South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), a textile research organisation here, plans to set up a centre of excellence in Tiruppur as a joint initiative with the Dyers Association of Tiruppur.
PrakashVasudevan, Director, SITRA says, the association working with Tiruppur cluster for almost eight years and wanted to promote green processing among textile units in the cluster. The plan was to set up a centre in Tiruppur, train processing sector personnel, promote use of eco-friendly chemicals, reduce use of water and energy, have a laboratory, demonstrate new technologies, and offer certifications too. This will be an exhaustive facility that will come up at a cost of Rs 70 crore to Rs 80 crore, he says
SITRA had worked with the spinning sector for several decades, extended its work to medical textiles, and wanted to strengthen its research and expand its work to the knitwear cluster in Tiruppur, he adds.
