On the road to digital transformation, ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, is introducing Digital Ready certification specifically for its textile machinery manufacturers. The certification is designed to simplify the production process, using a standard language and a unique data reading system that allows different machinery to dialogue with production systems. The certification aims to build customer loyalty while establishing a virtuous link between textile machinery manufacturers and their customers. For the textile sector, digital transformation involves achieving a complex balance between modernization and technological advancement while maintaining a focus on the creativity and craftsmanship that remains crucial to securing success in the international arena.
The international certification body RINA, a long-standing ACIMIT partner, is authorized to issue the certification to associated member companies. A company intending to obtain Digital Ready certification for its machinery must abide by a framework that includes identification of the machine and collection of data, an analysis of all documents, and on-the-spot audits and verifications by RINA. The Digital Ready itinerary implemented for a manufacturer’s specific machine will lead to obtaining certification valid for all machinery of the same product type, for which there will be no need to replicate the procedure. The certification has a duration of five years.
A company intending to obtain Digital Ready certification for its machinery is required to abide by a framework that is divided into five phases:
• Adherence to the initiative, by signing the “Regulations for the issuing of the ACIMIT Digital Ready Certificate of Conformity”
• Identification of the machine and collection of data
• Analysis of all documents by RINA
• On-the-spot audit and verifications by RINA
• Obtainment of certification
Digital Ready certification can be requested for the following type of machines:
• Spinning machinery
• Weaving machinery
• Knitting machinery
• Finishing machinery
• Other machinery
