COIMBATORE: No one would have imagined the scale of India's, and indeed the world's, dependence on China for solar panels, man-made fibre, electronics among various other products. The fact has become ...

Pollachi, one of the world’s largest exporters of coir fibre and pith, is facing a setback like never before. Coir manufacturers are stocking thousands of tonnes because the prices have fallen to a ...

Aiming to stop the procuring of coir fibre from neighbouring states such as Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the state government is planning to increase the availability of fibre in state by active ...

Have you ever wondered what happens to the husk of coconut trees? If not, then it is time you plan a trip to the International Coir Museum in Alappuzha in the state of Kerala. Set amid the lazy ...

Remember the olden days when every house had its own coir rope cots, people used to sit around in the verandah and chit-chat. The coir products were really ‘in’ then. From rope cots to mattings, to ...

A seminar organised on Friday in connection with the Coir Kerala 2021, an expo on coir and natural fibre products, stressed the need for constituting cooperative consortiums to ensure the availability ...

Disposal of harmful coir fibre waste produced by industrial units that extract and use coir fibre has been a serious environmental issue in the State. The National Institute for Interdisciplinary ...