OPTITEX
OPTITEX SOFTWARE
The Leading Software for End-to-End Efficiency: From Digital Pattern Development to Production Optimization.
Serving the Fashion & Apparel, Automotive, and Home Furnishing industries.
Optitex is a leading provider of 2D and 3D CAD/CAM software solutions helping brands and manufacturers streamline product development from pattern design to production. Almost four decades of expertise serve an expanding global base of over 30,000 users.
By integrating Optitex solutions such as PDS, Marker, CutPlan, and O/Cloud, you can automate tasks, optimize fabric usage, shorten production cycles, improve collaboration across teams, and gain greater accuracy over every phase of production while boosting sustainability and reducing costs.
Optitex’s mission is to empower pattern design and production professionals in the fashion, textiles, transportation, and furniture industries with innovative software solutions that seamlessly blend creativity and technology. By responding to clients’ evolving needs, Optitex delivers tools that drive innovation, efficiency, and sustainable operations supporting clients’ success in a fast-changing global market.
Paris, France – August 2026 – Optitex and NedGraphics will present their integrated design and manufacturing solutions at Première Vision Paris, taking place from 1st to 3rd September 2026 at Parc des Expositions, Paris Nord Villepinte, France.
Visitors can find the companies at Booth 3L11 in Hall 3, Smart Creation Area.
The joint appearance marks a significant opportunity for textile brands and manufacturers to experience first-hand how NedGraphics and Optitex deliver a unified workflow — one that connects textile design, colour refinement, and end product development within a single, seamless process.
Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil – July 2026 – Optitex, a leading provider of digital solutions for the apparel and textile industries, has announced its participation in FEBRATEX 2026, one of Latin America's most prominent textile and apparel trade fairs.
The company will exhibit from 18–21 August 2026 at German Village Park, Booth 185, alongside its local partner, SILMAQ.
New York – NY – July 2026 - Optitex Pattern Design Software (PDS) was developed around the daily realities of professional pattern makers, not around a generalized vision of what design software should look like.
The architecture of the platform reflects a specific understanding of how experienced practitioners actually work and what currently interrupts that work.
Pattern makers working in Optitex PDS can build, modify, and evaluate garments within one connected environment.
New York - July 2026 NedGraphics, a leading provider of textile and print design software today features NedGraphics Design for Photoshop, a purpose-built plugin that brings specialist print and pattern workflows directly into Adobe Photoshop.
The solution targets one of the industry's most persistent pain points: the hours lost to manual workarounds when completing routine design tasks.
NedGraphics, a leading provider of textile design software, announced that NedGraphics is rapidly integrating artificial intelligence across its design workflow.
Rather than offering AI as a separate tool, the company is embedding it as a native capability designed to work the way designers think.
The announcement reflects a wider shift within the textile industry, where AI is no longer a distant prospect but an active force reshaping how collections are created.
Optitex and NedGraphics have appointed James McDermott as Regional Sales Director Europe, a promotion that strengthens the support, guidance, and value delivered to customers across the region.
The appointment recognizes his consistent success helping organizations improve operational efficiency, strengthen collaboration across product development teams, reduce production bottlenecks, and accelerate speed-to-market.
New York – NY – May 2026 – Optitex, a leading provider of end-to-end 2D and 3D CAD/CAM software, has announced a powerful integration with NedGraphics to create a comprehensive digital ecosystem.
This unified workflow bridges the critical gap between textile design and physical production, allowing the fashion, automotive, and home textile industries to maintain absolute accuracy from initial concept to the final product.
By eliminating information loss and reconciliation gaps, the partnership empowers businesses to accelerate production without compromising their creative vision or environmental responsibilities.
The Exhibition presentation will highlight coordinated textile design, pattern development, and manufacturing preparation workflows for modern textile product teams
New York, USA – April 2026 ─ Optitex and NedGraphics will participate in Texprocess 2026, taking place April 21–24, 2026 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where the companies will present how textile design, pattern development, and manufacturing preparation can operate together within a connected workflow.
