#Textiles & Apparel / Garment
SHIMA SEIKI establishes WHOLEGARMENT subsidiary
The new company serves as a business model for implementing WHOLEGARMENT knitwear production in specialty store retailer of private label apparel (SPA) and original design manufacturing (ODM) applications within an established consumer market. It also aims to promote and increase recognition of WHOLEGARMENT knitwear, as well as promoting WHOLEGARMENT knitting machines and SDS-ONE APEX3 3D design systems. SHIMA CO. is situated within SHIMA SEIKI grounds and currently operates 20 MACH2X and 2 SWG-Mini series WHOLEGARMENT machines. With a computer controlled yarn inventory system and state-of-the-art production management, SHIMA CO. sheds any image of a labor-intensive textile factory.
"With SHIMA SEIKI's know-how and technology as resources, our next-generation factory aims to become a model factory for state-of-the-art Made in Japan textile manufacturing," says newly appointed president Kiyokata Nishikawa.
"As a business model," adds SHIMA SEIKI vice-president Mitsuhiro Shima, "SHIMA SEIKI hopes that SHIMA CO. can become the archetype for modern knit production, so that our customers all over the world can look to it and learn from its example."
SHIMA CO. building houses state-of-the-art factory and offices.
