AEPC and Taiwan-based mill to make available speciality fabrics

The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), a nodal agency of the textiles, has forged an alliance with Taiwan-based Pai Lung Machinery Mill to improve the availability of functional fabrics which are anti-bacterial, stain-resistant and need not be washed, according to an AEPC release.

Pai Lung will support the AEPC's Rs 15 crore knitwear technology mission for transfer of skills on technical textiles, industrial fabrics, eco-friendly textiles and high-value man made textiles.

The Taipei-based company will conduct workshops, make sample apparels and render support to Indian manufacturers for setting up knitting units for speciality garments.

The mission will have a research and development laboratory, a library to provide all minute details of a wide variety of fabrics, a fashion and design studio and a machine laboratory besides housing a training centre spread over 40,000 square feet.

The building will be ready in eight months, stated the release.