improved abrasion resistance and fabric strength, and reduced chemical usage without compromising durable press ratings.
Global textile solution provider Clariant has been working for the past two years with Cotton Incorporated of America to achieve this breakthrough in advanced resin-based foam finish application that is more resource efficient than current techniques and especially suited to the production of shirt and trouser fabrics, as it also allows for non-iron properties.
Clariant had already achieved good success with its recently developed Premium Eco Care finish for an environmentally friendlier wrinkle-free finish, using its Arkofix® ELF product, and cross-linking it with low curing temperatures. Notwithstanding this, under an open innovation program the Business Unit Textile Chemicals believed that further innovation was possible by applying the chemicals by foam. Cotton Incorporated also believed that it was the way forward to more sustainable finishing.
“You could say that Clariant’s Foam Eco Care proves the old adage that two heads are better than one,” says Ken Greeson, Senior Textile Chemist at Cotton Incorporated headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. “This new process has major advantages over conventional pad application and we are sure it will be welcomed right across the industry. We used the same cotton poplin and denim fabrics throughout the trials and used Gaston CFS (chemical foam system) application technology.”
Foam Eco Care, developed under laboratory conditions, has been extensively tested in commercial mills in Italy and the results have been identical. “What we had achieved under ideal lab conditions had to be reproducible within the commercial environment of ordinary textile mills,” says Georg Lang, Head of PG Finishing at Clariant. “Foam application machinery is now generally used within modern textile mills and adapting to Foam Eco Care should not be difficult nor require any serious investment.
Where mills need to introduce foam application equipment, which can be used for purposes other than just durable press finishing, the payback time would be very short.” The economics of the new system are sound.
Besides faster drying times, the benefits of Foam Eco Care finishing are clear - in particular in the field of non-iron finishing. It produces excellent durable press ratings and it is less complicated than traditional moist cross-linking and the simplified system generates excellent performance which is very close to the results known with moist cross-linking. Crucially in today’s environmentally conscious climate, where issues of sustainability are of increasing importance, it uses less energy as a result of its low temperature curing resin chemistry. Less water is required and because of faster drying speeds there are commensurate advantages in terms of overall productivity. With low formaldehyde (substantially less than the 75ppm permitted limit) it means that no after-wash is needed, another saving when compared with moist cross-linking.
Lean Management
New Institute for Operational Excellence to Support Embattled Indian Textile and Apparel Industry
Global business advisory firm TBM Consulting Group selects operational leader from the apparel industry, Vineet Sethi, to spearhead sector initiatives and help launch the TBM Institute for Operational Excellence.
Remaining competitive in global textile and garment markets, and reversing the downward trend in exports, will require a full-on embrace of the time-based management concepts and LeanSigma practices, according to Anand Sharma, Founder and CEO of TBM Consulting Group (headquartered in Durham, N.C., USA, www.tbmcg.com) “To stay afloat in the face of severe market pressures, Indian textile and garment companies will have make serious cost reductions and productivity improvements,” he said in a recent interview with The Stitch Times. “There’s really no alternative if they want to keep their doors open.”
TBM Consulting Group has worked with large- and medium-sized manufacturers in India to make such improvements for many years. In 2012 the firm will be investing additional resources and hiring experienced business leaders to help more Indian companies maintain their competitive edge by learning about and adopting LeanSigma methodologies. In one of its first moves the firm hired Vineet Sethi, most recently Chief Operating Officer for Gokaldas Exports, as a Senior Management Consultant to provide advisory and training services to the textile and garment industry.
Recently The Stitch Times had an opportunity to meet with Vineet in New Delhi. According to Vineet, TBM’s total focus is on improving business performance in such a way that it translates into sales and revenue growth by making dramatic improvements in customer satisfaction. “TBM takes great pride in helping our client’s achieve breakthrough results,” he said. “The company was built on long-term relationships and a legacy of delivering bottom-line financial benefits and strategic growth through operational excellence and cultural transformation.”
As Vineet further explained, “Our heritage in helping companies build a foundation of operational excellence comes from our in-depth knowledge and experience implementing the Toyota Production System and Six Sigma practices at a wide variety of companies in many different industries.” The firm’s formal training initiative, the TBM Institute for Operational Excellence, provides in-depth, hands-on instruction designed to provide business leaders and managers a deep understanding of lean manufacturing’s core principles and process improvement tools. The Institute offers a wide variety of custom training programs, material licensing, and public workshops, as well as practitioner conferences for networking, knowledge sharing and real-world benchmarking.
