[GEMBA Monozukuri Expo 2023] Tour the latest textile factories, from the Mona Lisa to Prince Jacquard's treasures

Your child's drawings and photos can also be made into cloth! ? Let's take a look at the ultra-high precision machines! Komatsu has long been a production center for jacquard textiles. In this production area, where division of labor and outsourced production were once the norm, the original cross jacquard company established its own design department 30 years ago and continues to pursue the possibilities of new textiles. In this spirit, the factory is currently operating state-of-the-art machines that can turn children's drawings and photographs into textiles using design technology and jacquard looms. During the tour through the GEMBA program, students will learn about the process used to create highly accurate textiles that are not prints, and can be mistaken for photographs or works of art.They will also be able to see hand looms, old-style jacquard looms, and cutting-edge jacquard looms and textiles. You can see, know and experience it.

Many of you may have heard of jacquard weaving in terms of fashion. You can actually experience weaving with a hand-woven loom to see what kind of patterns you can make with a fabric that has the image of intersecting warp and weft threads. Please try weaving with your own hands and experience how the world of “Crane Returns” is evolving.

The state-of-the-art jacquard loom that is actually in operation at the factory weaves at ultra-high speed, high precision, and with a roaring sound. Please take a look and know how amazing it is that you can only understand after experiencing hand weaving.

Woven fabrics have a texture that cannot be achieved with inexpensive printing textiles. We are also challenging playful products that can only be made with woven fabrics. Please see it, touch it, and take a look.