They offered about 20 different training sessions this July and August. If we train them, they'll use the latest tools. If we don't train them, they will stay behind. We do them a favour and we do ourselves a favour. At the same time, we're helping Autodesk by preparing schools to teach the latest in their technology.
High schools comprise half their market with colleges and universities as the remainder.
Actually, Torcomp even serves a few elementary schools, teaching teachers AutoCAD LT or AutoSketch. The education market is growing if Torcomp's 156 per cent sales growth last year is an accurate indication. Nanfara admits that their sales growth typically reflects Autodesk's new product releases. AutoCAD is their best selling product over all, closely followed by mechanical and multimedia. Their biggest growth area was multimedia sales with 3D StudioMax, however GIS sales were also strong.