No. 3A, PEENYA INDUSTRIAL AREA,

BANGALORE-560 058, KARNATAKA, INDIA

Phone: 080-8394875  FAX: 080-3722074

Email: coir@bgl.vsnl.net.in  Telegram: COIRTECH

Central Institute of Coir Technology is a research institute of Coir Board, an autonomous body, under the control of Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries, Government of India. It was established in 1979 for undertaking research in the utilizations of brown coir fibre.

Product development such as development of new products from coir fibre.

Machinery development and standardization in the existing machinery to improve the productivity.

Testing of Coir and Coir products in the brown coir fibre sector.

Diversified activities for the coir polymer composites in building materials, automotive, transportation, moulded gift articles and interior decorations in false ceiling, wall paneling and flooring.

Process development such as optimization of process parameters and arriving at suitable machinery for the new product developed.

Collaborating with other research institutes for the goal of above objectives

Training and development of skill power in specialized areas of coir

Formulating Indian standards for the coir products developed and amendment of the existing standards.

Extension service and technical assistance to the coir entrepreneurs.

Conservation and better Utilization of brown coir fibre for value added Products by under taking research activities on product development.

Extension is the essential activity for the R & D Institute for the effective dissemination. The institute is extending the service facility to the coir entrepreneurs for making the trial products, improve upon the existing product and for improving their technical capabilities. The entrepreneurs are entitled to utilize some of the equipment’s and machinery’s installed at our institute by payment of nominal service charges. The facilities extended are:

The institute has the facility for converting coir fibre into coir non woven felt. The entrepreneurs can utilize the facility of this plant by paying nominal conversion charge.  The non woven felt can have further application in geo textile, horticultural and is the base raw material for coir composites.

The institute has got BIS accredited laboratory for testing coir and coir products as per,

• IS 898 – Specification for retted coir fibre

• IS 8391- Specification for rubberized coir sheets for cushioning

• IS 9308 Part 1-4- specification for mechanically extracted coir fibres

• IS 11060 – Specification of molded rubberized coir cushioning

The entrepreneurs can utilize the facility of the laboratory for checking their quality of their Products by paying nominal testing charge.

The institute is equipped with the coir impregnation, hot moulding press of size 1.5’ x1.5’. The entrepreneurs can make use of this facility to make composites suiting specific applications and further it can be incorporated in their units

The institute has got the facility of producing two ply coir yarns and the entrepreneurs can utilize the facility of expertise for the production of different varieties of coir yarns and the same can be incorporated in their units.

The institute has the facility for producing coir fuel briquettes from coir pith. The final product has got the excellent utilisation and potential to replace the existing fuels. The fibre manufacturers can make use of this facility for a viable by product.