Lectra hosts education congress

15/12/2011
Textile industry technology provider Lectra, held its fourth education congress at its headquarters in Cestas, near Bordeaux, in November.

An international group of 40 professors, education coordinators, department heads, and directors of fashion schools and
universities from Germany, Brazil, Canada, China, the US, France, the Netherlands, Italy, the UK and Switzerland gathered for the event.

This year, the three major themes were collaborative work, design, and 3D as applied to the fashion industry. 

Executive committee member Véronique Zoccoletto, who is in charge of Lectra's education programme, said afterwards that the annual congress is part of her company's "comprehensive approach to providing active support to education". She said Lectra takes "concrete action" throughout the year to support 850 schools and university partners.