Abstract: The promotion and application of intelligent manufacturing and collaborative manufacturing technology are the key directions of the textile and apparel industry. With the continuous application of industrial upgrading and intelligent technology, collaborative manufacturing technology has attracted ever more attention in the industry. From the perspective of enterprises, industrial chain and industrial clusters, the paper explore the application status, development prospects, promotion bottlenecks, and corresponding measures in the field of automation, informatization, networking, and intelligence in the textile and apparel industry based on the characteristics of the intelligent development of textiles and apparel and the technical characteristics of collaborative manufacturing. By analyzing the status quo of collaboration within the apparel industry, representative intelligent manufacturing technologies, and platforms, the paper carries out a discussion on intelligent manufacturing and collaborative manufacturing in the textile and apparel industry.

Key words: textile and apparel; intelligent manufacturing; collaborative manufacturing; automation; networking