Visitors can meet the teams in Hall 8, Booth D38.
New York City, USA – 17 March 2026 – Optitex today announced the availability of Optitex O/26, a forward-thinking software release engineered to strengthen digital patternmaking and production preparation processes.
As the industry faces urgent demands for greater efficiency and reduced waste, this measured evolution of the Optitex suite reinforces daily production workflows through improved automation, clarity, and consistency across product development and manufacturing environments.
February 2026 – Optitex, a leading provider of integrated 2D and 3D software solutions for the fashion and apparel industry, today announced its participation in the upcoming Garment Technology Expo in New Delhi.
With under a month until the event, the company invites industry professionals to visit Booth A-33 from 20 to 23 March to explore how its innovative solutions are transforming the apparel manufacturing landscape.
January 2026 – Optitex, a leading provider of integrated 2D and 3D CAD/CAM solutions, has announced a significant advancement in its platform capabilities, now connecting every stage of the product development workflow within a single digital environment.
This strategic integration serves to unify pattern creation, 3D sampling, fit analysis, costing, and production preparation, enabling teams across the fashion, automotive, and upholstery sectors to achieve faster decision-making and measurable efficiency
Optitex, a global provider of integrated 2D and 3D CAD/CAM software solutions, today highlighted its Dynamic Measurement Chart within the Optitex PDS suite.
This advanced feature directly links measurement specifications to pattern geometry, establishing a new standard for accuracy and efficiency in the fashion industry’s increasingly complex development cycles.
By bridging the gap between technical specification and creative design, Optitex continues to empower brands to navigate the demands of modern production with greater agility and reduced waste.
Eindhoven December 2025 – NedGraphics and Optitex have announced the appointment of Sinem Suder Niemeyer as the first Regional Sales Director for Asia and Africa.
This new leadership position signifies a deep commitment from the companies to invest in these key regions, fostering stronger customer connections and driving growth within the global textile and apparel industries.
With over 25 years of international experience in sales, sourcing, and digital transformation, Sinem brings a unique blend of technical expertise and customer-centric leadership.
Her extensive background living and working across continents has equipped her with a profound understanding of bridging diverse markets and cultures.
Optitex and NedGraphics proudly hosted West Coast Weave, an exclusive networking mixer at the historic Cardinal’s Quarters at Redbird in Los Angeles on October 23.
The event brought together apparel and textile industry professionals for an evening celebrating creativity, innovation, and collaboration in digital design.
The story of what happens when young designers access digital technology is still being written.
What once was a theoretical sustainability goal seems to have shifted into an active regulatory reality.
Is the Textile Market Finally Recovering?
After a difficult few years, there are genuine reasons for optimism. Duncan was candid about the challenges: "The market for textiles has been very difficult over the last three years. I'm not going to hide the truth there. But the tide is turning.“
A profound shift is currently reshaping the sector
Changing consumer expectations demand greater design diversity, faster turnaround times, and sustainable manufacturing practices.
To thrive, interior brands must adapt their supply chains, bringing production closer to the end consumer and moving away from bulk manufacturing.
Digital textile printing offers a definitive solution to these operational bottlenecks.
Digital transformation doesn't announce itself.
It accumulates - one innovation at a time - until an entire industry looks back and realises the ground has shifted beneath its feet. That's precisely where textiles stands today.
The conversations happening now about AI, automation, sustainability, and digital product passports are not theoretical. They are shaping decisions being made on factory floors and in boardrooms right now.
“By leveraging advanced digital textile printing, Marylene Madou has successfully merged traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology. Her approach offers a blueprint for how independent designers can scale their brands globally while maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.”
From Helsinki's printing mill to Paris's Le Marais, discover how Marimekko is scaling a design-led brand with purpose, craft, and bold innovation.
But what makes Marimekko's story compelling is not just its aesthetic legacy?
