Serving Global Markets through Consultative Sales Rooted in Each Production Region

「The Group also actively leveraged exhibitions and business meetings in Japan and overseas, looking beyond textiles and apparel to diverse applications in industrial materials and lifestyle-related fields. By promoting products and systems based on its proprietary technologies, together with solutions integrating digital technology, it advanced initiatives to further expand its business development.」

「At the 97th Pitti Immagine Filati, held in Florence, Italy, in July and attended by representatives of global apparel brands and knitwear manufacturers, the Group exhibited three knitting machines, including a flat knitting machine shown in Italy for the first time. It also introduced digital solutions such as yarnbank® and SHIMA Datamall™ and its latest knitwear collection. These new technologies enabled complex knitted textures and delicate design expressions, attracting considerable attention.」

「In January 2025, the Group exhibited at Pitti Immagine Filati in Florence, Italy, a historic international exhibition focused on yarns and knitwear materials. With visitors including representatives of global apparel brands and knitwear manufacturers from around the world, not only Europe, it conducted a demonstration knitting session using SWG-XR22, the latest WholeGarment knitting machine. It also set up booths for its solutions businesses, APEXFit, SHIMA Datamall and yarnbank, and presented comprehensive proposals.」

「At SAMPE Japan Advanced Materials Technology Exhibition 2024, held at Tokyo Big Sight in September, the Group exhibited P-CAM120C, a compact cutting machine with customizable cutting lengths to meet individual needs, and APEXFitPGM, subscription-based CAD software offering high efficiency and operability through enhanced integration with cutting machines. It promoted the advantages of its products to the industrial materials, apparel, automotive, furniture and interior industries by introducing examples of cutting various materials for each industry.」

「Against this economic backdrop, based on its medium-term management plan, Ever Onward 2023, the Group conducted proposal activities worldwide for products and services supporting sustainable manufacturing, including expanding sales of WholeGarment knitting machines and expanding its solutions business.」

「Against this economic backdrop, based on its medium-term management plan, Ever Onward 2023, the Group conducted proposal activities worldwide for products and services supporting sustainable manufacturing, including expanding sales of WholeGarment knitting machines and expanding its solutions business. At ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022, the international textile machinery exhibition held in Shanghai, China, in November, it carried forward the Reborn exhibition concept presented at ITMA Milan in June. It exhibited the prototype SWG-XR 22L, a next-generation WholeGarment knitting machine with an ultra-fine gauge, as well as the latest models, including the shaped knitting machine N.SIR123SP, presenting products and solutions to its core markets that improve production efficiency and enhance the added value of businesses through advanced product-development capabilities.」

「At ITMA 2023, the international textile machinery exhibition held in Milan in June, the Group exhibited prototypes including SWG-XR, a WholeGarment knitting machine equipped with new technologies such as a needle-defect detection system and a loose-yarn processing system under the Reborn concept, as well as SES-R, a new shaped knitting machine, and SFG-R, a new glove-knitting machine. It communicated to the industry its ability to improve production efficiency and create higher added value through advanced product-development capabilities.」

「In addition to promoting the latest WholeGarment knitting machine, SWG-XR154, the Group announced P-CAM R, its flagship automatic cutting machine model offering greatly improved cutting accuracy and productivity, and promoted efforts to enter new markets by showcasing prototypes and samples of knitting machines for industrial materials.」

「Based on its medium-term management plan, Ever Onward 2023, the Group conducted proposal activities worldwide for products and services supporting sustainable manufacturing, including expanding sales of WholeGarment knitting machines, positioned as a strategic product, and expanding its solutions business. During the third quarter, it also held a 60th anniversary event at its head office and on a dedicated online website to communicate its advanced initiatives and future direction. At JIAM 2022 OSAKA, the international apparel machinery and textile fair held at INTEX Osaka, it exhibited for the first time P-CAM R, its flagship automatic cutting machine model offering greatly improved cutting accuracy and productivity. It also displayed the latest models, including SATC90, an automatic towel-hem cutting machine that automates downstream towel production processes, and SWG-XR154, the new standard in WholeGarment knitting machines, offering the apparel and fashion industry a broad lineup of solutions.」

「Based on its medium-term management plan, Ever Onward 2023, the Group conducted proposal activities targeting customers and industries for products and services supporting sustainable manufacturing, including expanding sales of WholeGarment knitting machines and expanding its solutions business.」

