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$1.7 trillion
$1.7 trillion
Global
$351.35 billion
$351.35 billion
The United States
Industry Challenges
Overproduction
Around 40% of clothing produced each year goes unsold, with a significant portion eventually ending up in landfills.
Waste
The average US consumer throws away 81.5 pounds of clothes annually, resulting in 11.3 million tons of textile waste.
Offshoring
In the last 30 years, the U.S apparel manufacturing industry lost 850,000 jobs with less than 95,000 jobs remaining.
Labor
Aging workforce, high employee turnover rates, and labor scarcity is costing money, resulting in lost time and opportunity.
Solution: On-Demand Production
Robot-Centric Design
Robot-Centric Design
Design for automation first. Use labor to bridge the gaps robots can’t reach, solving scalability without requiring 100% robotic coverage to be profitable.
Local Production
Local Production
Besides a shorter, more secure supply chain, local production eliminates the need for long lead times and bulk orders, reducing the overproduction and waste caused by forecasting errors.
New Business Models
New Business Models
Local on-demand production empowers small businesses by bypassing capital constraints and accelerating speed to market.
It's a Finite World
It's a Finite World
The current apparel industry is inefficient, unsustainable and was created without much consideration for earth's resource. Apparel Robotics is developing solution for a finite world.
“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”
– Thomas Fuller
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