Gerber Technology, the world leader in integrated software and automated solutions for the apparel and industrial markets, has integrated world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of industrial threads and textiles, American & Efird’s (A&E) threads and colours within YuniquePLM®, to provide designers and product developers with a library of ethically manufactured threads.
A&E’s ethically manufactured threads and colours are available in the material and colour libraries within YuniquePLM (V7), which can also be retrofitted to earlier versions. In total, there are 1,477 colours and 103 threads integrated into the software, offering designers over 100,000 combination choices to select from. Through its combined global network, A&E’s products are manufactured in 27 facilities around the world and sold in over 100 countries, allowing brands to quickly source high quality, colour specific materials wherever their production facilities are located.
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Clayton Parker, Director – PLM Product Management, Gerber Technology averred, “We are excited to offer A&E’s thread and colour libraries in YuniquePLM. By simply using drag-and-drop to add colours and threads simultaneously to multiple styles from these data libraries, this robust integration simplifies the jobs of designers and product developers.”
Parker adds, “A&E’s investment in the stewardship of future generations through Eco-Driven® solutions is unparalleled. Customers will be able to enhance their own CSR efforts by partnering with a trusted, transparent company for their material needs.” The initiative compliments the technology provider’s goal to empower brands in fulfilment of their own CSR programmes. As brands and retailers specify components of their end-product from supply chain partners like A&E, who dedicated themselves to reducing their environmental impact, brands demonstrate that their choices matter.
