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Shima Seiki recognized for Sustainable Development Goals
September 23rd, 2019
Japanese company SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. has been selected by the Cabinet Office of the government of Japan as one of several innovative companies effectively undertaking Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations as a global agenda.At the 74th session of The United Nations General Assembly convening in September 2019, the SDG Summit […]
STOLL contributes knitting expertise to a Guggenheim exhibition
January 29th, 2019
STOLL, a German 3D knitting machinery company, co-created and manufactured the textile element of “A Tent without a Signal,” a digitally flatbed knitted tapestry. Stoll reports that the tapestry is part of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition, Architecture Effects, which looks at the Bilbao effect in our culture. According to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao’s co-curators, Troy Conrad […]
Flat knitting technology behind new lacrosse stick
March 16th, 2016
Warrior Sports, a division of sportswear and sports-equipment maker New Balance, has launched The Warp, a lacrosse stick incorporating an engineered flat-knitted net constructed on a Stoll CMS flat knitting machine. Warrior’s flat knitted Evo Warp knitted pockets have been developed with Los Angeles-based Fabdesigns Inc., a textile laboratory specializing in innovative flat-knit engineering. Its […]