It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Manchester Fashion Institute

Manufacturing / Robotics Living Lab

17 February 2025

2 minutes

The cobots at the RoLL will support the fashion industry to produce high value, low volume garments.

Fashion Manufacturing Lab Opens in UK to Create Sustainable High Value, Low Volume Garments

The Robotics Living Lab (RoLL) has launched at the Manchester Fashion Institute to to create and produce more sustainably, modernising fashion manufacturing and helping to address the industry’s skills shortage.

Staff Writer

Garmenting / New Solutions

18 May 2023

2 minutes

The Robotics Living Lab (RoLL) that promises to enable new research into highly responsive sustainable approaches for UK garment manufacturers, is expected to challenge the way fashion is traditionally made.

Micro-Scale Robotic Fashion Production Facility to Develop High-Value, Low Volume UK Garment Industry

A Robotics Living Lab (RoLL) being developed by Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University, promises new research into highly responsive sustainable approaches for UK garment manufacturers.

Staff Writer

Traceability / Supply Chains

13 December 2022

4 minutes

A PaperTale, and the Code of a Killer... App

As pressure builds up on enterprises in the business of textile-fashion to be more transparent across their supply chain, industry outreach shows there’s many a slip twixt cup and the lip.