Mission SoftWear Automation’s technology is leading the conversion of a labor-intensive industry to one that is capital-intensive and economical anywhere, transforming the sweat shop to the smart shop.
Description For the past 30 years technology has rapidly evolved in every area save sewing. Advanced computer assisted design software has made the design process easier. Computer controlled cutting has alleviated bottlenecks in the cutting room. Yet, the only real solution around sewing has been to chase cheap labor around the globe.
SoftWear Automation is disrupting the $100 billion sewn products industry by creating autonomous sewn good worklines for Home Goods, Footwear & Apparel. The Atlanta-based machine vision and robotics startup spun out of Georgia Tech after 7 years of research and development working on projects with DARPA and the WALMART Foundation. SoftWear’s fully automated Sewbots allow manufacturers to SEWLOCAL, moving their supply chains closer to the customer while creating higher quality products at a lower cost.
SoftWear Automation has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SoftWear Automation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 72% of employees would recommend working at SoftWear Automation to a friend. This is based on 16 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
25% of job seekers rate their interview experience at SoftWear Automation as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at SoftWear Automation.