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Revolutionary Seams Win the Hearts of High-End Customers
Made-in-Japan offers you more profit

ー Shogo Kondo
President,
Yamato Sewing Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.

With garment factories facing severe
competition globally, what manufacturers really want to know is how they can
produce garments both at low cost andhigh in quality.
Japan-based Yamato Sewing Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. offers solutions tolower production costs and add value tofinal garments.
As more garment factories seek
cheaper machines and materials, a vicious cycle typically ensues. You move tolower-cost countries; your rivals do too.
You buy cheap machines; your rivals buy
even cheaper ones.
Despite relentless efforts to cut
costs, profitability remains elusive.
Why? Because pursuing purely cheaper alternatives leads to lower-quality
products, ultimately resulting in lowermargins.
By contrast, industry giants opt
for the best made-in-Japan machinery—Yamato’s. Despite a higher initialinvestment, they reap higher profits andmaintain their dominance for decades.
Why? Because they strike a balance between cost-efficiency and unmatched
product quality.
Yamato’s made-in-Japan machines
offer significant savings and add value
for garment factories. Kondo describes
this as the ‘Yamato Way.’“We cannot reduce our machine prices, but we can reduce your production
costs.”
Reducing costs doesn’t just meanpurchasing cheaper machinery. It’s

about the cost efficiency of end products. Machines depreciate every year,
but labor costs rise every year. While
many compare sewing machine prices,
Yamato focuses on reducing garment
production costs to improve factory
profitability.
For example, its EZH-BVGS3721-8F/UTQ workstations with
auto-thread locking (anti-unraveling)
can eliminate bar-tacking machines
and labor, saving on raw materials andelectricity. Moreover, they do not
require skillful operators, allowing easyand quick start-up in new locations andoffering the best return on investment.
Yamato can also link a softwaresystem to its machines that monitors
productivity across production lines inreal time. The ability to connect CAD
systems to sewing machines to de-skill“Made in Japan is cheaper than
Made in China. On top of reducing
your production costs, we also
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labor offers garment factories a bright
AI future. As a full-solution provider
always striving to keep its customers
ahead of the trends, Yamato is also
working on reducing the CO2 footprintof its machines.
Cost reduction alone is not enough towin the competition.
Even if you succeed in reducing costs,
you won’t necessarily be able to stop adecline in selling prices. It’s essential tosell products with added value at a pricethat ensures profit, and the key to adding value is distinctive seams. Yamato’s
innovations in seam quality earn thetrust of high-end customers, allowing
garment factories to win higher-value
orders, resulting in higher profits.
Yamato’s philosophy: “Always One
Step Ahead of the Times”.
To respond to the market’s ever-changing demands, Yamato has developed
many world-first and Yamato-onlymachines. For example, its two-needle,

EZH-B

chain-stitch EZH-B-VGS3721-8F/
UTQ can sew seams that can stretch
more than twice the original fabrics
without resulting in tunnel seams ortwisting.
Its four-needle chain-stitch
FD-62SD-LF machine sews seams
that are the most stretchable and mostcomfortable to the skin in the industry.
In addition, the seams have no retainer
needle holes, a revolutionary innovation that results in a superior product.
These set the garment quality apart fromcompetitors.
Major garment manufacturers
have chosen Yamato’s made-in-Japanmachines because they can flexibly andrapidly adapt to changes in styles anddifficult-to-sew fabrics, raising their
quality level and allowing them to makecompetitive proposals, leading to higher-margin orders from customers.
“Our customers can rely on ourmachines for 15 to 20 years. ‘Made inJapan’ is the mark of the highest quality
and profitability. We suggest you don’t
compare our sewing machine prices but
your garments’ profits,” Kondo said.
FD-62SD-LF

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