A technical textile workshops will be held at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management, Tamil Nadu from April 5 to 8, 2018. It’s meant for textile entrepreneurs in and around Tamil Nadu. Textile industries can work to enhance their products by value addition for the technical textile arena.

These workshops will be a platform to provide technical support, knowhow and the entire necessary infrastructure at one place. The workshops include three phases. The first phase would elaborate on various fields in technical textiles, product development, manufacturing processes and market. The second and third phase comprise planning and executing business plans on the technical textile sector.

Participants will undergo both theoretical and practical training including industrial visits. This sectoral training program will include sessions on medical textiles–products, manufacturing process, technology, machines, standards, market demand and marketing strategy.

Field visits will be arranged for participants to manufacturing and application sites to understand the practical aspects. Participants will also be provided with a questionnaire to conduct a survey at health care centers, medical textile product dealers and end users. Sessions on new product development, brain storming, SWOT analysis, discussions on intellectual property rights and new business startups have been planned.

The sectoral programs will cover agro textiles, home textiles, industrial textiles and packing textiles.