Lectra to help Ruyi Group with large-scale expansion project

16/04/2014
Textile technology provider Lectra has announced a strategic partnership with Chinese textile and apparel manufacturing company Ruyi Group. Lectra has said it will support Ruyi in expanding operations at its plant at Tai'an, Shandong province; Ruyi is aiming to grow in response to increased orders from what it calls “a growing number of international luxury menswear clients”, as well as an increasing number of its own brands.

The partnership with Lectra will give Ruyi access to an integrated manufacturing set-up, process optimisation and best-practice expertise, as well as hardware and software solutions to rollout new operations under a lean manufacturing methodology.

Ruyi boasts one of the world’s largest industrial supply chains for wool and cotton processing. With revenues of more than $5 billion and over 30,000 employees, the group has public companies in Japan and China as well as subsidiaries in 36 countries around the world.