Kannur has more number of handlooms than anywhere else in Kerala. It has excellent infrastructure facilities and has abundant supply of labour, raw material, machinery manufacturers, knowledge of production techniques/skills and is strategically located. The private sector will be encouraged to establish necessary facilities for dyeing, printing, raw materials, machinery,
tools, spare parts and general stores etc. in the village.
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With the objective of reviving handloom industry and to make it export oriented, Inkel has made feasibility study for setting up a Handloom Village in Kannur
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The Handloom Village will have:
- Handloom Clusters (including Organic Cotton) - sheds
- Handloom Marketing Centre/Buying House
- Dyeing Unit + Laboratory
- INKEL/CAD/Technology Centre
- Display Centre/Shopping Complex
- Built up Modules for Apparel/Value added units
- Developed Plots for Units
- Handloom related tourism ventures
- Institute of Handloom Technology/Training Centre
- Warehousing
- Business Centre
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