When asked what is special about TBM, Vineet said “We specialize in effective strategy execution. You can work with a company to create a great business plan, but you have to execute, which is where most consultancies fall short.” Effective execution requires the systematic application of tools, knowledge development and culture change. Elements include policy deployment, rapid improvement projects, visual management, and managing for daily improvement to reduce variation, make sustainable cost reductions, and improve productivity. “When combined correctly and systematically, our approach can produce results that are truly incredible,” he said.
Vineet started his career with an apparel export house where he was initiated into the intricacies of the garment industry. Moving up the value chain, he joined Li & Fung as Manager of Quality and Technical Assurance, which was followed by an assignment as Manager of Quality Assurance for Gap Inc. He joined Gokaldas Exports Ltd. as a General Manager and later led the implementation of Lean Sigma within the company’s four production units as a certified Lean Sigma Consultant. Based on the subsequent, dramatic improvements in operational performance, Vineet rose to the position of Chief Operating Officer for Gokaldas, which was acquired by private equity giant Blackstone Group in 2007.
Awards
Top Garment Exporters Bask in Glory of Their Outstanding Performance
Apparel Export Promotion Council recently organised ‘Excellence in Export and Lifetime Achievement Awards Function.’ One of the key events from AEPC that has been recognizing the efforts and performances of leading exporters from Indian Apparel Industry. This year, has seen the felicitation of India’s top apparel exporters since 2008-09 and 2009-10.
“I am glad to be a part of the effort to recognize the highest performers in the apparel export industry, by organizing AEPC’s Export and Lifetime Achievement Award on 14th November 2011. Considering the past year, this has been specially challenging for the apparel industry worldwide with global recession and plunging demand. This award ceremony will help motivate exporters for achieving higher targets. I congratulate the award winners and wish them continued success in future.” Added Ms. Rita Menon, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
On the occasion, Premal Udani, Chairman, AEPC added, “At AEPC, we are committed to honour the efforts of India’s apparel industry. The collective endeavours of the garment exporters have been making this USD 30 billion industry stronger and the council recognizes their continuous efforts towards the economic development of the country. These export awards will not only encourage the awardees to scale up their operations, but will also help them enhance their image and competency on a global arena. Their performance has brought joy and pride, not only to the Council, but to the entire country.”
Apparel exports have reached at USD 6757 million in the first two quarters of the financial year 2011-12 with a growth rate of 33 per cent against the corresponding period of last year. In September 2011, exports have increased by 28.3 per cent against the corresponding month of last year. In rupee terms, the exports have increased by 32.6 percent in September 2011-12 over the same month of the previous FY.
In the last financial year exports increased by 4.2 per cent from the previous FY 2009-10 and totaled to US$ 11163 million in April-March 2010-11.
In 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Shahi Exports Private Limited, Faridabad; Gokaldas Exports Limited, Bangalore; and Eastman Exports Global Clothing Private Limited, Tirupur were awarded for the Highest Global Exports.
The Highest Growth in 2008-09 award category was awarded to Celebrations Apparel Limited, Bangalore; Cheer Sagar exports, Jaipur; Rama Krishna knitters Private Limited, Ludhiana. In the same category in 2009-2010 the award was given to Rama Krishna knitters Private Limited, Ludhiana; Aman Exports International, Jaipur and Cheer Sagar Exports, Jaipur.
Gokaldas Exports Limited, Bangalore; Shahi Exports Private Limited, Faridabad and Orient Craft Limited, Gurgaon were awarded the highest Group employment provider award for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
Press Conference
Oeko-Tex is Set to Create Larger Footprint in India
With over 100,000 certificates issued for more than 9500 companies all along the textile supply chain, the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 is the most widely used label for textiles tested for harmful substances in the world. Despite the economically difficult times for the textile and clothing industry, the OEKO-TEX® Association has for the second year in succession issued more than 11,000 certificates in a year. Internationally, the independent OEKO-TEX® certification system continues to enjoy remarkable growth.
With an increasing, successive doses of restrictions that are essentially to eliminate harmful substances from the textiles as is being practiced by the developed countries that are essentially our important export destinations, there is a greater need today to have our products being certified to be free from chemicals that according to current knowledge are harmful to health. Oeko-Tex is one such important certificate that would help any exporter to come to grief for letting harmful chemicals vitiate their products.
