The Central Coir Research Institute of Coir Board in Alapuzha in Kerala has launched a fully automatic power loom for producing quality coir geo textiles.
The new loom is versatile and could produce 5-6 times more quantity of coir geo textiles of good quality and is also cost effective.
The loom, launched by the Board Chairman, C P Radhakrishnan, can be procured by the new/young entrepreneurs under Coir Udyami Yojana, and Mudra banking system under self employment schemes.
The Coir geo textiles are eco-friendly, environmental friendly, bio degradable, natural, durable and cheapest when compared with other vegetable fibre products.
As the quantity of export of the coir geo textiles showed an increasing trend this invention would fulfill the demand from within the Country and abroad, the board said in a release here.
Stating that exporters have evinced keen interest on the new power loom for coir geo textiles, it said that co-operative sector can also install the new loom in their units to increase production and thereby ensuring a good remuneration to the coir workers.