David Leprovost, account manager, Lectra, presented the keynote speech at the event on how the company's latest 'Vector MP9 fabric cutting solution' would indisputably present a market-specific solution on productivity and cost-efficiency that the current garment industry of the country needs to meet the local industrial challenges and the stiff international competition.

"We believe every customer is unique and we tend to supply innovative ways to support the development of products and connect the designers, product engineers, and the manufacturers all in one tie," said Leprovost, further relating his statement to the local scenario by how Lectra currently listed a total of 120 local clients from the industry using Lectra services, while the company held a 80 per cent share on garment utilities being used locally.

"Since the quotas were lifted, the challenges for manufacturing countries have changed, and thus manufacturers have had to adapt the way their production is organised to the new demands of contract providers," Leprovost stated, while throwing his direct views on the presently occurring prospects from the local garment industry, auxiliary affirming that the Vector MP range would meet the manufacturers' needs in terms of productivity, responsiveness and quality.

With the ability to cut spreads up to 9 cm, an equivalent of 250 slices of raw fabric, the MP9 cutter claims to have proven achievement of 50 per cent greater productivity than standard market cutters with unparallel precision, regardless of geometric constraints and the nature of the material being used, increasing speed and quality, automatic anticipation of delicate cutting areas, predictive compensation for blade deflection and real-time control of cutting effort.

"The associated software installation in your cutting control room allows visual monitoring and real-time tracking of cutting processes with practical performance reporting functions," said Leprovost. "Its cutting optimisation parameters are pre-programmed and instantly accessible, and its exclusive blade control system enables pieces to be cut at a tangent without loss of quality," he added.

"Achieving a 1000 piece jeans cut per minute, and jeans here being simply exemplified as a fabric, your cutting process is more fluid, and you achieve greater productivity even with a tight work flow," claimed Leprovost. Hereby, it should be mentioned how one single machine MP9 cutting performance is an equivalent of two regular cutters.

"The system also contains a 'Variable control material hold', which uses a vacuum pressing adjustment technique, which is the ideal tool for controlling cutting quality on non-porous materials and highly compressible fabrics, substantially saving electricity consumption by eliminating the heavy charging required by some distribution networks," Leprovost stated.

The Vector MP range is a result of a deliberate Lectra research and development policy of pooling expertise acquired across the various markets it serves to develop complete, coherent solutions for each of them, towards satisfying the needs of the apparel manufacturers in the major sub-contracting countries regions, including Bangladesh, China, India, Vietnam, Turkey, North Africa, and Central America, alongside the prime contractors from Europe and North America.

Ridwan A Kabir