Bringing The Garment Industry Back To Georgia

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Robotic sewing machines, like this one created by SoftWear Automation, could change the garment industry and bring jobs back to Georgia.

Outsourcing all but destroyed the textile industry in the South over the last few decades, which went from employing more than a million workers in the late 1940s. As Georgia and other Southern states try to lure manufacturers back with tax incentives, an Atlanta company has developed a possible breakthrough: a robotic sewing machine. We speak with Barry Clark, vice president of research and development at SoftWear Automation, and Courtney Hammonds, academic director of the fashion department at the Art Institute of Atlanta, about how new technology is changing the garment industry. 

A look at the local garment industry and how an Atlanta company's automatic sewing machine could bring jobs back to Georgia.