The textile industry should look at reviving technology and skills to recapture higher share in the global trade, said Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner, while speaking at the inauguration of joint technological conference of textile research associations.
“The future of textile industry is going to be technical textiles,” she said, adding, “In the last five years, there had been 20 per cent growth year-on-year in this segment. The sector should aim to be 40 per cent of the country’s textile industry. The centres of excellence created for technical textiles should look at having joint annual conferences as done by the research associations. The Union Government had allocated Rs 200 crores under the technology mission for technical textiles and there is still some fund that is not spent. The centres should come forward with proposals”.
D. Krishnamurthy, Chairman of the council of administration of South India Textile Research Association, while speaking on the occasion informed that the association conducted 19 training programmes in the last one year. He also elaborated on the projects taken up and completed by the four textile research associations in the country.
The South India Textile Research Association has also launched a website where the companies can register to get a consolidated report on the quality of fibres and yarn. Initially, it will be for 40s, 60s, 80s and 100 count yarn. The industry experts are of the opinion that this effort by SITRA will help in establishing standards for quality of yarn.
www.sitra.org.in
