DUSSELDORF - Fashion retailer C&A has announced plans to open a state-of-the-art garment factory in the Germany city of Mönchengladbach which will focus on sustainable production.
C&A's 'Factory for Innovation in Textiles' (FIT), due to open this Autumn, will initially focus on manufacturing jeans using the latest digital technologies in a carbon-neutral plant.
The fashion company is working with scientists from Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, the North Rhine-Westphalia Textile Academy and RWTH Aachen University, as well as pioneering start-up companies, on the new development.
