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research wing of the Coir Board was formed in 1955 as per the
recommendation of the committee for Research and Statistics of Coir
Board and the Central Coir Research Institute started functioning
in 1959. A wet processing laboratory was set up in the initial
stage and subsequently it was bifurcated into the Dye House and
Chemistry & Testing Laboratory in 1984. The Dye House has been
looking on bulk dyeing/ bleaching of coir fibre/ yarn by mechanical
steam dyeing process. The Chemistry & Testing Laboratory is housed
in the new research block of CCRI and is responsible in continually
improving the quality of dyeing, bleaching, shade matching through
research investigations by adopting appropriate chemicals and technology
. It is instrumental in evolving shadecards on Direct and Reacitive dyes
and also from Eco-friendly direct and acid dyes. It evolved a low cost
bleaching technique for the benefit of the coir industry and engaged in
development of a silicate free Hydrogen Peroxide bleaching. It attend to
the requirements of the trade in shade matching by conducting lab level
dyeing. It is also involved in imparting softness to coir fibre,
fire retardency and water repellency to coir and coir products. It
has a Physical Testing Laboratory recognized by Bureau of Indian
Standards in testing of coir and coir products as per IS
standards. Recently it has set up an ASTM laboratory
for testing the characterizations of Coir Bhoovastra as per ASTM
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