The textile industry is undergoing a vital transformation. As the insights from Techtextil and Texprocess reveal, the path forward relies on a combination of sustainable hardware, intelligent chemistry, and seamless digital workflows.
From Zimmer's industrial-scale energy reductions and Stratasys's on-demand 3D embellishments, to Kornit's single-step technical printing and the unified digital ecosystems of NedGraphics and Optitex, the tools for change are here. To stay competitive, brands and manufacturers must adopt these innovations, moving away from fragmented, wasteful processes towards a truly connected, circular economy.
Friedmans stands as a testament to the power of combining traditional textile knowledge with forward-thinking innovation.
“Operating from their UK headquarters, Friedmans now serves a diverse array of sectors, including swimwear, dance, entertainment, sportswear, interior decor, prosthetics, and even pet apparel. With a strategic supply chain that reliably serves clients worldwide”
The apparel decoration industry is decisively moving away from isolated, analogue production tools toward connected digital manufacturing environments.
"Kornit’s unwavering commitment to transformative technology continues to disrupt the status quo. For business leaders and innovators ready to capture the future of apparel manufacturing, the path forward is clear”
The Urgent Need for Sustainability at Scale
The transformation at Coats provides a vital blueprint for the wider textile and apparel sector. True sustainability cannot be achieved in silos. As Dearing emphasised:
“Cross-industry collaboration is the engine of meaningful change. Brands, machinery suppliers, chemical providers, and fibre producers must act as an interconnected ecosystem”
Today’s customers demand superior product quality, real-time data visibility, and lightning-fast turnaround times.
For large-scale garment decorators, managing these expectations while balancing seasonal demand fluctuations - such as the massive surges seen during Black Friday - presents a monumental challenge.
"Relying on transactional vendor relationships and outdated legacy equipment is no longer sufficient to secure long-term stability and growth.”
Printing method is never a secondary detail. It shapes the entire life cycle of a product, from concept to customer. In today’s fashion industry, where margins are tighter and speed matters more than ever, technical knowledge has become a competitive advantage.
“The future of textile design belongs to professionals who can combine creativity with execution, aesthetics with practicality, and vision with production reality”.
Are we witnessing the reinvention of Merch driven by adaptive, digital technologies?
The commercial opportunity presented by printed, personalised merchandise is already a lucrative revenue stream; it is the core driver of growth in a multi-billion-pound industry. And the mandate for print businesses is clear: automate, adapt, and offer undeniable added value, or choose to gradually lose market share.
Powderless DTF is an important area of innovation. It deserves research, investment, and thoughtful development.
“But at its current stage, it often feels like the industry is attempting to commercialize the concept ahead of the underlying chemistry and system readiness”.
All Apparel Manufacturers face an Urgent Mandate: “Automate or be Left Behind”.
Industry leaders like Super Nova Sports and Ryozo International were struggling with severe pre-press bottlenecks and unsustainable fabric waste. By integrating AI Sublimation Software into their workflows, these forward-thinking businesses eliminated manual variable data entry, boosted fabric efficiency to over 80%, and reduced delivery times by more than half, establishing a highly profitable, agile, and environmentally responsible production model.
The Future of Manufacturing belongs to those who Embrace Connected Digital Ecosystems
“Whether you produce garments, car interiors, or home furnishings, the transition from creative concept to production-ready product often remains fragmented. Design teams work tirelessly to develop compelling materials, yet technical teams struggle to interpret these visions without losing data along the way.”
The European digital wallcovering marketplace is expanding at an impressive rate.
“For print professionals and interior designers, this transition presents a distinct set of challenges. Achieving flawless colour consistency, managing complex substrates, and meeting stringent environmental standards are no longer optional extras; they are fundamental requirements for commercial success.”
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A swimsuit might start life as a sketch. By the time it reaches the shop floor, dozens of hands have touched it - designers, dye houses, printers, trim manufacturers, quality controllers. Each one interprets colour in their own way, under their own conditions, with their own tools. The result is often a product that looks nothing like the original vision.