Government clears 23 strategic projects under National Technical Textiles Mission"Among these 23 research projects, 12 projects of Speciality Fibres having application areas in agriculture, smart textiles, healthcare, st...
Govt approves pilot project on skilling personnel for use of geotextiles in infra projects"The coordinating faculty of the respective fields of Engineering will look after the implementation of the special courses in consultation...
- Kerala targets Rs 1,000 crore from coir geotextiles
Kerala finance minister Thomas Issac said he hopes to train around 100 engineering graduates in the dynamics of geo textiles and send them ...
Coir export inches close to Rs 2000 croreThe US, China, Netherlands and South Korea are the main buyers of coir products from India. China is the principal buyer of coir fibre from...
Use of geo-textiles may be made mandatory in infrastructure, defenceGovernment is likely to make the use of geo-textiles mandatory in infrastructure as well as in sectors like defence and railways, an offici...
Centre looks to promote use of geo-textiles in rural roadsGeo-textiles are strong synthetic fabrics usually used in civil engineering construction projects for stabilising loose soil and preventing...
Centre asks West Bengal to take steps for protecting jute sectorThe jute industry in the state of West Bengal is grappling with demand slump leading to production cut and even mill closures, sources told.
- Coir to help prevent Japan soil erosion
The local coir industry believes export orders will swell in the next few weeks as Japan gets back on its feet.
- Coir exporters bet on Latin America
Coir Board is promoting coir geotextiles and other coir products in new markets like Latin American countries in the context of the interna...
- Coir Board to raise exports to Latin America
Coir Board is promoting coir geotextiles and other coir products in new markets like Latin American countries in context of international y...
- India likely to get more export orders from US
India's participation at the IECA conference and its connected exhibition at Reno Navada, US, is likely to attract more export orders from ...
- Ficci calls for stronger partnership to promote technical textiles
Industry chamber Ficci has called for stronger industry-defence partnership to promote innovation in technical textiles in India.
- IJSG favours application of jute geo-textiles
International Jute Study Group, a Dhaka-based inter-governmental body set up to function as global commodity body for jute and other fibres...
- Coir export fails to rise despite sops
Despite some sops from the commerce ministry, coir exports have not fully recovered from appreciation of the rupee against the dollar. Whil...
- Coir exports take a beating in Aug
Exports of coir and coir products from India during August ’06 showed a decrease, both in quantity by 1,029 tonnes, and value amounting to ...
- Coir Board plans big export push
The Coir Board has set an export target of Rs 1000-crore for the 11th Five-Year Plan and hopes to achieve it by strengthening its existing ...
- Jute industry sees ray of hope in geotextile
The ailing jute industry in the country sees a ray of hope in the probable usage of jute geotextile in road construction, expecting to get ...