According to Ashwin Chandra, Vice-Chairman, Southern Mills’ Association, Centres of Excellence for Technical Textiles in Coimbatore should try to acquire knowledge and develop standards for products.
Inaugurating a two-day conference on “Industrial Textiles - Products, Applications and Prospects”, organised by the Department of Textile Technology and Automobile Engineering of PSG College of Technology, Chandra revealed that Coimbatore has two Centres of Excellence - one for medical textiles and another for industrial textiles - set up with support from the Central Government. This is the right time to tap opportunities in technical textiles as the Union Government is promoting Make in India and indigenisation.
The centres should try to acquire more knowledge and become experts in their respective fields. They should also involve marketing experts, identify the demand, and work with the textile clusters. Further, at present, there is no centralised information on standards for industrial textiles. The centres should work on testing and standards.
