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Digital Jacquards to raise handloom productivity in Lanka
28 Jan '19
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Sri Lanka’s textile and handlooms sector will witness a major upgrade this year as the government plans to replace punched card machines used by handloom weavers to digital, computerised Jacquards to raise the productivity of looms and improve the designs, Rishad Bathiudeen, minister of industry and commerce and cooperative development, said recently.
The government’s textiles and handlooms development division plans to install the first high quality digital Jacquard system at the Sri Lanka Institute of Textile Technology in Ratmalana at an estimated cost of $20,000, according to Sri Lankan media reports.
The system will be used to demonstrate and train national level handloom producers as well as private sector suppliers, who would be encouraged to import them on their own and competitively sell to local handloom producers.
The textile department plans to import eight more digital Jacquards to be given to each province to train the provincial producers and encourage machinery importers. (DS)
The government’s textiles and handlooms development division plans to install the first high quality digital Jacquard system at the Sri Lanka Institute of Textile Technology in Ratmalana at an estimated cost of $20,000, according to Sri Lankan media reports.
The system will be used to demonstrate and train national level handloom producers as well as private sector suppliers, who would be encouraged to import them on their own and competitively sell to local handloom producers.
The textile department plans to import eight more digital Jacquards to be given to each province to train the provincial producers and encourage machinery importers. (DS)
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