Keeping in view the abundant potential for the need for such certification in India, Oeko-Tex presented its blue print, highlighting the service that it can render to Indian textile and garment manufacturers and exporters in a press meet. The presentations were made by Dr. Jean-Pierre Haug, Secretary General of the International Oedo-Tex Association and Dr. Jean-Pierre Haug, Secretary Genera of the international Oeko-Tex Association underscoring the inevitability of textile and garment exporters taking increasing care to eliminate harmful substances from the textiles and how Oeko-Tex certificate could help them. In reply to a question raised by The Stitch Times as to how much research laboratories are being run and where, it was explained that the present facility currently available is in Germany. Another participant brought up the issue of urgent need for setting up such research and testing facility in Asia, particularly when the time is of extreme essence in such cases of certification and when a much larger number of certifications are being asked by Asian textile and garment manufacturers and exporters. It was explained that one such facility is being set up at Hong Kong to meet the growing needs of Asian clients.
With 11,283 certificates issued in the last year alone, and more than 9,500 companies involved in the scheme in over 90 countries, the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 has once again confirmed its position as the world's leading certification scheme for textiles tested for harmful substances – that was the conclusion of this year's meeting of the heads of OEKO-TEX® institutes, which, in view of the growing number of certificates issued to production companies in Asian countries such as India, took place in Delhi for the first time, on 7 and 8 November.
As always, the agenda included decision-making on the new version of the OEKO-TEX® list of criteria, and internal agreement by the 15 OEKO-TEX® member institutes on existing quality control procedures to ensure a consistent standard of testing and compliance with the required product quality, as well as on the question of international trademark protection for the "Confidence in Textiles" label.
Another focus for discussion at the meeting was an analysis of the company audits that were introduced in 2010. Since April last year, said OEKO-TEX® General Secretary Dr. Jean-Pierre Haug, the OEKO-TEX® Association had already visited over 2000 companies internationally as part of the certification process, in order to give them customised support with implementing the OEKO-TEX® requirements regarding operational quality control. "When we carry out company audits on the spot, we can clarify any unresolved issues face-to-face with the quality managers, and so help the companies to gain maximum value for
money from the certification process." It was therefore unanimously agreed by the General Managers of the OEKO-TEX® institutes that global company monitoring would continue.
The aim is for all certificate-holders to have been successfully audited by 2013. The OEKO-TEX® representatives also unanimously confirmed the initiative by the technical OEKO-TEX® Executive Committee to introduce checking for alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEOs) such as nonylphenol as a requirement for product certification under the OEKOTEX ® Standard 100 in future. From January 2012, nonylphenol, nonylphenol-(1-9) ethoxylates, octylphenol and octylphenol-(1-2) ethoxylates will be included in the OEKOTEX ® list of criteria, so from April 2013 companies will be obliged to comply with the defined limit values in all certification processes.
The OEKO-TEX® General Managers attending the meeting in Delhi were also unanimous in agreeing to extend the scale of regular control testing of certified products worldwide from the current level of at least 15% of all certificates issued annually to 20% in future. In practice, in recent years an average of 18% of the certificates have already been tested at the OEKO-TEX® Association's own expense, using product samples taken from retailers. Another innovation that was introduced at the meeting was a supplement listing additional specifications which would enable special articles such as tents, buggies or push-chairs,
office chairs and rucksacks to be certified under the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100, with immediate effect.
Finally, the heads of the OEKO-TEX® institutes announced that the forthcoming 20th anniversary next year of testing for harmful substances under the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 would be appropriately marked by some special promotions. Planned projects include a re-launch of the existing 16-language website at www.oeko-tex.com, a specialist international conference, a Knowledge Olympics for specialist retailers in eight European countries and a competition for a media and corporate prize on the theme of sustainability.
The host country for this year's heads of institute meeting, India, has issued 624 currently
valid OEKO-TEX® certificates, placing it fifth in an international comparison of the countries
issuing the most certificates, behind China, Germany, Turkey and Italy. Since the first OEKO-TEX® branch office was opened in India in 2005, demand for OEKO-TEX® product certifications from local companies at all stages of the processing chain has increased steadily and continues to do so. Customer enquiries are now handled by four OEKO-TEX® agencies in Mumbai, Delhi, Tirupur and Ahmedabad, with a further office in Sri Lanka.
