Yesterday, Lectra, a leading supplier of industrial intelligent technology solutions for the fashion, automotive, and furniture industries, successfully held the Valia Fashion new product launch event in Shanghai. Numerous industry leaders, experts, scholars, and media participated in this event to communicate the future trends of fashion manufacturing and witness the heavyweight release of a new intelligent digital platform-Valia Fashion. The launch of this platform is not only an important milestone for Lectra to promote intelligent upgrading in the industry, but also marks a new era of fashion manufacturing centered on data-driven, collaborative efficiency, and sustainable development.
Breaking the industry transformation dilemma
Now, the Chinese clothing manufacturing industry is facing multiple challenges such as labor shortage, rising costs, rapidly evolving consumer trends, and sustainable development. Frédéric Morell, President of Lectra Asia Pacific, stated, "As a major participant in Industry 4.0, Lectra is committed to helping businesses build a more resilient and sustainable manufacturing ecosystem. Valia Fashion embodies over fifty years of industry experience and technological accumulation, aimed at empowering customers to accelerate digital transformation and achieve the value of efficient and sustainable manufacturing.

At the conference, several experts conducted in-depth discussions on the "Intelligent Manufacturing Path under the Background of Market Change". They pointed out that in the face of global market uncertainty and changes in consumer behavior, the fashion industry needs intelligent technology and digital means to accelerate the response speed of the manufacturing end, improve flexibility, and achieve sustainable development. Du Yanbing, the vice president of the China National Garment Association, said, "Promoting the transformation from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing is the only way for the Chinese clothing industry to move towards high-quality development. Valia Fashion launched by Lectra not only provides a systematic solution at the technical level, but also sets a new benchmark for digital transformation in the industry.
Valia Fashion: Building a Fashion Cutting Room 4.0 New Style
As a cloud-based intelligent digital platform, Valia Fashion integrates advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, cloud collaboration technology, and fashion industry specific data models, breaking down information barriers in the traditional industrialization process. It truly realizes the full process interconnection, automation, and intelligent management from product orders, production preparation, fabric management, scheduling, to cutting execution.
Valia Fashion can connect with existing equipment and IT systems of enterprises to promote the digital upgrade of production processes without replacing equipment. In addition, the platform can significantly improve operational efficiency, reduce labor cost, and optimize fabric usage through precise data, effectively reducing resource waste and carbon emissions. This not only helps companies cope with increasingly strict sustainable development regulations, but also provides a solid guarantee for improving profitability and flexible manufacturing levels.
Creating a New Future of Intelligent Manufacturing Together
The launch of Valia Fashion not only updates the collaborative mode in the industrialization process, but also pushes fashion manufacturing into the Industry 4.0 era. Fashion brands and manufacturers will get more efficient team collaboration, insightful decision support, and more resilient and sustainable operating models.
In the future, Lectra will continue to be driven by innovation and customer needs, deepen exploration in the field of Industry 4.0, and help more fashion enterprises achieve digital transformation and green development. As a major participant in the global fashion industry, Lectra will work hand in hand with customers to continuously promote the evolution of the entire industry towards intelligence, efficiency, and sustainability.