Technical
Textiles Industry is diverse; broad based and encompasses 12 segments depending
on the characteristics, functional requirement and end use applications. Under
the Scheme for Growth and Development of Technical Textiles (SGDTT), launched
during 2007-08, the government has set up four Centers of Excellence (COE) to
provide support to the manufacturers of the identified segments of the
technical textile industry. The four identified Centers of Excellence are
detailed below:
Sr. No.
|
Name
of agencies
|
Area of Centre of Excellence
|
1.
|
The
Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA) & Ahmedabad Textile Industry's
Research Association (ATIRA) with BTRA as lead partner.
|
Geotech
|
2.
|
Synthetic
& Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) & Man-made Textile
Research Association (MANTRA) & Navsari Agriculture University with
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi as knowledge partner with SASMIRA
as lead partner.
|
Agrotech
|
3.
|
Northern
India Textile Research Association (NITRA) & Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Delhi with NITRA as lead partner.
|
Protech
|
4.
|
South
India Textile Research Association (SITRA) and AC College of Technology with
SITRA as lead partner.
|
Meditech
|
The Ministry of Textiles has launched
Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT) with two mini- missions for a
period of five years (from 2010-11 to 2014-15) with a fund outlay of Rs. 200
crore. Under TMTT four more COEs are being set up in the area of Nonwovens,
Composites, Indutech and Sportech.
The
Government has already designated four new Centers of Excellence (COEs) and are
being established. The details of three new COEs are given below:
Sr.
No.
|
Name
of agencies
|
Area
of Centre of Excellence
|
1
|
DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering
Institute, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
|
Non-Wovens
|
2
|
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu
|
Indutech
|
3
|
Ahmedabad Textile Industries (ATIRA),
Ahmadabad, Gujarat. Research Association
|
Composites
|
4
|
Wool Research Association (WRA),
Thane, Maharashtra
|
Sportech
|
The
essential facilities at the center of excellence are as follows,
i)
Facilities for testing and evaluation of products of identified segments of technical
textiles with national / international accreditation and collaboration with
foreign institutes / laboratories
The
common testing facilities are to be set up as per International Standards like
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), British Standards (BS),
German Institute for Standardization(DIN), International Organization for
Standardization(ISO) & European Standards(EN) etc. for different products
of segment for which they shall be developed as COE. The proposed testing
facilities shall cater to the requirement of testing the final product and also
the fibre, yarn, fabrics and other elements that go into final product. The testing
laboratories of Centres of Excellence shall get the national accreditation by NABL
and shall also get their testing labs accredited by international institutes so
that their test results are accepted in the international market.
ii)
Resource Centre with I.T. infrastructure
The
information resource centre of Centres of Excellence shall be equipped with
technical literature, reference material, books, specifications, directives and
a sample bank containing samples of various products and information about
manufacturing, production standards, testing procedures etc. for the products
of the segment for which they shall be developed as
COE.
An exclusive website for that particular segment of the technical textiles
shall be developed and maintained by all COEs. These sites shall provide link
to each other as well as other sites including international sites with
information on technical textiles. The video conferencing facilities will also
be set up in COEs for interaction / participation in workshops / seminars
organized nationally and internationally.
iii)
Facilities for indigenous development of prototypes
Pilot plant facilities shall
be created for development of prototypes / technology which shall be
transferred to the industry after standardization and optimization of the
production process. COEs shall also enlist the services of reputed foreign
consultants for providing technology support for development of such products,
if necessary.
iv)
Facilities for training of core personnel and regular training of personnel from
the technical textile industry
COE
shall impart training to textile technologists, academicians, scientists etc.
from TRAs, institutes and industry to develop a set of core professionals
(trainers). The Education and training programme shall also cover Shop floor
training (i.e. training on specific machines/technology).
v)
Knowledge sharing with stake holders
Dearth
of knowledge and thus, lack of acceptance of technical textile products by the
end-users such as Farmers, Civil engineers, Architects, Medical practitioners,
Government agencies (PWD, MMRDA etc.) is a key reason for the low demand for
some of the critical technical textile products. The COEs shall conduct
workshops with the personnel of allied industries for awareness and promotion
of respective technical textile products. Need based Audio-visual films will be
prepared on various aspects viz. technicality of potential products /
application areas / installation & manufacturing process of their
respective segments of technical textiles and it will be shown among users,
manufacturers, entrepreneurs, etc during workshops/seminars, etc.
vi)
Incubation Centre
COEs
will be developed as an incubation centre for the products of their segment and
will provide necessary facilities to the entrepreneurs for incubation of new
ideas/technologies.
vii)
Setting up of standards at par with global level
Technical textiles are functional
textiles. Therefore, stringent performance parameters have been prescribed by
the international agencies. In India the standards and specifications are not available
for most of the technical textile products. The COEs will provide support to the
BIS in formulation of standards.
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