The worker pushes the cut fabric to the fully automatic template sewing machine, and the equipment automatically processes the sleeves, collars and other parts of the garment without manual operation. This is the production scene the reporter saw in the workshop of the headquarters of Yangzhou Guolian Garment Factory Co., Ltd. recently. In this workshop of about 3,000 square meters, there are a total of 30 fully automatic template sewing machines.
The realization of automated operation and the promotion of intelligent manufacturing are vivid practices in the pursuit of high-quality development in the city’s high-end textile and clothing industries. In recent years, a group of textile and garment enterprises have made efforts to improve production efficiency, enhance the technological content of their products, cultivate their own brands, and accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading through technological innovation, technological innovation and business model reengineering.
"Digital Reengineering" of a garment production workshop
Guolian Garment was established in 1998 and is headquartered in Weiyang Economic Development Zone. In recent years, Guolian Garment has invested more than 30 million yuan to introduce automatic equipment such as intelligent suspension production lines and automatic cutting systems to carry out intelligent and digital transformation of the headquarters workshop. The 30 fully automatic template sewing machines that the reporter saw were only a small part of the technological transformation.
"Compared with traditional sewing machines, fully automatic template sewing machines use computer electronic control technology, which greatly improves production efficiency." Xu Hong, executive deputy general manager of Guolian Garment, introduced that at the beginning of last year, all the workshops of Guolian Garment Headquarters completed the intelligent transformation. The number of workers has been reduced from more than 300 to less than 200, but production efficiency has increased by 30%. "The production of smart devices has quantitative standards, which avoids the unstable product quality caused by various human factors in the past."
In the traditional clothing industry, labor costs remain high, often accounting for 40% of sales. With economic and social development, fewer and fewer people are willing to work as sewing workers. Clothing companies are generally facing difficulties in recruiting workers. Machine substitution is a "must option" for the sustainable development of enterprises.
The improvement of the production efficiency of the League of Nations also originated from the digital reengineering of the production process.
"We collect data from each production process in real time through digital transformation to determine whether the production process is operating normally." Xu Hong introduced that once abnormalities are found, they can be quickly followed up to ensure mutual cooperation in large-scale production.
Nowadays, in addition to the headquarters workshop, the three production bases of Guolian Garment in Gaoyou have also implemented intelligent production line transformation. "The technological transformation of these three bases has invested 110 million yuan, and this year will continue to invest 30 million yuan." Xu Hong said.
A picture scroll of innovation that accelerates the development of key enterprises
The introduction of intelligent equipment is the consensus of the backbone textile and garment enterprises in our city.
Jiangsu Bosideng Garment Co., Ltd. introduced the German Benma automatic intelligent cutting production line and intelligent hanging production line, which greatly improved production efficiency and reduced work intensity; Gaoyou Jingwei Textile Co., Ltd. successively introduced intelligent equipment from Germany and Italy in key processes. The product quality has been greatly improved, and the brand has been established in the industry...
Technological innovation is the inexhaustible driving force for the development of enterprises. A group of textile and garment enterprises in our city have grown into the industry leaders by increasing research and development of new products.
Yangzhou Jiyuan Textile Co., Ltd. cooperates with Donghua University, Qingdao University and Jiangnan University to increase research and development in textile materials and textile technology, and produce various medical protective fabrics and special special fabrics; Yangzhou Tianfulong Technology Fiber Co., Ltd. R&D and production of functional polyester staple fibers, which can be widely used in filter materials, yarns for shoes and clothing and car interiors, forming a comparative advantage in the automotive interior parts market; Jiangsu Taiji Industrial New Materials Co., Ltd. has developed in cooperation with universities in research and development As the industry "leader" in the subdivisions of high modulus and low shrinkage industrial yarns and canvas for industrial conveyor belts, the company has led or participated in the formulation of a series of national standards or industry standards...
In the history of the development of the clothing industry in Yangzhou, a number of well-known and well-known brands have been born. In the new round of market reforms, they are also striving to break new ground through innovation and reengineering of business models.
Jiangsu Acme Camping Products Co., Ltd. aims at the outdoor sports market and develops its own brand "Acme", which focuses on outdoor sportswear and outdoor sports backpacks; Jiangsu Desha Princess Cultural Creative Industry Co., Ltd. deeply cultivates the children's clothing market and opens up a new "O2O" Retail model, cooperate with domestic high-end shopping malls such as Wanda and Powerlong to create a "girls all-category collection store"...
A "construction drawing" to support the high-quality development of the industry
The high-end textile and apparel industry is facing fierce global competition. What is the status of Yangzhou's high-end textile and clothing industry, and what are the comparative advantages?
It is understood that Yangzhou currently has 229 high-end textile and garment industry enterprises above designated size, and the invoiced sales in 2020 will exceed 30 billion yuan. From the geographical distribution of the industry, a trend of gathering and development of Yizheng chemical fiber non-woven fabrics, Chenji town warp knitting textiles, Hanjiang brand clothing, and Gaoyou down products has been formed. The textile industry chain in our city is relatively complete, involving raw material production, textile, design, garment production, sales, brand management and other links. In the subdivision field, chemical fiber, clothing and down products have obvious characteristics and advantages.
The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology analyzed that as consumption upgrades, personalized and diversified new consumption will become a trend, which is the biggest driving force for the innovation and development of high-end textile and clothing industries.
"Our city will focus on key enterprises, expand and strengthen the fiber industry; focus on superior enterprises, make fine and high-quality brand clothing; focus on green development, and make special green textile new materials." The person in charge introduced that our city will guide and encourage Localities give full play to their advantages to further increase the degree of industrial agglomeration, and at the same time guide and encourage enterprises to make new breakthroughs in high-performance fiber, functional fiber industrial application technology and high-end fabric production through independent research and development, cooperative introduction and other methods.
"Creative design is the soul of the clothing and fashion industry, and this is also the'weakness' of Yangzhou's related industries." The person in charge said that in the next step, the city will strongly support the construction of creative design platforms for independent brand clothing companies and encourage companies to participate in various domestic and foreign brands. Clothing festivals and trade fairs support enterprises to use various media platforms to release new products and sell products to create a number of well-known and well-reputed Yangzhou clothing brands.




