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by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.25.07
In Finland, Freedom of Creation (FOC) is designing fabrics that use laser sintering technology to produce fabrics of interlocking links of plastic. "instead of producing textiles by the meter, then cutting and sewing them into final products, this concept has the ability to make needle and thread obsolete."
FOC's manufacturing partner is FKM, with the largest fleet of sintering machines in Europe. With a push of a button, the manufacturer realizes significant economic benefits, such as elimination of warehouse, stock, and assembly processes, extreme reduction in transportation costs and enabling just-in-time production" ::FOC via ::PSFK
