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Lectra uses the lean methodology when developing and producing its own hardware and software solutions. Guests were able to see how this works for Lectra during a guided visit of the industrial site. "We have been working with Lectra for 30 years, and I welcome this opportunity to discover the birthplace of the solutions we use every day. I was very impressed by the application of lean manufacturing techniques in the industrial unit that we saw during our visit," explains Takashi Nishiwaki, Executive Director of the Japanese automotive supplier Bonform.



Participants were given more in-depth presentations of Lectra's solutions for design and manufacturing, as well as live demonstrations of Versalis® and Vector®, Lectra's lean-compatible cutting room solutions for the automotive and furniture industries.



"Lectra has built the strongest offer on the market, combining advanced technology, lean methodology and change management," concludes Daniel Harari.




About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,350 employees and $256 million in 2012 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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With Lectra Fashion PLM V3R3, teams are connected to the product development ecosystem from the beginning of the product conceptualization stage. Users can create and share information visually, from style to technical data without leaving their native environment, through a common platform and a unique file. Creative and technical designers can add product specification information directly from Adobe Illustrator, reducing the time usually spent on file management and minimizing the risk of working on an old version of a file.

Bringing creative designers, technical designers, and product developers into Lectra Fashion PLM favors teamwork, while both respecting each contributor’s work preferences and helping them perform tasks with tools they already know well. “We have taken great care to keep the user experience as aligned to Adobe Illustrator as possible and to fit Lectra Fashion PLM seamlessly into this environment,” explains Anastasia Charbin.

In addition, there are other significant new improvements in this latest release of Lectra Fashion PLM such as a deeper integration of Lectra’s 3D virtual product sampling. 3D samples increase design options while reducing the number of physical prototypes needed therefore cutting cost and time to market, which results in better looking and better fitting styles.

Design and product development teams can now, by visualizing the style virtually in 3D, work collaboratively within a common workspace. They can review several design options, check fit for multiple sizes and work efficiently on modifications by adding annotations to 3D snapshots. They can also use live messaging.

This collaborative platform also enables extended teams to have direct access to this shared information, and get the same level of information, in real-time.

Shared information is also a powerful tool for management teams. Decision-makers can approve styles from realistic simulations without having to wait for a first physical prototype, which facilitates earlier decision-making and helps to design right-the-first-time products.

Along with better collaboration, embedded knowledge allows teams to focus on creating innovative products and solving problems rather than on spending time searching for details or verifying the reliability of information.

With Lectra Fashion PLM V3R3, industry norms, standards and best practices have been added such as new color libraries, testing templates and care labels, thus boosting productivity and freeing users to pursue more complex, value-added tasks.

By including more compliance templates and lab test listings in its standard libraries, Lectra demonstrates its ongoing commitment to streamline the product development process by, for example, addressing day-to-day regulatory challenges.



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About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,350 employees and $256 million in 2012 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

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      1991§After the company’s serious financial crisis of 1990, André Harari and Daniel Harari recapitalize the company and take over its management. Strategic redeployment plan: extensive R&D program, overhaul of the company’s entire product range, new market sectors, new business model.

      1987§Initial public offering.

      1985§Lectra becomes world leader in CAD solutions for the apparel industry and enters the CAM market.

      1976§First computer-aided design (CAD) systems sold. André Harari meets Lectra’s two founders and raises the first funds. His investment firm gradually becomes Lectra’s second biggest shareholder.

      1973§Company founded.
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Lectra Fashion PLM also convinced the R&D Director Fu Gang. "We believe Lectra Fashion PLM can help us improve R&D collaboration and better control our process, increasing speed while also bringing high quality products to market," he adds.



Lectra Fashion PLM enhances collection planning and enables early decision making



ELLASSAY designs and develops 80% of products in-house and manufactures their entire range themselves. Lectra Fashion PLM will help ELLASSAY improve collaboration between its design, development and production teams. With Lectra's Fashion Platform, each department will be able to work with the same information in real-time. Xia Guoxin is directly in charge of planning, design and development so having a consolidated view is particularly important, especially for early decision-making.



