First of its kind medical cotton production plant set up
01 Jul '09
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The first textile production facility to produce medical and cosmetic cotton was opened on June 29 in the Ashgabat Textile Complex, the construction and erection of which, was done by a Turkish enterprise.
A modern plant has been built for the processing of cotton, which will employ around 140 people. The plant has a capacity to produce 4,200 tons of medical cotton and 12.4 million packages of cosmetic cotton products per year.
The raw material needed for manufacturing medical cotton is available in adequate quantities, since Turkmenistan is a major producer of cotton. The processing plant was inaugurated by the President of Turkmenistan.