Indian government has decided to set up 800 SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) clusters with an investment of Rs 850 crore by March 2017 to boost khadi and village industries, according to media reports. ...
“Degradable natural fibres have an advantage over synthetics when it comes to the environment. Having said that, there are developments in the pipeline to aid the environmental sustainability of synthetics,” the head of a full ...
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Tips When choosing tiles for bathrooms, go for matte tiles rather than glossy ones. This is because the fear of slipping is more in such places. If you want a shiny tile, apply a coat of no-slip solution on it. Having a beautiful and ...
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Exports of coir and coir products from India touched an all-time high totaling Rs. 14.76 billion, registering a surge of 32 percent year-on-year, during the last fiscal year of 2013-14, owing to robust consumption from China, as per the ...
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India earned nearly US$ 15 billion through exports of textiles and apparel in the first six months of the current financial year 2013-14, according to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). According to the ...
Coir exports from India are likely to touch Rs. 12 billion-mark in the ongoing fiscal 2013-14, according to Madhav Lal, Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Speaking to reporters at the Coir ...
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Coir is the raw material which is used to manufacture bed mattresses, floor mats, door mats, brushes, sacking, etc. Coir related products are always in demand and it is frequently used in our daily life. Coir is basically a natural fibre ...
New Therapedic India licensees Milind Pandit, left, and Syed Emtiaz Ahmed, second from right, meet with Therapedic executives Gerry Borreggine and Norman Rosenblatt.} PRINCETON, N.J. — Top 10 bedding producer Therapedic ...
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Hydraulic Press Manufacturers A hydraulic press is a machine using a hydraulic cylinder to generate a compressive thrust. It uses the hydraulic equivalent of a mechanical lever to generate force. The hydraulic press depends on Pascal's ...
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Eyeing diversification in its product portfolio, Coir Board of India is gearing up to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Silk Board to weave silk with coir blend, Coir Board Chairman G Balachandran has said. Based on the ...
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A coir village and an international exhibition-cum-sales centre is planned to be set up in the Alappuzzha city of Kerala state in southern India, the state minister for Revenue and Coir, Adoor Prakash, has announced. A company, similar to ...
The Coir Board, functioning under the Government of India, has implemented a new marketing strategy to increase sales. As per the new strategy, the Board would be appointing stockists, franchisees and agents across the country. ...
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Beating all previous records, India exported Rs. 11.16 billion worth of coir and coir products in 2012-13, which is a 6 percent or Rs. 640 million more than previous fiscal’s exports of Rs. 10.52 billion, Coir Board Chairman G ...
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Why? When? With what? How? These are common questions that homeowners with slate tile floors face. It is not mandatory to seal a slate tile floor. The decision to seal or not is dependent on the source and nature of your slate tiles, room ...
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) along with other stakeholders joined forces to strengthen national and local collaborative efforts to promote, develop, and sustain the growth of the ...