Shima Seiki has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab as a Consortium Lab Member. Through its collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, Shima Seiki seeks to explore next-generation technologies that open up new opportunities for the garment sector.
At the MIT Media Lab, the fusion of art and science as well as engineering and design are the basis for state-of-the-art research that leads the world in various fields. Meanwhile the knit/apparel industry which Shima Seiki mainly serves is itself based on that very same synthesis of design and technology.
The fashion apparel industry is currently facing paradigm changes due to market trends that are no longer based on traditional values as well as uncertainties that reflect the rapidly changing global economy. Within such a market environment the need arises for providing consumers with a consistent supply of quality items at appropriate price points based on advanced trends.
Shima Seiki, based in Japan, is a leading computerised knitting machine manufacturer. Its seam-free wholegarment knitting technology offers an alternative to labor-intensive manufacturing.
The applications are not limited to knit fashion but include a wide range of new applications in knitting technology, including sports apparel, aerospace and the IT industry.
