American company providing fashion technology solutions globally, Tukatech, is looking at expanding market share in India’s apparel industry. The company at present occupies a 85 per cent market of share of educational institutions and a 60 per cent share of the apparel industry in India.

Having served almost all high-end international and national brands, its focus is now to bring the technology to the small and medium apparel industry. Its latest innovation — the TUKA3D Enterprise Edition — aims to increase 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 revolutionise the small and medium sector in the apparel industry. TUKA3D Enterprise Edition includes all high-functioning 3D development capabilities for a virtual product development at a more attainable price. TUKA Cloud is a web-based sample room for digital collaboration.

This solution serves as a database of virtual samples, and is also a communications platform that enables product development to take place in a digital environment, reminiscent of the traditional design process. Going virtual has allowed apparel manufacturers to reduce their product development time considerably, and increase their first-sample acceptance rate.