January 24, 2002

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    Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) situated in Ghaziabad is one of the four textile research associations which are located in different parts of the country. It is the only ISO 9001 accredited textile research organisation in the country. NITRA was established in 1975 and is linked to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It also recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.

    NITRA is for carrying out scientific research in the field of textiles as well as for promoting and fostering scientific research studies to extend the knowledge related to textile industry. It also renders services to the centralized as well as decentralized sector through eight Power Loom Service Centres (PLSC) under its aegis.

• R&D projects and industry specific surveys related to textile industry.
• Consultancy for implementation of ISO 9000/14000 quality/environmental management system, Design of ETPs, Pollution Control Machine design & development, Manpower studies, Energy conservation audit, Process house study, Maintenance management & Maintenance audit and a lot more.
• Testing of Textiles, Chemicals, Dyes and Effluents
• Collection and dissemination of data useful to the textile industry for MIS.
• HRD activities and generation of awareness through various training programmes, seminars, workshops, conference and publications.

• Services to the members – continuous improvement
• R&D – meet the challenges of non-quota era
• Achieving global excellence in service quality of leverage NITRA’s brand image.

    NITRA is an optimum mix of services offered such as training, testing, counselling and solving other operational problems faced by Garment Industry to sustain in the post quota regime and to boost up exports. Being backed by Ministry of Textiles, Government of India its charges are not profit driven. It offers concessional services/charges for bulk users.

    NITRA has five laboratories for testing of textiles, dyes, chemicals and effluents at Head Office, Ghaziabad along with a comprehensive Pilot Plant and CAD centre. Power Loom Service Centres in Bhilwara, Panipat & Meerut have sophisticated textile testing labs. CAD facilities can also be availed at Bhilwara & Panipat Centres.

    A larger number of textile mills and export oriented units (EOUs) located in major textile centres in India and abroad avail of the services of NITRA. Various Central and State Government organisations also utilize the testing facilities and other services of NITRA.

    NITRA Garment Centre (NGC) offers a wide spectrum of services to strengthen the garment industry. The key areas where services offered are:

• Garment constructions
• Sewing operations
• Pattern making & cutting
• Vendor operation & Q.C.
• Computerised pattern making with latest software to offer centralised facility for garment manufacturers.
• Product Development assistance in terms of fabric, yarn, color, eco-standards etc.
• Consultancy assignments such as cost reduction, improving productivity, reducing waste and rejections for the benefit of garment industry.
• Quality services in wet processing of the garments.
• A team of experts have started working to develop norms for Quality, Productivity & Man Power requirement for garment sector which would help the garment manufacturers and garment exporters to identify the gaps & benchmark their processes against the best in the industry.