sewts is bridging one of the last gaps of automation! By providing robots with human-like perception and grasping skills, sewts makes the automatic handling of deformable materials possible. sewts’ mission is to simplify complex manual labor into streamlined automation.

Industrial laundries operate mostly in an automated manner, but with one significant gap: 30% of the personnel costs account for only equipping folding & ironing machines!

With sewts.VELUM, we have changed that: Our system feeds towels and other terry cloth into folding machines, closing this significant gap in automation, assisting in overcoming labour shortage and significantly reducing operating costs for our customers. sewts.VELUM is more than just an infeed automation. Driven by AI velum is tought to adapt customer changes quickly, handle different textiles like incontince sheets at the same robot and ensures quality inspection. 

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sewts was founded in Munich in 2019. Through the unique use and combination of artificial intelligence, computer simulation and robotics, the team around Alexander Bley-Bremer, Till Rickert and Tim Doerks has set itself the task of teaching robots to grip like a human.  In November 2022, their first product sewts.velum, an infeed robot for flat laundry, was installed at the Greif laundry in Germany, Wolfratshausen. The company now has a seven-figure turnover and can therefore continue to invest in the development of new applications. The vision of the Munich start-up is the fully automated handling of textiles - meaning that sorting, quality control and the handling of workwear will be possible in the future. 

But what makes the Munich-based company's work different from other automation solutions? “We are a deep-tech company. Unlike traditional manufactures, for example, we don't develop solutions for a single problem, but create a generalizable technology that can solve various problems at once,” says Managing Director and founder Alexander Bley-Bremer.