Technical textiles are the future of the . Tamil Nadu, which is Home to several leading educational institutions, has skilled manpower. There is a huge potential for mobiltech because Tamil Nadu is the Detroit of India. Our companies must have R&D arrangements with manufacturers of mobiltech products in other parts of the world to produce them in the state.
The government has also announced minitextile parks on a minimum of two acres. We want ancillary units for large technical textile units, stitching DEFENCE clothes and manufacturing components for sportech products, in these small parks. Technical textiles are based on research and development and we have to invest more in that. The need of the hour is branding the products.
A textile city of international standards will be established in Chennai on Outer Ring Road. It is going to be a landmark facility with first-of-its-kind Infrastructure in the country. This is going to be a one-stop exhibition centre, where allthe textile products manufactured in Tamil Nadu will be displayed. Traders from across the country can see them under one roof.