Creating coe for technical textiles
- 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
- 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
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