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Circular knitting machine builder Terrot and Portugal-based Smartex.ai have announced a strategic partnership in which German textile engineering meets proven artificial intelligence (AI). As the industry moves towards smart machines that both produce a wide variety of fabrics quickly as well as automate previously manual tasks, such as quality control and data collection, Terrot has adapted its machine production process to ensure all new Terrot and Pilotelli Open-Width machines will be “Smartex-ready.”
This means that new Terrot and Pilotelli machine customers can upgrade their machines to add Smartex Core to take advantage of AI-enabled, automated quality control and get real-time insights into their machine performance. Facilitating Smartex CORE’s installation means customers can also add Smartex LOOP, Smartex’ latest product which enables real-time, fabric roll-level traceability and transparency.
“Terrot and Smartex have both been value-add partners for Ekoten. Collaboration is key if we want to keep pushing this industry forward,” says Gizem Çalış, Operational Excellence Deputy General Manager at Ekoten Tekstil in Turkey.
“Smartex is an obvious partner for us,” says Robert Czajkowski, Terrot’s CEO GmbH. A number of our customers have already installed Smartex CORE in their Terrot machines. Through our partnership we take the next step to embed their technology towards a full integration and advanced digitization of our state-of-the-art machines.”