National Textile University (NTU) in Pakistan has invested in three computer labs for digital pattern, textile, and apparel design, including 50 TUKAcad stations for digital pattern-making and several TUKA3D stations for virtual sample-making from Tukatech. The inauguration and ribbon cutting ceremony was performed by Tukatech’s head coach and founder, Ram Sareen, and NTU’s rector, Dr Tanveer Hussain.
One of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Pakistan, NTU began as an institute focused on the spinning, weaving, and processing of textiles. However, since it was upgraded to a technical and managerial university in 2002, programmes have been expanded to equip students with knowledge of fashion design, apparel merchandising, and garment manufacturing. The goal of the shift in recent years toward ‘outcome-based’ teaching and skill enhancement has been to provide the garment industry with students who have enough hands-on experience to add value to their employers from day one, says NTU.
Hussain says: “We had been using CAD systems in our garment manufacturing programmes, but we learned that about 70% of the progressive garment industry had switched to Tukatech systems for product development. We were amazed with the capabilities of TUKAcad and TUKA3D and we knew our students would be in a better position to serve the garment industry with the knowledge and skill of the Tukatech systems.”
Founded in 1995 by Sareen, Tukatech’s TUKAcad solution is an award-winning pattern making design software and TUKA3D is a 3D virtual fit and design suite. The company also offers an online collaboration platform TUKAcloud and SMARTmark, a marker-making programme and automatic computer-aided machinery for plotting, spreading, and cutting fabric. Also, in August of this year, Tukatech launched its clean air filtration and lowest energy consumption TUKAcut cutting systems, certified by the TÜV SÜD Italia Machine Energy Protocol MEP
