Technical seminar: Automation in the textile and clothing industry

Seminar period: July 02 – 03, 2025

8:30 am – 1:00 pm
4h incl. 30 min. break

Online via MS Teams, participation with the camera switched on is desired.

Costs:
485.00 € plus VAT

Target group:

  • Production planners
  • Production planners
  • Company owners/managing directors
  • Managers and skilled workers from textile and clothing production

Background:
To date, the textile industry has only been automated to a limited extent. In contrast, sectors such as the automotive industry, medical technology and consumer goods production have shown how automation can successfully contribute to increasing efficiency and competitiveness – without destroying jobs. On the contrary, automation creates new fields of activity and job profiles.

The aim of the seminar is to impart basic knowledge in the areas of automation technology, robotics and gripping systems. Special emphasis is placed on the handling and separation of flexible components – a central challenge in textile processing.

Automation offers an answer to the increasing labor shortage. At the same time, it helps to secure production sites and implement strategies such as re- or nearshoring in an economically viable way.

The seminar lays the foundation for well-founded decisions on the future of production in the textile industry.

Target:

The seminar provides a compact basic knowledge of automation in the textile and clothing industry – from central technologies such as robotics, gripper technology and sensor technology to the special handling of flexible materials.

The aim is to identify realistic potential for the use of automation in textile production processes and to be able to assess the first steps towards implementation.

Concrete applications that have already been successfully implemented today, both economically and technically, will be demonstrated using practical examples.

The seminar is aimed at companies that want to future-proof their production processes and see automation as a strategic response to the shortage of skilled workers and increasing demands.

For a first insight, please book our information event “Automation in the textile and clothing industry”.

Contents:

  1. Basics & Introduction
  • Why automation? Opportunities & challenges
  • Overview: Robotics, gripping technology & production automation
  • Skills shortage and automation as a solution
  1. Key technologies
  • Drive technology: Pneumatics, servo & stepper motors
  • Sensors & simple control technology
  • Safety: CE conformity & safety devices
  1. Applications & trends
  • Cobots & mobile robotics (AGV/AMR)
  • No-code/low-code approaches
  • Handling flexible parts (e.g. fabrics)
  2. Implementation in practice
  • Automation concepts for assembly & production
  • Integration: machine interlinking, sewing automation
  • Examples: VAUDE, C&A, other use cases
  1. Success factors
  • Economic efficiency (ROI, throughput, quality)
  • Stumbling blocks during planning
  • Product design for automated processes


Lecturer:
Michael Mueller studied mechanical engineering, specializing in production and automation, and graduated in 2005. Today, he can look back on 20 years of experience in automation technology. As Managing Director of the family-owned company erler automation robotik, his team automates production facilities across all industries to maintain locations in Europe. robotextile gmbh was founded in 2022 with the aim of combining the textile industry with automation technology and robotics and handling flexible sheet materials. The aim is to automate production facilities in the ready-to-wear sector in a meaningful way and to support re-shoring and near-shoring projects.

Notes:

Admission requirements:
No admission requirements are necessary for this seminar.

To the registration

Contact:

Clara Hermsen
hermsen@textilakademie.de
+49 173 5316464