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Lectra announced it was to embrace Industry 4.0 concepts in January 2018. In 2017, Lectra released an Industry 4.0 product lifecycle management software, Lectra Fashion PLM 4.0. Versalis, the fastest leather-cutting solution in the industry, replaces leather-cutting typically done by hand with software and machinery that automates the process. In 2011, Lectra launched its leather-cutting technology Versalis for the automotive, furniture and fashion industries.
It manages the life cycles of products and collections through software from planning, creation and product development to production. The company first launched its product life-cycle management (PLM) software in 2006. Vector, Lectra's fabric-cutting technology, was introduced in 1993. Its onscreen pattern modification and design systems are widely used in the textile industry, including fashion schools and colleges. Lectra initially launched its Modaris software in 1984. Lectra has over 23,000 clients in over a hundred countries including companies such as Louis Vuitton, Hermès and H&M. Lectra is an industry-leading company in integrated technology for industries using soft materials, including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags) and furniture, as well as a wide range of other industries such as the aeronautical and marine industries. Lectra develops software, hardware, consulting and associated services to a broad array of major markets. Lectra announced the acquisition of Italian company Kubix Lab in January 2018. That same year, the Industry of Future Alliance awarded Lectra the Showcase for the Industry of Future Alliance. įrost & Sullivan recognized Lectra with its 2017 Global Product Leadership award for the Versalis LeatherSuite. In November 2017, Lectra joined with ESTIA, JPS Conseil and the Today Tomorrow Textiles Foundation to launch the Biarritz Active Lifestyle Integral (BALI) Chair. In 2014, Lectra partnered with ESCP Europe to establish a chair in Fashion and Technology on its Paris campus for fashion and luxury sector innovation research. After financial troubles in the early 1990s, the company was recapitalized by Daniel and André Harari. īy 1986, Lectra was the world's leading CAD and CAM systems provider and the company had its initial public offering the following year. In 1980, Lectra established its first foreign subsidiary in Germany followed by the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and the United States in 1982. Venture capitalist André Harari met the two founders and raised the capital needed to implement Lectra's business development plan. The company launched its first CAD systems for apparel making in 1976. The first machine enabled a piece of clothing to be cut in all sizes from a cardboard pattern. Lectra was founded in 1973 by engineers Jean and Bernard Etcheparre.
The company develops software, hardware, consulting and associated services for organizations in industries including fashion and apparel, automotive, furniture and others. Lectra specializes in CAD software and CAM cutting-room systems for industries using soft material such as leather and textiles. It operates in 34 countries with 34 subsidiaries. Lectra (EPA:LSS Euronext Paris) is a technology company headquartered in Paris, France.