L Capital Partners, L.P. has invested $4 million in the Series A round of financing of Simparel, a N.Y. technology company that has developed a new generation of ERP solutions with numerous advantages over traditional software systems. Simparel offers a unique combination: the simplest, quickest, most flexible and most affordable global supply chain business solution available today. Simparel is also rolling out Software as a Service (SaaS) to selected customers.

RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimization company, announced today that Merchants Terminal, the largest temperature-controlled logistics provider in Maryland, is implementing RedPrairie Warehouse Management to gain RF capabilities, improve productivity and inventory accuracy.

PFSweb, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFSW), an international business process outsourcing provider of end-to-end web commerce solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of the Ashley Stewart brand website, www.ashleystewart.com.

As previously announced, PFSweb created a high-touch customized fashion and apparel customer care and order fulfillment solution for www.ashleystewart.com. With the implementation completed, Ashley Stewart customers now have the ability to shop online for their favorite fashion forward and affordable apparel for plus-size woman.

Textronics, Inc. CEO Stacey Burr will share the story of her start-up company’s commercialization of electronic-textiles at the fourth annual Smart Fabrics conference, May 5-7, in Charleston, S.C.

Textronics, Inc., is a leader in the development of wearable sensors for fitness and health monitoring. The company sells its patented sensors and markets its own line of clothes that monitor heart rate under the brand name NuMetrex.

Burr’s presentation, “Insights into Health Sensor Clothing Commercialization,” will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 5. The Smart Fabrics 2008 conference is being held at the DoubleTree Guest Suites in Charleston’s historic district.

“As the first company to commercialize electronic textiles in a consumer garment, Textronics has played an important role in defining this emerging field and identifying market opportunities,” said Burr. Her talk will address topics including how investors can help you grow, the importance of building the right team, finding partners and big customers, and identifying the right suppliers.

For more information about Textronics, Inc. and its NuMetrex line of heart sensing fitness apparel, visit www.numetrex.com.

About Textronics

Textronics, Inc. is a leader in the development of wearable sensors for fitness and health monitoring. The Company’s patented textile sensor systems are capable of capturing comprehensive physiologic data from the body and are designed to be seamlessly integrated into everyday garments. Wearable monitoring allows a comfortable and user-friendly way to obtain body data measurements to assist consumers in managing their top wellness concerns of weight loss, physical health and energy level. Textronics sells sensor components and markets its own line of clothes for personal monitoring under the brand name NuMetrex. Textronics, Inc. has also received FDA clearance to market its textile electrodes for use in general electrocardiograph monitoring and recording procedures. The company’s heart-sensing fabric offers a comfortable alternative to adhesive electrodes and metal wristbands that are commonly used with most ECG instruments on the market.

Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced it has selected TDX Solutions an official Lawson Business Partner in Chile as an extension of the company’s growing global channel strategy. TDX Solutions will provide sales and support services for the Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System for companies in manufacturing, distribution and equipment service management.

The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. recently announced that American Apparel, Inc., a company known for its vertically integrated business model and "Made in Downtown LA" clothing, is furthering its cutting-edge brand reputation by becoming one of the first retailers to roll out radio frequency identification (RFID) at the item-level. American Apparel plans to implement its RFID inventory system across each of its 17 stores in the New York metropolitan area over the next three months, with plans to eventually deploy the solution to an additional 120 North American locations.

DigiFab Systems, a manufacturer of pre- and post-press digital-printing equipment, CAD - RIP software, and pre-treated textiles, today announced the new DigiFab Evolution Graphics RIP. The new graphics raster image processor (RIP) from DigiFab Systems boasts smoother continuous tones, support for 12-color printers, and 16-bit processing capabilities.

A RIP allows users to get the maximum output from their medium and wide-format printer, and with the Evolution Graphics RIP, users can better preserve the original depth of color. For graphics and professional-photography applications outputting images from 16-bit RGB, DigiFab Systems has now added 16-bit processing — from source to output — to its Evolution Graphics RIP software. The RIP also improves the neutrality of gray-scale printing by eliminating typical color shifts. Superior black-and-white printing is ensured through the software’s Gray-Scale option, which improves and enhances black-and-white images via image-patch profiling to adjust color.

RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimisation company, announced today that Buksesnedkeren has selected RedPrairie's Warehouse Management System and Workforce Management solutions to achieve best-in-class levels of productivity at their Danish distribution centre.

