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Technical seminar on ‘Shoe Last Development’ held at FDDI Chennai campus

To enhance the knowledge of the students, a technical seminar on the topic ‘Shoe Last Development’ was organized at Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Chennai campus on 13th October 2022.

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The School of Footwear Design and Production (SFDP) organized this technical seminar during which Mr. Natarajan, OT-Vice President – South region & Mr. Mujeep, Technical Manager from M/S. Sanghavi Shoe Last Accessories Limited, Chennai shared their experience & expertise with the students and faculty of the campus.

They briefed about the types of shoe last, importance of shoe last, its technical consideration and development of modern lasts and also explained about the modern manufacturing method of shoe last using CAD enabled semi-skilled operatives to construct three-dimensional (3D) last forms from a library of last shapes.

They elucidated about the data stored in a program that can be used to cut accurate lasts quickly, with modern machinery allowing a number of different sizes to be formed at the same time.

The session was attended by the students, and faculties which also gave new insight to the innovations taking place globally in the field of shoe last.