chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2011-12
v The equipments for silver
plating, gold plating, ABS plastic
plating, nickel plating etc. have
also reached in the new CFC
and it will be installed in this year
itself.
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In the second Mega Cluster
Project Testing Lab about new
70 sophisticated equipment will
be added and the tender for the
same have been floated and
a good response for the same
have been received for the same
and they are being evaluated at
present. The testing equipments
will cover almost all the testing
facilities in the field of metal,
glass, wood and resin. The
extended new lab will be much
useful to the exporters situated
in and around Moradabad.
It is expected that the new testing
lab will be operational in this year
itself.
2. The officials from the Centre
participated in both the export trade
fairs conducted in Greater Noida to
provide wide publicity to the finishing
facilities, testing facilities and training
facilities exisiting in the Centre to
the exporters, buyers and buying
agencies of different countries.
3. 4 Skill Development Training
Programs have been sanctioned.
The total cost sanctioned for the
training to be conducted in the
coming five years is Rs.2.07 crores
and MOT will provide Rs.1.67 crores
as its share and Rs.40 lakhs will be
met by MHSC. It is targeted that
504 trainees will be premises as
part of skill Development Training
every year and total number of 2520
trainees will be trained in the coming
five years.
4. The Officials of Orissa Handicrafts
Corporation had an exposure visit to
this Centre and the Centre arranged
to them visit to local artisans and
exporters of this region. In fact, in
Orissa handicrafts are developed by
hitting and beating method and by old
traditional methods. They are having
the aim to develop similar projects
of manufacturing and finishing of
handicrafts existing in Moradabad
with a tie-up to MHSC. Subsequently,
they arranged another exposure visit
of their artisans and traders to this
Centre and the officials in the Centre
provided all the help.
Activities undertaken/Achievement in
the year 2010-11.
i) Metal finishing activities i.e.
Electroplating of silver, nickel, Copper,
Brass, Chrome, & gold plating,
Lacquering, Powder Coating, Sand/
Sand Blasting and Misc. activities
done on metal artware products.
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iii)
Laboratory Testing and certification
done on metal artware.
Centre’s Website development and
named as www.metalfinishanddesign.in
iv) Five number Integrated Design and
Technology Development project
at Moradabad, Sambhal, Roorkee,
Jalesar and Behat where 250
innovation design developed and
500 artisans got benefited.
v) Participants in India Handicrafts Gift
Fair at Expo Mart, Greater Noida in
(Autumn) 2010 for promotion and
marketing of Centre’s activities.
vi) MHSC set up a Design bank.
vii) A project awarded by DST in
collaboration with Institute of Plasma
Research, Gandhi Nagar (Gujrat)
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