chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2011-12
MANTRA has been enlisted as a
consultant by Gujarat Energy Development
Agency (GEDA) and as an Energy Auditor
by Chief Electrical Inspector, Gujarat to
conduct mandatory energy audit of industrial
units. During the period April-December
2011, Energy Audit of 15 units was
carried out.
Valuation Certificates and other
certification services are rendered
and during the period under review 14
certificates have been issued.
Technical Textiles
MANTRA has been designated as Centre
of Excellence in Technical Textiles for
coating & lamination by the Government
of Gujarat and as Centre of Excellence
in Agrotech by the Government of India,
along with Navsari Agriculture University
(NAU), Navsari and IIT Delhi as knowledge
partners. MANTRA has a well-equipped
Technical Textiles Lab in which a total of
30 samples have been tested during the
period under review.
MANTRA has conducted classes on
Technical Textiles at STERS.
Under the Government of Gujarat grant,
MANTRA is going to install pilot plant
facilities for Non-woven production i.e.
Spunlace, Spun bond, and needle punch
in 2011-2012.
Powerloom Service Centre (PSC)
Two PSCs, one at Pandesara and the
other at Sachin, are functioning under the
management of MANTRA. Both centres
are extending testing and consultancy
services to the weaving industries located
in their respective clusters. The regular
activity of these centres is to impart
training to weavers. During the period April
to December, 2011, 412 and 418 weavers
have been trained under the Refresher
Training Programme at PSC Sachin and
PSC Pandesara, respectively.
Dissemination of Information
MANTRA’s dissemination of information
activities include:
= Publication of in-house monthly
magazine ‘MANTRA TEXTILE
MAGAZINE’ which covers articles,
news and information on textiles and
technical textiles.
= A one-day seminar on ‘Development
of value-added products from
banana pseudostem’ was organized
by MANTRA in association with
Navsari Agriculture University, J.K.
Paper Mills and CIRCOT on 24 th May,
2011.
= A two-day international seminar on
Man-Made Textiles was organized
at IIM, Ahmedabad by MANTRA, in
association with Fibre 2 Fashion,
SGCI, Surat and SASCMA, Surat on
18 th & 19 th November,2011.
= Besides publication of articles in the
in-house magazine, MANTRA is also
publishing articles in other journals,
three papers have been published
and two papers have been sent for
publication.
THE SYNTHETIC AND ART SILK
MILL’S RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
WORLI, MUMBAI
The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills’ Research
Association (SASMIRA) is a co-operative
venture set up by the man-made textile
industry of India after independence
as a multi-functional institute to serve
its scientific and technological needs.
SASMIRA is engaged in multifarious
activities with the prime objective of
rendering scientific & technical assistance
to the textile industry, thereby assisting its
growth and development.
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (COE)
SASMIRA’s Centre of Excellence for
Agrotextile has been working in line with
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