CHENNAI: One should not just make hay while the sun shines, but also ensure the land that nourished the hay remains fertile for the future too. Meet 38-year-old G Saravanamoorthi from Pollachi who ...

A fire broke out at a coir pith manufacturing unit at Kattampatti on Pollachi-Palladam Road here on Thursday afternoon. Representative image COIMBATORE: A fire broke out at a coir pith manufacturing ...

National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) has made a breakthrough in the process of manufacturing coir pith from coir fibre, which could help realize the country’s coir export target of ...

Coir pith has emerged as a major item of foreign exchange earnings in the export basket of the country over the last five years. It has accounted for 50 per cent of coir and coir product exports in ...

The durable flip flops developed by the city-based National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) that were made and test-marketed by the Alappuzha-based Foam Mattings India Limited have ...

Kochi: Environmental degradation has had a surprising side effect. It has given a new lease of life to Kerala’s age-old coir industry and fuelled the rise in demand for two of its products—coir ...

Spurt in demand for coir pith has resulted in higher prices for coir fibre and husks in Pollachi in Coimbatore district. Pollachi, known for its coconut groves, has over 60 coir exporting units and ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Coir Research & Management Institute (NCRMI) won its first patent from the Government of India recently for its technology to develop the air-freshener gel ‘Cocoaura’ ...