Flat knitting machine builder H.Stoll & Co will open its brand new Stoll Fashion & Technology Center in New York (FTNY) on April 1st. The new showroom is situated in the heart of the Garment District of Manhattan, New York and will give the fashion and clothing industries the opportunity to experience the services of the FTNY world at close quarters. The highlight of the inauguration at the 15,000 square feet facility will be the introduction of the reinvented service approach as well as a window on the innovative projects under the Stoll Fashion & Technology Company.

Stoll says that innovation and a strong market presence is the key to succeed in business. At the New York showroom the company will promote success by working with a wide range of highly skilled specialists to develop the shapes and patterns utilized by famous major American retail companies and knitwear designers. Stoll's deep understanding of Fashion & Technology means being a highly competent partner in the field of setting market trends on inspiring knitwear, their development and production, sourcing and training.

The new showroom marks Stoll Fashion & Technology's growing international status, which also includes locations in Reutlingen (Germany) and Shanghai (China), from which the company passes on its creativity and know how to knitwear designers and major account customers operating modern Stoll knitting machines.

Stoll's facility in New York City is built around various themes such as an inspirational archive, prototype sampling, sourcing, conference and training. In addition, Stoll Fashion & Technology partners will find a platform to present their solutions for yarn sourcing, trends and knitwear collections, which underline Stoll FTNY's claim of combining knitwear design and functionality under the motto ‘The right way to knit'. Stoll aims to always be one-step ahead as a full-service knitwear supplier and creates an interface between people of the US knitwear industry and possible suppliers around the globe.

Stoll says that the new FTNY, at the heart of the Garment District, is the right environment for its new US based knitwear development centre. A meeting place for US knitwear designers, potential business partners and its existing machine customers to get together and work on new knitwear developments and solutions, are the primary objectives of the new Stoll showroom.

FTNY services

FTNY provides an insured and secure showcase display in the heart of the Garment District: To immediately and extensively expose and market saleable items such as yarns, private label knitwear collections, knitwear and other related products to the key people of the US knitwear industry.

FTNY provides a reasonable number of highly qualified employees to represent and service potential customer inquiries. FTNY offers the facility for presentations and meetings with potential customers, subject to availability. FTNY also offers training sessions on knitwear related topics such as knitwear construction, quality control, yarns, and finishing.

In addition, FTNY offers full service sampling development on site at FTNY and being the third of its kind after the locations in Reutlingen and Shanghai will be a valuable resource for connecting the global knitwear experience and network information of Stoll to the sourcing needs of the US knitwear developers and sourcers.