‘Knowledge acquisition and setting standards must for technical textiles’

Coimbatore | Saturday | 18th August, 2018

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This is the right time to tap opportunities in technical textiles as the Union Government is promoting Make in India and indigenisation. L.

Gopalakrishnan, Managing Trustee of PSG Institutions, said India’s technical textiles market size accounts for 4 % of the global market. Further, at present, there is no centralised information on standards for industrial textiles. | Photo Credit: M_Periasamymore-inCentres of Excellence for technical textiles in Coimbatore should look at knowledge acquisition and developing standards for products, said Ashwin Chandran, vice-chairman of Southern India Mills’ Association and chairman and managing director of Precot Meridian, here on Friday. Ashwin Chandran, chairman and managing director of Precot Meridian, speaking at the inaugural of conference on industrial textiles at PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore on Friday..