Lectra Fashion PLM will also help the company better control workflow and collection planning. As the company goes global, producing more styles while mastering margins is a critical issue. By allowing ELLASSAY to manage the entire fashion development process with a comprehensive solution, Lectra Fashion PLM will help the company optimize costs. "60% of our fabric is imported from European countries. To remain competitive we need to better anticipate any issues within our development process. I am confident that Lectra Fashion PLM will support our global strategy while also ensuring cost control," continues Fu Gang.



"We really believe Lectra is the best partner to help us preserve our brand DNA while continuing to innovate and stay a step ahead of our competitors," adds Xia Guoxin.



In the future, ELLASSAY plans to extend the footprint of their Lectra Fashion PLM project by deeply integrating design, product development and production to reinforce their international business development.



About ELLASSAY



Founded in 1996, ELLASSAY is a leading Chinese fashion brand, owned by Shenzhen ELLASSAY Fashion. With design as the cornerstone of the brand's fashion and elegance, they have rolled out nearly 400 stores throughout China, mainly in major cities. ELLASSAY targets for a higher-income 25-40 year old urban woman, who is independent, self-confident and stylish; a woman who embodies an elegant balance of traditional and modern style.

ELLASSAY continues to focus on women's wear. Jean-Paul Knott, former director of product development at Yves Saint Laurent was appointed brand design consultant in 2004 bringing a personal and international wealth of fashion design knowledge. In 2009 the brand was boosted by a 150 million Yuan investment, resulting from a strategic alliance established with The Carlyle Group, a private global equity firm. With the objective of becoming "a worldwide leading Chinese fashion brand", ELLASSAY strives to expand its influence on both the international and domestic markets. Combining the best of both worlds, ELLASSAY brings international fashion to China and Chinese fashion to the world.

For more information, please visit www.ellassay.com/en/main.htm



About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,350 employees and $256 million in 2012 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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"Based in France, Lectra has built up a major worldwide presence and has a privileged relationship with major brands and manufacturers worldwide," stated Edouard Macquin. "I am proud to have contributed to Lectra's development over the past 27 years. My priority today is to complete the construction of a sales and marketing team capable of driving Lectra's growth and accompanying our customers as they address their future challenges."



Edouard Macquin, 48, holds an MBA from São Paulo Business School and speaks French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. He joined Lectra in 1987 in R&D and later assumed various positions in services and then marketing, in France, Italy, the United States, and Brazil. In 2000, he was appointed Director of Lectra Brazil, where he reinforced Lectra's leadership position.

About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,350 employees and $256 million in 2012 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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Market globalization, competition from emerging countries, fast-fashion, and growth of retail and communication channels are requiring the fashion and luxury sectors to address major issues mainly related to innovation. The Chair's main objective is to explore the specificities of the fashion and luxury sectors and their approach to technologies linked to design and supply change management. There will also be a focus on the challenges of digital development and on the emergence of value-added strategies for innovation and original business models in developing countries, particularly China.



The Chair will promote technology as a catalyst for innovation among students and alumni. This will be one of the themes studied by ESCP students every year and the subject of research dissertations and professional theses.



"ESCP Europe, i7, the Institute for Innovation and Competitiveness, and Lectra share a common vision of the key role that innovation plays in the economy, and it seems only natural for us to create this Chair. The purpose of a business school, such as ESCP Europe, which trains tomorrow's leaders of European and global companies, is to investigate the economic sphere's empowerment and to offer tools in order to respond rapidly to the dynamics of a polycentric globalization," said Edouard Husson.



The Chair's scientific board members are Valérie Moatti, professor at ESCP Europe and expert on supply chain management and growth strategies, and Céline Abecassis-Moedas, visiting ESCP professor and professor at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where she teaches strategy and innovation management.



"Innovation is part of Lectra's DNA. It expresses itself through our technological breakthroughs to serve new business models. For 40 years, we have supported changes in the fashion industry and contributed to our customers' development. Our commitment to future professionals and innovation has led us to create the Fashion and Technology Chair with ESCP Europe. We want thus contribute to encourage new technological advances in teaching and research for the fashion industry in France as well as around the world," said Daniel Harari.



