{"id":9649,"date":"2021-06-21T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munichfabricstart.com\/ca-produktionsstandort-moenchengladbach\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:23:04","slug":"ca-sustainable-jeans-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.munichfabricstart.com\/en\/ca-sustainable-jeans-production\/","title":{"rendered":"The Futuristic Technology behind C&A\u2019s “Factory for Innovation in Textiles”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Fashion retailer <\/strong>C&A<\/a> has announced the opening of its Factory for Innovation in Textiles (\u201cC&A\u2019s FIT\u201d) in M\u00f6nchengladbach, Germany, set for autumn 2021. The state-of-the-art production site will initially focus on manufacturing jeans using the latest digital technologies in a carbon-neutral production site. We got exclusive insights into the automation of C&A\u2019s FIT and can\u2019t wait to share it with you!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The German fashion company is working with scientists from Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences<\/a>, the North Rhine-Westphalia Textile Academy<\/a> and RWTH Aachen University<\/a>, as well as pioneering start-up companies, on the new development.<\/p>\n

FIT will first focus on the production of jeans.<\/strong> The ambitious plan is to initially produce around 400,000 jeans per year in M\u00f6nchengladbach, and later it will be 800,000. The first jeans will be available in stores in 2022.<\/p>\n

With this opening, C&A is generating new impulses for the textile industry in the middle of Europe<\/strong>. Besides, it makes the bold statement that sustainable fashion must not be a niche product<\/strong> \u2013 which is why this manufacturing site is about production in larger numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Betty Kie\u00df, Head of Corporate Communications Europe C&A, exclusively shares with us some examples of automation used at C&A\u2019s FIT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Fully automatic pocket setter:<\/strong> A machine that automatically folds and sews on the back pocket. The employee only has to load the fabrics.<\/li>\n
  • Automatic storage system:<\/strong> In raw material storage, an automatic storage system stores the materials and feeds them back into production when needed. All materials are also inventoried digitally.<\/li>\n
  • Industry 4.0:<\/strong> All machines are designed for Industry 4.0 and can exchange production data with one another.<\/li>\n
  • Decorative stitch carousel:<\/strong> The decorative topstitching on the back pocket is sewn on automatically using a decorative stitch carousel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Betty Kie\u00df also tells us that they are working closely with the universities in the field of robotics with the goal of eventually using robots to feed parts into the production.<\/p>\n

    \u2026definitely exciting news coming soon!<\/p>\n

    As a long-standing visitor to MUNICH FABRIC START and BLUEZONE, C&A will of course be back in Munich in autumn to view and order the collections and innovations of our international exhibitors – we can hardly wait to greet our visitors and exhibitors again at our physical fair under the motto RISE allowed to!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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