Collaborating with Future Fashion Factory, Professor Stephen Westland, and their software partner, Juno Software, Pennine Weavers unpicked the challenges behind the implementation of Artificial Intelligence as part of a weavers’ operations and processes.
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As part of a Future Fashion Factory project, Assyst Bullmer collaborated with Future Fashion Factory exploring how the latest technological innovations from the automotive and aerospace sectors could be applied in UK fashion manufacturing.
Working with Future Fashion Factory researchers, Rose Danford-Phillips is exploring the possibilities of using natural pigments in printed fashion products as an alternative to traditional synthetic colorants.
Using green chemistry to extract and re-process the dyes from waste textiles, DyeRecyle is enabling a more circular approach to coloration.
From a kombucha dress to mycellium ‘leather’, Aurélie Fontan puts biodesign at the heart of her work. With Osmose Studio, she and partner Ashley Granter are commercialising their research into more sustainable materials.
Camira Group has taken a majority stake in iinouiio, enabling the businesses to work toward the circular economy through a new wool recycling line.
Ismay Mummery was recognised as one of the UK’s most inspiring women entrepreneurs at a special House of Lords reception arranged by Small Business Britain.
Based on a lifetime’s experience in the textiles industry, Valerie Smith’s startup outerwear brand Yuglet is harnessing the high performance of Shetland wool.
Startup Bendi is creating a cloud-based system to give brands greater oversight over their entire supply chains.
From their base in Northumberland, the team behind KnitLab North are supporting emerging knitwear brands with everything from design to production, as well as in-house sampling and prototyping.