Steering and management committees will oversee governance and will be composed of Lectra and ESCP Europe representatives. Together, they will define and approve the academic program, including research guidance, and advise the scientific board on the Chair's actions.





"FASHION AND TECHNOLOGY" ROUND TABLE

A round table entitled "Fashion and Technology: a paradoxical driver of innovation?" organized by Lectra and ESCP Europe for the Chair's launch took place on February 6 at the campus of ESCP Europe Paris, bringing together several emblematic leaders and personalities from the fashion sector, including John Palacin, advisor to the minister of Industrial Renewal; Didier Grumbach, chairman of the Fédération Française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de mode; Christian Blanckaert, chairman of Petit Bateau; and Jacques Bungert, chairman of Courrèges

About ESCP Europe - The World's First Business School (est.1819)

Established in 1819, ESCP Europe is the World's First Business School and has educated generations of leaders and entrepreneurs. With its five urban campuses in Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid, and Torino, ESCP Europe has a true European Identity which enables the provision of a unique style of cross-cultural business education and a global perspective on international management issues. Triple-crown accredited (EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB), ESCP Europe welcomes 4,000 students and 5,000 executives from 90 different nations every year. The School's alumni network counts 40,000 members in 150 countries and from 200 nationalities.

Through a combination of innovative pedagogy, cross-campus programmes with integrated curricula, and a research-active faculty, ESCP Europe is an essential contributor to the development of a European, cross-national management culture. The aspiration of ESCP Europe is the credo of Europe: to remain faithful to its humanistic values while at the same time anticipating the new ways of the world.

ESCP Europe is founding partner of heSam Université, a cluster of well-known institutions for research and higher education structured around the Sorbonne University





About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,350 employees and $256 million in 2012 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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The FMI, a program created by Theory founder Andrew Rosen, the CFDA and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, recently announced the inaugural grant recipients-including New York Embroidery Studio, High Production, Werkstatt, Create-a-Marker, In Style USA, Vogue Too, and Martin Greenfield Clothiers.



Lectra's support will allow the FMI to assist Martin Greenfield Clothiers, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of hand-tailored men's clothing and long time Lectra customer, in modernizing their product development and pre-production approach. "The FMI Matching Grant underlines our own investments in employee training and process equipment, helping to increase the productivity and efficiency of Martin Greenfield Clothiers," explains Tod Greenfield, VP of Manufacturing. "The valuable jobs, wages, and other economic activity that will be generated by this program are very beneficial to our company, our industry, and New York City."





About the Council of Fashion Designers of America



The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a not-for-profit trade association whose membership consists of more than 400 of America's foremost womenswear, menswear, jewelry and accessory designers.





About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,350 employees and $256 million in 2012 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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The fast fashion brand decided to integrate Lectra Fashion PLM to speed development while better connecting teams involved in the collection process, from design to final product. "Embedding our technical data into Lectra Fashion PLM will help us share information about styles or technical specifications better and faster," says Adriano Aere. Because Imperial is based on a mass market business model, building collaboration between creative and technical teams is imperative. Lectra Fashion PLM will ease day-to-day work and streamline the development process.



Imperial's plan is to go one step further and share pre-production and production data by opening its Lectra Fashion PLM to material or service suppliers via a web platform.



Lectra's on-going support and fashion expertise, in addition to the long-term relationship between the two partners, made the difference. "Over the past 18 years, we have built a trusted partnership with Lectra. We believe that Lectra, as a strategic partner, will continue to support our global strategy with the PLM solution they are developing for the fashion industry," explains Adriano Aere.





About Imperial

Imperial is an Italian company founded in 1978. First specialized in menswear and womenswear, the ready-to-wear brand has expanded its activities to include retail in 2012. Imperial S.p.A increased its turnover with €119 million in 2012 revenue.

