Human Solutions and the Canadian Apparel Research and Innovation Center Vestechpro, jointly will soon launch a major anthropometric serial measurement survey that will represent many demographic populations in the US and Canada.

There will be 3D body scanners to capture up-to-date body measurements in various postures. This data will eventually be prepared for what the automotive and apparel industry needs. The aim to be inclusive and will include a systematic survey of children aged 6 and above.

‘Size North America’ as the survey is called, is the most extensive serial measurement survey project on the North American continent. The project aims to develop current and representative dimensions for the automotive and apparel industry. People change in body size through the years, and body measurements, proportions and demographic structure have changed quite a bit through decades. This has proved to be a challenge for the apparel industry, which is based on the anthropometric data and standard size tables available at present. Body measurements of children particularly, have been poorly monitored. Size North America aims to capture and document all the changes.

Juveniles too are a focus of this serial measurement survey. Also, a special survey for the age group between 6 and 17 years was never conducted till now in North America. Michael van Genabith, President of Human Solutions of North America, stated that the large-scale survey carried out will not only help them determine the changes in the body measurements and proportions of the North American population, but this data will provide them with relevant information on safety, handling and comfort for product development in the automotive industry.