Tukatech Inc. of the US, a leading company providing fashion technology solutions at the global level, is looking at expanding its market share in India’s apparel industry. The company at present has 85 per cent market share in educational institutions and over 60 per cent of the apparel industry in India.
“Having served to almost all the hi-end international and national brands, our focus is now to bring the technology to the small & medium apparel industry”, says Ram Sareen, Founder and CEO, Tukatech Inc., some of whose prestigious clients globally are Guess, Jockey, Speedo, Calvin Klein, Forever New, Jones New York Lingerie and MIT. In India its clients are Designer Tarun Tahiliani, BIBA, W, Westside, Pantaloon, Reliance, Orient Craft, Arvind, Gokul Das, Raymond & Color Plus, etc.
With its latest innovations TUKA3D Enterprise Edition to enhance the efficiency in product development, thereby reducing the time and cost in developing new samples and enabling effective global communications and faster sample approvals through TUKA Cloud, the company aims to revolutionize the SME sector in apparels.
TUKA3D Enterprise Edition includes all the high-functioning 3D development capabilities for a virtual product development at a more attainable price. While TUKAcloud, is a web-based sample room for digital collaboration. This solution serves as a database of virtual samples, and is also a communication platform that enables product development to take place in a digital environment reminiscent of the traditional design process.
“We know there are companies keen on adopting 3D technologies but need the required capital. I believe that companies of all sizes should have the same access to advanced technology. We’ve seen the industry in California transformed by the affordability and availability of TUKAcad [for digital pattern-making, grading, and marker-making]. Almost 80 per cent of the California apparel industry uses TUKA systems. We hope to see a similar phenomenon in India with the onset of a more economical edition of TUKA3D”, said Sareen.
‘Going virtual’ has allowed the apparel manufacturers to considerably reduce their product development time considerably, and increase their first-sample acceptance rate. “Today, there are many eCommerce retailers using TUKA3D for designing, developing and uploading their realistic looking digital assets. They do not require a photo shoot, inventory, or warehousing; the best part is no markdowns. This is ‘Demand Manufacturing’. This is the best way to be profitable and be ahead of everyone else. We are proud to be labelled as the ‘DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIST’ and want our customers to be No.1”, he added.
Founded in 1995 by garment-industry veteran Ram Sareen, Tukatech offers award-winning 2D pattern making, grading and marker making software, automated marker making software, 3D sample making/virtual prototyping software, as well as garment plotters, and automatic spreaders and cutters for production.
All systems include unlimited training, consulting, process engineering, and implementation of technologies. The capability of Tukatech’s technology remains unparalleled in the fashion industry.