Alappuzha: Bye-bye expensive synthetic and wooden acoustic panels which are used in cinema halls, sound recording studios and auditoriums. The National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI), in association with the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) has taken up a project to make coir-based acoustic panels which will be cheaper and more durable than the acoustic panels available in the market.
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Coirfed plans new outlets & new agents outside Kerala
Alappuzha: Giving a fillip to its expansion plans, Coirfed will set up more retail outlets and appoint new agents outside Kerala to market its products, the newest range of which include an assortment of mats and mattresses that could be used for bathing small kids and inducing sleep among the insomniacs and the old people.
Read MoreCoirfed gets Rs. 5 crore to supply fibre to coir societies
Alappuzha: The Kerala government has granted Coirfed, the apex body of coir cooperatives in the State, Rs. 5 crore to supply raw fibres at subsidised rates to coir cooperatives, Minister for Revenue and Coir Shri Adoor Prakash announced today.
Read MoreNCRMI commissions new portable coir fibre extractor
Trivandrum: A new portable coir fibre extractor with built-in crusher, developed by the Thiruvananthapuram based National Coir Research Management Institute (NCRMI), was commissioned by Minister for Revenue & Coir, Shri Adoor Prakash today.
Read MoreNigerian delegation in Kerala to study Indian rubber sector
Kottayam: A team of nine officials and smallholders from Nigeria has arrived in Kerala to visit Rubber Board and rubber estates and smallholdings in India. The visit is under the Rubber Project of International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) funded by Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) with IRSG as the supervisory body. The team is headed by Dr. Timothy Unuigboje, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN).
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