The Wool Research Association, Thane, an autonomous co-operative Research organization under Society’s Act and linked to Ministry of Textiles, GOI, was established in the year 1963 by the Woollen Textile Industry in close association with the union government of India.
WRA as an organization is committed to provide technological and scientific solutions to the woollen sector in particular and textiles industry in general besides meeting the super-ordinate goals of scientific and technological advancements set by the industry leaders and policy makers in India. In this pursuit, the organization has imprinted its own standards to obtain the accreditation of the international status as a R&D institution apart from providing solutions to various technical and techno-economic problems faced by the industry in a very cost effective mechanism and with quick response time. Recently WRA has been designated as Center of Excellence for Sportech by Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India.
Wool Research Association- Textile Testing Lab’, is a Third party Textile Testing Laboratory accredited by NABL.
The Chemical Laboratory is well equipped for all the laboratory dyeing & finishing treatments
The Pilot Plant facility under COE-Sportech is set up in separate building in WRA Thane Campus.
Colour department is involved in R&D and testing related to colour difference measurement, quality control.
Wool Research Association was established in 1963, the only national institute in the field of Wool Technology, is located in a green belt about 35 kms from Bombay (Mumbai). WRA is a centre of business activity of the country. It is well connected by two Highways.
Wool Research Association has been designated as Centre of Excellence for Sports Textiles and allied products as lead partner duly supported by consortium partners
An "International Conference on Technical Textiles" organised by Ministry of Textiles, Government of India under its flagship scheme - National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) in partnership with Department of Textiles, Government of Tamilnadu and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was held on 25th & 26th November 2022 at Hotel Feathers, Chennai..
November 29, 2022Technotex 2023 Concluded at Bombay Exhibition Centre 22.02.23 to 24.02.23. Honorable Minister of State for Textiles, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. Of India Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh and Smt. Rachna Shah, Union Secretary of Textiles visited Visited the WRA CoE Sportech stall and interacted with officials.
February 26Review Meeting of Textile Research Associations (TRA) under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal on 3rd November 2022in New Delhi.
November 29, 2022WRA's Participation in two days Wool Stakeholders Meeting/Conference on Challenges and development through augmentation of different segments and use of technology will be held on 23rd & 24th Sept., 2022 at Clarion Bella Casa Hotel, Jaipur
September 25, 2022Team From the state government of NSW, Australia & Planet Protector Packaging visited WRA to explore opportunities to work on the collaborative projects
September 17, 2022Shri Pradeep Kulshrestha, Plant Head, United Fiber Composite pvt. Ltd ., Ahmedabad visited WRA CoE Sportech and shared his hands on practical experience and knowledge with the team.
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