For more information, please visit www.imperialfashion.com



About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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"Lectra today has many assets: consulting expertise based on lean manufacturing fundamentals, intelligent industrial equipment, integrated software suites covering the entire chain, from design to production, as well as outstanding customer care. Lectra's offer has no equivalent on the market, which provides a major competitive advantage," said Céline Choussy Bedouet. "Our goal is to help our clients boost their margins by allowing them to capitalize on value creation and control their costs."



Céline Choussy Bedouet has a rich and diverse marketing experience, including strategic, operational marketing, field, channel and partner marketing. She started her career in 2000 at Dassault Systèmes where she held several senior positions over 8 years, including marketing project manager, strategic partnership supervisor and channel development manager. In 2005, she went to Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States to head up Dassault Systèmes' strategic partnership with Microsoft. In 2008, Céline Choussy Bedouet joined Autodesk as marketing manager for Europe. Later on, she was in charge of global manufacturing marketing campaigns before joining Lectra.



Céline Choussy Bedouet has a master's in management from ESC Bordeaux (Bordeaux Management School), France.





About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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Versalis now also has the capacity to scan leather and nest the pieces on the hide in separate stages. This innovative process enables "multi-hide" nesting that increases material savings by up to 4%. The new Lectra technology can cut several half hides simultaneously, boosting productivity; and simulate costs prior to the cutting phase.



Lectra's end-to-end solutions are fully integrated to better fit into the manufacturers' lean strategy. Based on its 40 years of experience and industry best practices, Lectra has defined a new consulting offer, specifically developed to optimize the leather cutting room and make the product development process more efficient and profitable.



As a result, the productivity of Versalis is the highest ever reached in leather cutting with material consumption reduced by up to 15%, leading to savings that often represent several million dollars, over a 5-year period. Lectra solutions deliver an unmatched return on investment.



The smart technology embedded in Versalis provides Lectra customers with predictive maintenance in order to ensure maximum uptime and performance of the cutting room. It also allows Lectra consultants to collect data and run a comprehensive diagnosis with the aim of sustaining operational efficiency.



"Our customers see Lectra as a strategic partner helping them protect their margins by improving their cutting room organization and performance", concludes Céline Choussy Bedouet.






Discover the new Versalis website

Reflecting the premium positioning of Versalis, the new website invites visitors to discover the technological advances, industry-specific benefits and high added value behind the Versalis range. Through stunning visuals, customer stories and the latest in website design, users can explore in detail this game-changing solution from Lectra for automated leather cutting.

To visit the site: www.lectra.com/versalis

®  Versalis is a registered trademark of Lectra.

About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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Founded in 1972, Ruyi's main business traditionally lay in fiber and fabric production. Part of their new strategy is to capitalize on this expertise while moving deeper into the value chain by boosting manufacturing operations and adding cutting and sewing capacity. By having an end-to-end manufacturing chain in place, Ruyi will not only better serve their customers, but also optimize development and manufacturing for their own brands. Ruyi will thus be able to minimize costs, shorten time-to-market and better control quality. At the heart of the project is the installation of a lean-ready cutting room, covering industrialization, pre-production and fabric cutting.



"We chose to partner with Lectra because they share our vision, both in terms of growth strategies and product positioning. Both Lectra and Ruyi are industry leaders in technology development, brand innovation and high-end products," comments Qiu Dong, President of Ruyi Group. "In addition, we also have state-of-the-art R&D facilities and excellent innovation teams. To follow fashion industry trends, Ruyi is in urgent need of world-class, intelligent systems with advanced information technologies. We want to build a long-term, strategic relationship between Lectra and Ruyi. In doing so, Ruyi will be able to make the most of its current resources, leverage its R&D team and transform traditional methods with leading information technologies, thus promoting the growth of the textile industry in China and even in other countries around the world," he concludes.



Lectra will work with Ruyi to implement best practices and optimize Ruyi's manufacturing process to move to a lean approach for their apparel design and production for a highly efficient and smart menswear production line. The ultimate objective for Ruyi is to establish a globally integrated garment supply chain.