「During the third quarter, physical exhibitions gradually resumed. At SAMPE Japan Advanced Materials Technology Exhibition 2021, held at Tokyo Big Sight in November, the Group exhibited an automatic cutting machine for industrial materials designed to deliver high efficiency, productivity and quality, as well as CAD systems, presenting a broad range of solutions.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group focused on proposing products, services and solutions to customers and industries worldwide to help resolve their challenges, including WholeGarment knitting machines that greatly expand the potential of knitwear products and design systems that can dramatically improve the efficiency of product-planning processes through virtual samples, as well as solutions to transform the business models of production plants and apparel companies and achieve sustainable manufacturing. In July, it launched APEXFitPGM, apparel and design CAD software dedicated to pattern making, grading and marking, as an additional offering under APEXFit, its subscription service for design software addressing increasingly diverse work arrangements.」

「The Group conducted vigorous proposal activities aimed at resolving challenges faced by customers and industries worldwide, based on its new medium-term management plan, Ever Onward 2023. At ITMA ASIA + CITME, the international textile machinery exhibition held in Shanghai in June, and at a solo exhibition held in Hong Kong around the same time, it presented a prototype of a next-generation WholeGarment knitting machine online and proposed total solutions for sustainable manufacturing, including new production systems making full use of digital technology, such as APEXFit, a subscription service for design software addressing increasingly diverse work arrangements.」

「To help address challenges facing user industries, the Group strengthened its proposals for total solutions centered on mass customization, the WholeGarment knitting machines enabling on-demand production, and 3D design systems, together with new production systems making full use of digital technology, while also promoting the wider adoption of sustainable manufacturing.」

「To help address challenges facing user industries, the Group strengthened its proposals for total solutions centered on mass customization, the WholeGarment knitting machines enabling on-demand production, and 3D design systems, together with new production systems making full use of digital technology, while also promoting the wider adoption of sustainable manufacturing. It further expanded yarnbank, the world's first web service allowing yarn manufacturers worldwide to register their latest yarn information and digital yarn data for apparel companies, knitwear manufacturers and other users to view and search freely. It also made an advance trial launch of a new service, APEXFit, a subscription service for SDS-ONE APEX software, and focused on stimulating users' willingness to invest. However, capital investment by the global apparel industry was generally sluggish, and this did not lead to a recovery in net sales.」

「To help address challenges facing user industries, the Group strengthened its proposals for total solutions centered on mass customization, the WholeGarment knitting machines enabling on-demand production, and the 3D design system SDS-ONE APEX4, together with new production systems making full use of digital technology, while also promoting the wider adoption of sustainable manufacturing. In addition, it launched yarnbank, the world's first web service for searching, viewing and downloading yarns from around the world, a digital yarn-sourcing website. The Group focused on stimulating users' willingness to invest by proposing new services that digitally connect the entire supply chain, including yarn manufacturers, apparel companies and knitwear manufacturers. However, sales remained sluggish in all regions worldwide, and this did not lead to a recovery in net sales.」

「To help address challenges facing user industries, the Group focused on proposing total solutions centered on mass customization, the WholeGarment knitting machines enabling on-demand production, and the 3D design system SDS-ONE APEX4, together with new production systems making full use of digital technology. However, this did not lead to a recovery in net sales.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group focused on proposal-based sales targeting users worldwide. In particular, at ITMA2019, the international textile machinery exhibition held in Barcelona in June, it proposed a range of solutions for sustainable manufacturing, including MADE2FIT, a system enabling optimal mass customization in the apparel industry, and KNITify the World, an initiative deploying 3D knitting technology in non-apparel fields.」

「Against this economic environment, the Group conducted proactive consultative sales activities targeting users worldwide under the Second Medium-Term Management Plan, Ever Onward 2020.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group conducted proactive consultative sales activities targeting users worldwide under the Second Medium-Term Management Plan, Ever Onward 2020.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group launched its Second Medium-Term Management Plan, Ever Onward 2020, and conducted consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region in order to meet the needs of users worldwide even more effectively than before.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group launched its Second Medium-Term Management Plan, Ever Onward 2020, and conducted consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region in order to meet the needs of users worldwide even more effectively than before.」

「In the next fiscal period, we will continue to promote proactive business development through collaboration among Group companies in markets worldwide, while pursuing further cost reductions to improve performance and strengthen earnings power.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group conducted consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region in order to meet the needs of users worldwide.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group conducted consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region in order to meet the needs of users worldwide.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group conducted consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region in order to meet the needs of users worldwide.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group focused on proposal-based sales activities closely attuned to production regions, identifying the diverse needs of users in Japan and overseas.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group focused on consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region, identifying the diverse needs of users in Japan and overseas.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group focused on actively developing consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region in order to meet the needs of users worldwide.」

「Against this economic backdrop, the Group conducted consultative sales activities closely attuned to each production region in order to meet the needs of users worldwide.」