HILOS’ Post

Came across this very insightful, yet short & to the point talk of Elias Stahl who steers the ship at HILOS. He speaks about the direct advantages of integrating a 3D digital workflow/creation process in the design, development & production of Footwear & how they're doing it over HILOS. Some key takeaways: - The market is fast. It's creative. It's driven by trends. And we have a supply chain that is built for a mass market that's no longer there. It's slow. It's wasteful. And it depends on overproduction. - Digital Design Workflow + 3D Printing has it's limitations like every technology, but allows for speed and agility to take what's on your screen and bring it to the shelf. Faster. - Blend that with traditional methods of make like leathers and knits bringing in the variability of sandals, boots, sneakers, everything from luxury to technical, outdoor, and athletic. And you're able to make this faster turn. So 100 pairs into the market launched as quickly as 45 days. - 3D printed modular methods of make offer to blend traditional shoemaking with a far more sustainable and lower labor form of assembly. - Enabling lean manufacturing cells in every major city they're able to have high craft high-touch assembly for your favorite brands, produced locally. - Taking what is traditionally 65 components assembled in 350 steps, they 3D print five parts assembled in 12 steps. Not all of those parts are 3D printed but also integrated methods, it's the ability to make without tooling, without having to amortize, and with the speed of digital. Bringing in a new technology is imperative to your brand's growth. #3dprinting #digitalcreation #hybrid #footwear #footweardesign #footweardevelopment #india