"I am impressed by Ruyi's vision, which combines a strong heritage with a thirst for innovation. It is rare to see companies of this magnitude with such an entrepreneurial spirit. Ruyi is not only impressive in terms of size and experience, but also because they are agile and ahead of the times. Working closely with Ruyi is an exciting challenge, which will take both companies to the next level," says Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO.





About Ruyi Group

Shandong Ruyi Science & Technology Group (the former Shandong Jining Cotton Textile Factory established in 1972), is a global leader in innovative textile technologies. It owns a number of national technology centers and PHD workstations, and holds patents for hundreds of technologies and innovations. Ruyi has been listed as National New Product Development Base for Textile Industry by China National Textile and Apparel Council. With businesses covering areas such as wool spinning, worsted fabrics, textile & clothing, cotton textile, cotton printing and dyeing, knitting, fiber, jeans, home textile and real estate, Ruyi Group has the largest industrial chains of wool textile and cotton printing & dyeing in the world. With 20 wholly-owned and stockholding subsidiaries and 30,000 employees, the Group registered the sales revenues of over RMB 30 billion in 2013, while total volume of imports & exports exceeding USD 1 billion.

For more information, please visit http://www.chinaruyi.com

About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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Klaussner relied on manual processes for its upholstery development process, and with several product developers all using different methods, geometry challenges often arose. "We were looking for software that could help accelerate our development cycle time, provide clean geometry, create up-to-date technical files and standardize our process across developers. Lectra provided a complete package to help us accomplish all of these goals."



The company will use DesignConcept 3D for upholstery as well as frame design. "In the time it currently takes us to develop a frame, our goal is to use Lectra's solution to have the complete piece developed," says Glenn Kahn. "DesignConcept 3D will give us the ability to optimize our designs and make decisions early in the process, rendering a piece of furniture before any materials are even cut. It is often difficult to express the exact design you are envisioning, so this rendering enables us to start from a better concept, eliminate the communication gap between our groups and significantly reduce the amount of time we spend on the development process. The number of prototypes we create today can vary from style to style. With this advanced technology, we aim to get down to one physical prototype before validation on every piece we develop."



"Lectra has a strong history in overcoming the furniture industry's challenges through a combination of process expertise and advanced technology," comments Céline Choussy Bedouet, Marketing Director for Automotive, Furniture, Technical Textiles and Composite Materials, Lectra. "DesignConcept 3D has a proven track record of reducing cycle time, enhancing quality and improving costs for furniture companies around the world. We look forward to helping Klaussner Home Furnishings obtain these same benefits with this and other Lectra solutions as our companies continue to forge a strong partnership."



"At Klaussner, we see this as a long term relationship with Lectra. We are also looking at the company's advanced fabric and leather cutting technologies, and we may incorporate these as we see the benefits that seamless integration can deliver," concludes Glenn Kahn.




About Klaussner Home Furnishings

Headquartered in Asheboro, N.C., Klaussner Home Furnishings has grown to become one of the largest furniture companies in America, recently moving to its 90,000 square foot showroom in High Point. With a network of facilities to house and produce goods and worldwide import sources, Klaussner continues to lead the industry in best practices and customer satisfaction. The company currently offers more than 500 furniture styles with 600 fabric choices, and more than 75 leather options, and guarantees delivery of its domestic products in 21 days or less.


About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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"With a vast network of partners within the supply chain, we look forward to helping Zumba achieve their business objectives through the process expertise and advanced technology we are able to offer," says Roy Shurling, President, Lectra North America. "We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with such a growing brand that promotes health and wellness throughout the world."




About Zumba Fitness, LLC

Zumba Fitness is a global lifestyle brand that fuses fitness, entertainment and culture into an exhilarating dance-party workout. Known as the ultimate "fitness-party", Zumba® classes blend upbeat world rhythms with easy-to-follow choreography, for an effective, total-body workout. Founded in 2001, the company is the largest branded fitness program in the world - reporting more than 15 million weekly participants, in over 200,000 locations across more than 180 countries. In addition to its original Zumba® program, the company also offers a variety of specialty classes, including: Zumba® Step; Zumba Gold® (active older adults); Aqua Zumba®; Zumba® Kids/Zumba® Kids Jr. (ages 4-11); and Zumbini® (ages 0-3). The Zumba® fitness lifestyle is rounded out by the company's many consumer product offerings, including DVD sets, music collections, multi-seasonal apparel and footwear, video games and Fitness-Concert(TM) events. For more information about Zumba Fitness programs and products, or to find a live class, visit zumba.com. Find us on Facebook and, Twitter.