The International OEKO-TEX® Association, with its OEKO-TEX® Standard 1000 certification for
environmentally-responsible textile production facilities, restricts use of these ecologically harmful
surfactants, including octylphenol and octylphenol ethoxylates, as an essential condition for
certification. The association’s well known OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certification, which ensures
that textile products are tested to be free from harmful levels of more than 300 chemicals believed to
be dangerous to human health, has not previously tested for surfactant residuals since they have
not been linked directly to health concerns.
However, to increase the scope of textile safety provided by the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 label
and to better integrate with its OEKO-TEX® Standard 1000 production facility certification, the
OEKO-TEX® Association has announced that it will now include tests for nonylphenol,
nonylphenol(1-9) ethoxylates, octylphenol and octylphenol(1-2) ethoxylates in its requirements for
OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certification. Beginning January 2012, the new testing parameters and
limit values will be added to the OEKO-TEX® criteria catalogue and certificate holders will be
expected to comply with these new requirements by April 1, 2013. The newly proposed limit values
for this class of chemicals are:
1 nonylphenol: 100 ppm
2 octylphenol: 100 ppm
3 total nonylphenol(1-9) ethoxylates: 1000 ppm
4 total octylphenol(1-2) ethoxylates: 1000 ppm
Companies that have existing OEKO-TEX® Standard 1000 certification already meet these
requirements.
product launch
With Versalis® Auto, Lectra ushers in a new era in leather cutting
for the automotive industry
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—textiles, leather, industrial fabrics and composite materials—, is pleased to announce the launch of Versalis® Auto, its new line of leather cutting products specially designed for the automotive industry.
“Facing massive productivity constraints and a growing rise in leather prices—from 50% to 100% in
the last eighteen months—, automotive manufacturers are now seeking solutions to optimize their lead
times and manufacturing costs. Built on more than twenty years’ experience with the most demanding
customers and developed to cater specifically to the production models used in the automotive
industry, which are very different from those in other industries, Versalis Auto marks a veritable
technological turning point and a new era in leather cutting,” said Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO.
Based on an analysis of the specific processes of each automotive customer, Lectra’s new Versalis
Auto line enables users to optimize production and achieve substantial material savings without
compromising cut quality.
Three cutting solutions adapted to automotive production
The new Versalis Auto line comprises three cutters with one, two, or three cutting heads. Combined
with an automated hide analysis solution as well as operation management and optimization software,
the cutters meet the specific needs of the different production modes used by automotive
manufacturers: cutting of pre-series and/or small runs, mass market, and small pieces (gear sticks,
steering wheels, etc.).
Optimized production cycles…
In the automotive industry, the number and size of pieces to be cut and the complexity of shapes
massively increase cutting time, and this limits the productivity of today’s existing systems.
Versalis Auto solutions achieve a perfect balance among the various work phases—scanning, markermaking,
cutting and offloading of pieces—ensuring a fluid sequence with no slowdowns or blockages
for operators, while delivering perfect cut quality, which it achieves through a process split into two
decorrelated stages.
First, hide qualification is performed prior to cutting, with flaws pre-marked outside the production
cycle. In the second stage, these pre-marked flaws and the hide contours are automatically identified
by the Versalis Auto scanner, thus avoiding the risk of error or cycle slowdown. This decorrelated
process, combined with the use of a single conveyor, guarantees uninterrupted performance over the
entire cycle, particularly during the cutting phase.
…unparalleled material savings, for unprecedented productivity
Leather type and the required high quality of finished products have a significant impact on cutting
time: the most commonly used leathers are corrected leathers, which, despite being very resistant,
incorporate a considerable number of flaws (scratches, insect bite marks, wrinkles, burn marks, etc.).
For flawless finished products, hides must be fully analyzed, so hide qualification and flaw recognition
can take time.
High-standard hide qualification benefiting from pre-marking prior to cutting, combined with scanner
precision and powerful automatic marker-making algorithms, allow Versalis Auto to achieve
unequalled material savings of 5% to 10% in record amounts of time.
Versalis: Lectra’s new line of leather cutting solutions
After Versalis Auto and Versalis Fashion, announced in late May 2011, Lectra will expand its new
Versalis leather line by offering solutions specially adapted to the furniture market in early 2012.(537)
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