Shima Seiki along with its Hong Kong subsidiary Shima Seiki (Hong Kong), is participating in the 36th Session of Spinexpo, that is being held in Shanghai, China from April 01-03, 2021.

As per Knitting Industry, the leading Japanese manufacturer is introducing its new APEXFiz subscription-based design software. APEXFiz is the latest addition to Shima’s proven SDS ONE APEX series design system line-up, but with an unprecedented twist.

Whereas previous APEX-series design systems were offered as an all-in-one proprietary hardware/software package, for the first time in its nearly 40 years of design system development, Shima has released its new APEXFiz as subscription-based design software that can be installed on customers’ individual computers.

Together with virtual sampling performed on APEXFiz, Wholegarment offers smart production for realizing a sustainable fashion supply chain APEXFiz software supports the creative side of fashion from planning and design to colourway evaluation, realistic fabric simulation and 3D virtual sampling.

Otherwise known as ‘digital twins’, virtual samples are a digitized version of sample making that are accurate enough to be used effectively as prototypes, replacing physical sampling and consequently reducing time, cost and material that otherwise go to waste, Shima says. APEXFiz thereby helps to realize sustainability and digitally transform the fashion supply chain.

Also, on display will be Shima’s new yarnbank, the world’s first online web service for searching and viewing the latest yarns, developed with cooperation from yarn companies from around the world. Registered users can download yarn data for free, for use in fabric simulation and virtual sampling on APEXFiz, avoiding the need to scan yarn on their own.