About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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Like many other companies in China, the Trayton Group is facing a rise in the cost of labor and a scarcity of skilled workers, making it difficult to maintain margins and remain competitive. To counter this, the company was looking for ways to use technology to reduce costs, whilst maintaining its reputation for quality and workmanship. In addition, to meet increasing demand, a third manufacturing facility is planned and this has to be seamlessly integrated with the existing structure.



"Our vision is to improve the quality of life for all of us. We want to inspire and improve our surroundings. Our business idea supports this vision by offering a wide range of products and solutions that can improve people's homes and their lifestyle: products of better design and better quality, produced in cost effective ways to make it accessible to many," says Simon Lichtenberg. "Delivering the best value in leather seating is not simply a matter of great design, comfort, quality, or cost. It's about bringing all those important elements together, in just the right way. With its integrated design and manufacturing solutions, Lectra is helping us to do just that."



The Trayton Group had identified increased automation of its operations as one way to reduce costs. Lectra consultants worked closely with the company, to pinpoint and prioritize the Group's needs, looking at processes and working methods. Regular meetings were also held with the Trayton Group's service team to ensure that the actual implementation went very smoothly, with rapid adoption by the teams and minimum disruption to production. In addition, Lectra was able to go even further, making recommendations on optimizing the entire production chain, from pattern making to cutting.



"Lectra is focused on bringing measurable added value to the Trayton Group, not only in terms of productivity, but also in terms of process optimization, sustained performance and continuous improvement. Our expertise and consulting approach are the spearhead of everything we do with them," says Céline Choussy Bedouet, Marketing Director, Automotive, Furniture and Technical Textiles, Lectra.







About the Trayton Group

Trayton Group was established in Shanghai in 1995 in the timber trade between Africa and Asia. Today Trayton Group's main business is design, manufacture, market and retail - upholstery, furniture, furnishings and lifestyle products. The global headquarter is in Shanghai, China with a professional organization with more than 2,000 employees. The group owns and operates close to 100,000 m2 of manufacturing facilities in Zhejiang and Shanghai. Trayton Group also established two joint ventures with BoConcept, the modern Danish lifestyle brand and Kvadrat, Danish very high end fabric brand.

For more information, please visit www.trayton.com





About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com





® Vector and Versalis are registered trademarks of Lectra.

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Lectra has deep industry experience and a dedicated team of experts, allowing the two companies to work hand in hand to identify and deliver the best solution for Matalan to establish its position at the forefront of fit excellence.



"We are delighted that Matalan has embraced Lectra's 3D solution as part of their process improvement initiatives. This revolutionary way of working will put Matalan at the leading edge of technology and will enable them to realise their goals, which is absolutely key to pushing their business strategy forward," concluded Anastasia Charbin, Fashion Marketing Director, Lectra.

® Modaris is a registered trademark of Lectra.






About Matalan Retail Limited



Matalan is the UK's leading out of town fashion and homeware retailer and operates through 225 stores in the UK, an e-commerce platform and 14 overseas franchise stores. Matalan Retail Limited was taken private in December 2006 by the acquisition of its parent company, Matalan Plc (now delisted and known as Matalan Limited), by Missouri Bidco Limited, subsequently renamed Matalan Finance Limited. Matalan Finance Limited has subsequently become a public limited company and is ultimately controlled by the Hargreaves family.





About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

Contact - Lectra Headquarters / Press Dept.: Nathalie Fournier-Christol

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"We have been using Lectra's pattern-making solutions for many years. The new Kaledo will help us to simplify and speed up style customization and reduce the number of physical samples needed in the process, thanks to immediate visualization," adds Claudia Schüpbach-Germann, Designer at Isa Sallmann, Switzerland.