Buksesnedkeren designs and markets sports- and leisurewear and is the company behind famous brands like Signal and H2o. Buksesnedkeren has an annual turnover of EUR 60 million and is represented in more than 15 European countries where the company is well known for its quality products and design. From its distribution centre north of Copenhagen the company supports multiple sales channels including its own stores, Internet shop, and major retailers and distributors on all continents.

NuMetrex, a Textronics, Inc. brand, and lululemon athletica have teamed up to create a technically advanced running tank top that monitors heart rate.

Made of quick drying nylon/Lycra fabric, the Heartbeat Tank contains patented fabric sensors in the inner shelf bra giving the wearer direct feedback that includes the time spent exercising, calories burned, and heart rate performance. A small pocket for a compatible snap-in transmitter is also in the shelf bra relaying the information to a compatible watch or cardio machine.

Computer Generated Solutions(R), Inc. (CGS), a leading provider of software, systems integration, learning, training, customer care and outsourcing solutions to organizations worldwide, today announced that Gemini Fashions of Canada Ltd. a leading manufacturer of outdoor clothing has selected BlueCherry Enterprise Suite
by CGS, a comprehensive, fully integrated end-to-end enterprise application designed for the apparel industry.

Several leading sock companies will launch a bevy of innovative technologies, featuring COOLMAX(R) fabric for spring/summer '08 at The Running Event, an industry expo and conference for specialty retailers in Austin, Texas. Additional new technologies will also combat blisters and odors and boost comfort from heel to toe, for everyone from weekend warriors to marathon runners.

Browzwear International, the pioneer of 3D fashion design and communication software, today presents the world's first Fabric Testing Kit (FTK) for 3D apparel visualization. The Fabric Testing Kit enables fashion designers and pattern-makers to easily and accurately measure all fabric properties required for true-to-life garment simulation using Browzwear's V-Stitcher software.

To make the most of Browzwear's software and its unique fabric simulation/draping capabilities, the new, suitcase shaped Fabric Testing Kit measures the fabric's stretch, bend, and shear properties and tests the results for verification. The Fabric Testing Kit is specially designed for simplicity and user-friendliness. Alongside the V-Stitcher design and communication solution, the FTK will serve to shorten the production process and reduce costs while enhancing the accuracy and realism of fabric simulation.

Brother International Corporation’s Industrial Products Division, a global leader in the industrial sewing market, launches a remarkable new ink jet garment printer in the Latino market to reveal its latest technology to Latino business owners in the textile industry and raise awareness of this new technology, the GT-541 delivers better performance and productivity in the screen printing industry.

The Brother GT-541 uses ink jet technology that prints on many garments in high quality color directly from a computer. The GT-541 marks the progression from screen printing technologies to a cleaner, faster, and more productive way to imprint images on garments. This ink jet garment printer is as simple to operate as a desktop printer, can network with multiple units, and delivers great print quality. The investment for printing can be as low as .50 cents for the ink and $1 to $2 for the t-shirt, which can be sold at market rate from $15-$30.

A presentation that explains the compelling benefits of a single intelligent label will highlight Avery Dennison’s participation at Apparel’s Tech Conference 2007, November 7 – 8, Fashion Institute of Technology, 7th Avenue @ 27th Street New York, NY.

 

The presentation, titled “Source Tagging & Implementing Item-level RFID at the Point of Manufacture,” will be hosted by Philip Calderbank, Director of Global Marketing RFID & Security for Avery Dennison’s Information and Brand Management Division. It will take place in the afternoon of November 7th. Calderbank’s talk on intelligent labeling will encompass themes of vital interest to apparel manufacturers, brand owners and retailers.

Bernina International, the world's largest privately held sewing machine company, is providing its customers with the user friendly tools they need to become home-based professional fashion designers, thanks to the cutting-edge technologies provided by OptiTex Ltd. Bernina International has selected OptiTex to serve as OEM for its MyLabel software in what is shaping out to be the world’s first and largest advanced 3D product offering for the home based professional designers.

Dassault Systèmes (NASDAQ:DASTY) (Paris:DSY) (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the availability of the ENOVIA MatrixOne PLM FastTrack for Apparel™, a PLM solution specifically geared toward the needs of small and medium-sized companies in the apparel industry. In addition, PLM FastTrack for Apparel is an ideal solution for large companies looking to implement initial PLM projects in key business units.

Jesta I.S., a leading supplier of business solutions for the consumer product goods, soft goods and specialty industries announced today that Liberty Apparel Inc., a New York-based manufacturer of women’s apparel and jeans wear has completed its implementation of the Jesta I.S. Vision Sourcing and Demand Management solution.