In an industry that changes so rapidly, it can be staggering to realize how close we still are to the garment-making ways of the 1800s. While many processes have indeed modernized and digitized, there ...

Concept: Japan’s industrial machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI has unveiled the world’s first WHOLEGARMENT knitting machine that can produce one entire piece of garment in one go. It has also launched a ...

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 establishment of the Shima Seiki Haute Technology Laboratory represents a growing partnership between Drexel University and Shima Seiki, the world leader in 3-D computerized knitting systems.

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 ...

Shima Seiki, Japan’s leading flat knitting machine manufacturer, has opened a Vietnam subsidiary to benefit from the country’s thriving textile sector. Despite the freeze Donald Trump’s victory may ...

A tiny backyard shed in the regional Victorian town of Mount Macedon has become an unlikely home for the very latest robotic Japanese knitting technology. The latest 3D knitting machine from ...

Building a machine to construct high-end Prada sweaters was just the start. Now Mitsuhiro Shima, who took over his dad’s knitting-machine firm three months ago, is setting his sights on — of all ...

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