In February 2019, SoftWear introduced Sewbots-as-a-Service, which allows producers, brands, and retailers to hire the fully automated sewing workline. The program is meant to allow US-based companies to source and manufacture in the US at a decrease value than outsourcing, with higher predictability and high quality. New Balance teamed up with HP in January 2020 to print personalised insoles based mostly on scanned biometric knowledge. In March 2018, Reebok released the limited edition Liquid Floatride Run shoe, the primary product to market out of the company’s 3D printing concept, Liquid Factory. The shoe features 3D-printed “laces,” Liquid Grip on the only real, and the company’s new Flexweave materials. In April 2018, Gucci launched Gucci Art Lab, a 37,000-square-meter product improvement and lab testing heart with in-house prototyping and sampling exercise for leather-based goods, new materials, metal hardware, and packaging.
Provenance also provided its know-how to Woolmark Prize contestants in 2020. …