This latest release also introduces major improvements to color management, such as better lighting options for increased color accuracy. Users can also now work with more complex knit and woven structures for more sophisticated design options. Other features include new repeat, color mask and transparency tools for more design flexibility.



"Design is an essential asset in Lectra's offer. Lectra fashion solutions are continually updated to improve collaboration between design and product development teams onto buying, sourcing and merchandising. Kaledo helps to shorten time to market by improving control and visibility at the deepest level," explains Anastasia Charbin, Fashion Marketing Director, Lectra.

® Kaledo is a registered trademark of Lectra.

About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

Contact - Lectra Headquarters / Press Dept.: Nathalie Fournier-Christol

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Marcin Blazewicz, Vice President of IMS Sofa (Poland), shared how the adoption of DesignConcept revolutionized his company's design process and is continuing to change the way they do business. By using virtual prototypes, "we avoid errors and incorrectly developed products that will just end up sitting in the corner of the factory because no one wants them," he explains.



During the event, customers witnessed the full product development of the armchair's interior (wooden structure and foam) components, as well as the leather and fabric upholstery, using Lectra's industrialization and pre-production software.



Guests also learned how valuable an automated cutting room can be for optimizing production, increasing material savings, and maintaining consistent product quality through demonstrations of Lectra's leather and fabric cutting solutions, Versalis® and Vector®.



"Investing in the Versalis system has made our production process go more smoothly and allows us to produce more efficiently than we did before," says Else-Marie Rønning, Production Engineer at Ekornes (Norway). "The waste has gone down by 5-6% and the productivity has increased," adds Leif-Jarle Aure, Technical Manager.



Paolo Pavanello, Plant Manager at Cassina (Italy), also emphasized the opportunities that willingness to change can provide for manufacturers. Cassina decided to invest in the last Vector cutting solution after an intensive audit project performed by Lectra showed how the Vector could help the company optimize their production processes. Not only did their operations improve, they also recorded a return on their investment much earlier than planned. "The results surpassed our expectations," says Paolo Pavanello.



"This event was a fantastic opportunity for our customers and prospects to gain new insights and discover new approaches to improve their manufacturing processes. Going through the entire process of designing and developing an armchair then producing the cut parts, was a big hit with the participants," says Céline Choussy-Bedouet, Marketing Director, Lectra.



®  Vector and Versalis are registered trademarks of Lectra.





About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

Contact - Lectra Headquarters / Press Dept.: Nathalie Fournier-Christol

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This new subsidiary is, after China, one of the spearheads of Lectra's Asian expansion, particularly in the automotive and fashion markets where South Korean companies hold an increasingly important position worldwide. Lectra South Korea will support local companies, as well as South Korean groups with an international presence, some of which figure amongst Lectra's largest customers. Many of them are subcontracting production to other Asia countries and throughout the world and are showing a growing interest in innovative solutions to improve efficiency and competitiveness while ensuring a high level of quality.



"South Korean conglomerates, or chaebol, generally have ambitious expansion plans. Lectra can guide them and help them meet their challenges thanks to its experience from collaborating with leading fashion brands and global automotive equipment makers," says Yves Delhaye. South Korean companies will benefit from the expertise and the knowledge of Lectra's local teams, backed by their international network of specialists.



"My first goal is to reinforce Lectra's relationships with the tier one automotive subcontractors and main fashion groups. We believe that the fashion and apparel market in particular will have a growing influence on the South Korean economy given the evolution of sectoral dynamics that we are currently seeing," notes Hong-Kwon Moon.



Prior to joining Lectra, Hong-Kwon Moon was sales director at Siemens, where he managed large accounts such as General Motors Korea. He previously worked in marketing and business at Hewlett Packard and Citibank in Korea. Hong-Kwon Moon holds an MBA in marketing and finance from Columbia Business School, New York, United States.

About Lectra

Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline and accelerate product design, development and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, and personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,400 employees and $270 million in 2013 revenues. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

Contact - Lectra Headquarters / Press Dept.: Nathalie Fournier-Christol

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