1. CREATING CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
FOR TECHNICAL TEXTILE
Presented by
UMESH KORE
GAURAV KATRE

2. WHAT IS TECHNICAL TEXTILE ?
Industrial
Textiles
Functional Hi- Tech
Textiles Textiles
Technical
Textile
Performance Invisible
Textiles Textiles
Engineering
Textiles

3. OVERVIEW
PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO GLOBAL SCENARIO

4. OVERVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Technical Textiles Consumption
Region
(%)
USA 23
Western Europe 22
China 13
Japan 7
Rest of the World 35

5. WEAKNESS

6. PERTAINING ISSUES
 Nascent stage
 Import Intensive
 Lack of data regarding status of
domestic technical textile
industry
 Lack of Awareness about:
- Usefulness of the Products
- Big Margins
 Risk Perception in Investment

7. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
 No Quality Benchmark
 Few projects based on state-of-art technology
 Some wants:
- Indigenous Machinery
- Knowledge about the Latest Technology
- Skilled Manpower
- Training and Educational Facilities
- Specifications and Standardization
- Raw Materials
- Specialized Testing and Evaluation Facilities

8. INITIATIVES BY GOVERNMENT

9. TECHNOLOGY MISSION ON TECHNICAL TEXTILES
(TMTT)
 Scheme for Growth and Development of Technical Textiles
(SGDTT)
 Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme (TUFS)
 Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT):
 Mini Mission I
 Mini Mission II
 Period : Five years (From 2010-11 to 2014-15)
 Fund : Rs. 200 crore

10. WHY DO WE NEED THE COES ?

11. OBJECTIVE OF CREATION OF CENTERS OF
EXCELLENCE
 Basic Objective:
- To provide infrastructure
support at one place
- For the convenience of the
manufacturers of technical
textiles

12. ESSENTIAL FACILITIES TO BE CREATED IN THE
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

13. FACILITIES FOR TESTING AND EVALUATION
 Common testing facilities
 Compliance with International Standards like:
- ASTM
- British Standards (BS)
- European Standard (EN)
- AATCC
 Testing facilities for:
- Fibre
- Yarn
- Fabrics
- Other elements that go into final product
 National Accreditation by National
Accreditation Board for testing and
Laboratories (NABL)

14. DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCE CENTRE WITH I.T.
INFRASTRUCTURE
 Technical literature
 Reference material
 Books
 Sample bank of various products
 Information about:
- Manufacturing
- Production
- Standards
- Testing Procedures
 Development of exclusive website
on Technical Textile
 Video Conferencing facility

15. INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPES
 Back up support to the industry
 Pilot scale product development for
complex products
 Technology transfer to industry after:
- Standardization
- Optimization
 Enlistment of the services of reputed
foreign consultants

16. TRAINING OF CORE PERSONNEL AND OF PERSONNEL
FROM INDUSTRY
 Creating Core Personnel:
- Textile technologists
- Academicians
- Scientists
 Training to textile professionals in country
 Inviting consultants from abroad
 Training must encompass:
- Knowledge
- Technology
- Application
- Shop floor training

17. KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITH STAKEHOLDERS
 Key reason for the low demand:
- Dearth of knowledge
- Lack of acceptance of
products
 Conducting workshops with the
allied industry personnel for:
- Awareness
- Promotion technical textile
products
 Presentation of audio-visual films
during :
- Workshops
- Seminars

18. SETTING UP OF STANDARDS AT PAR WITH GLOBAL
LEVEL
 Technical textiles:
- Functional textiles
- Stringent performance parameters prescribed
by the international agencies
 In India:
- Standards and specifications are not available
for most of the Technical textile products
 COEs:
- Provide support to the Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS) in formulation of standards

19. INCUBATION CENTER
 COEs :
- Developed as an incubation
centre for the products of
their respective segments
- Provide necessary facilities to
the entrepreneurs for
incubation of new
ideas/technologies

20. SERVICES PROVIDED BY TBIS
 Market survey/marketing assistance
 Business planning and training
 Organizing management/ technical
assistance
 Assistance in obtaining statutory
approvals
 Information dissemination on product
ideas/technologies
 Arranging legal and IPR services
 Work space for a limited period
 Common facilities:
communication, conference, compute
rs

21. FUNDING PATTERN

22. FUNDING PATTERN
 At Initial stage : 100% funding from government
 U. K. model of Faraday Partnership:
By Government - 50% funding
By Industry Segment - 50% funding
 Advantage of Faraday Partnership system
- Industry relevant project
- Interaction with industry
- Release of payment against the delivery road map
- More responsive research agency

23. FUNDING PATTERN
Rs. 25 crore: Overall fund for each of the COE
 Rs. 20 crore: Capital for lab equipments
- Pilot Plant
- Prototype Development
- Ancillary Equipment
- Installation / Commissioning
- Accreditation
 Rs. 2 crore: Development of training facilities / manual
 Rs. 3 crore: Recurring expenditure for 3 years
- Appointment of consultants / scientists / technologists

24. EXISTING COES IN TECHNICAL TEXTILES
Sr. Name of agencies Area of Centre of
No
Excellence
Lead Partner
Ahmadabad Textile Industry's
Bombay Textile Research Association
1 Research Association (ATIRA), Geotech
(BTRA), Mumbai
Ahmadabad
- Man-made Textile Research
Association (MANTRA)
Synthetic & Art Silk Mills Research
- Navsari Agriculture
2 Association Agrotech
University , Navsari
(SASMIRA), Mumbai
- Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Delhi
Northern India Textile Research Association Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
3 Protech
(NITRA), Ghaziabad Delhi
South India Textile Research Association
4 AC College of Technology, Chennai Meditech
(SITRA), Coimbatore

25. NEED FOR UP GRADATION OF EXISTING FOUR
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
 These centers are not having
facilities for :
- Development of prototypes
- Incubation centre for products
of their segments
- Provision of recurring
expenditure
 Existing COEs will be upgraded in line
with the new COEs.
 Extra fund support for setting up new
facilities

26. FOUR NEW COES
Name of agencies Area of Centre of
Sr.
Excellence
No Lead Partner
DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering
1 - Non-Wovens
Institute, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore,
2 - Indutech
Tamil Nadu
Ahmadabad Textile Industry’s Research
3 - Composites
Association (ATIRA), Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
4 Wool Research Association (WRA), Thane, -Veermata Jijabai
Maharashtra Technological Institute
(VJTI), Mumbai Sportech
- Kusumgar Corporates,
Mumbai

27. FUTURE ASPECTS OF COES

28. TECHNICAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN INDIA

29. CONCLUSION
 INDIA :
- Tremendous potential in production of technical textile
- Leadership role in creating the mission which no other
country had done before
 MISSION TO ESTABLISH COEs :
- Important milestone in technical textiles sector
- Rightly put emphasis on :
• Practical know-how
• Knowledge transfer
• Marketing
 CENTER OF EXCELLENCE :
- Creating awareness and interest among stakeholders
- Booster for sector’s growth

30. THANK YOU