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Fig. 9.3 Multi-ply knife cutter ‘Raptor’ by Eastman.

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Gerber company has produced knife cutting systems that are widely used in cut-
ting textiles for garments, automobile industry, furniture manufacturing, and other
industries.
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The French company Lectra produced its first automated fabric cutting system
in 1985 and still successfully produces and develops its products. In 2004, Lectra
acquired the Spanish company Investronica Sistemas, at that time a well-known pro-
ducer of knife cutting systems in Europe.
There are many other companies that produce automated knife cutting systems (see
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Fig. 9.3) for different kinds of materials and textiles, such as Eastman (the United
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States), Topcut Bullmer (Germany), Kuris (Germany), Novocut (Germany), Zund
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(Switzerland), Blackman & White (the United Kingdom), Morgan Tecnica (Italy),
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Elitron (Italy), Tecno Systems (Italy), IMA SPA (Italy), B.K.R. (Italy), S.M.R.E.
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Engineering (Italy), FK group (Italy), Cutting Trading International (Italy) Atom
1 http://www.gerbertechnology.com
2 https://www.lectra.com
3 https://www.eastmancuts.com
4 http://www.bullmer.de
5 http://www.kuris.de
6 http://www.novocut.de
7 https://www.zund.com
8 http://blackmanandwhite.com/
9 http://www.morgantecnica.com
10 https://elitron.com
11 http://www.tecno-systems.com
12 http://www.imaitaly.biz
13 http://www.bkritalia.com
14 http://www.smre.it
15 http://fkgroup.com
16 http://www.cticutting.com
17 https://www.atom.it