BTRA Role In Nonwovens

BTRA in the last six decades of its service has developed expertise in a wide range of textile specific areas covering the entire gamut of textile manufacturing from fibre to finance. Since 1987, BTRA is extensively working in the area of nonwovens / technical textiles. In fact much earlier, in the 1983-84, testing of nonwovens / coated materials were initiated at BTRA Test House. Full fledge pilot plant consists of needle punching, thermal bonding and chemical bonding facilities were set up in 1987, thanks to grant from Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. Manpower was trained in product development & testing of different technical textiles products / nonwovens. Meanwhile in 2002, BTRA was accredited as per ISO 17025 standards and reaffirmed in 2017. Recognising the importance of antimicrobial finish and tests such as bio-burden tests, bacterial filtration efficiency tests, BTRA in 2003 set up microbiology laboratory which today boasts of expertise and reasonably good infrastructure.

During the course of last two decades, BTRA has been helping Indian manufacturers to develop products, overcome processing problems and manufacture to meet specifications in the area of nonwovens.