The Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal has transferred the technology for making composite panels using industrial wastes, natural fibres and polymer as a hybrid wood substitute Composite Materials (CM-Wood) to M/s VSM Industries Pvt ltd, Gujarat
for commercial production
on Saturday.
The licensing is expected for effective use of different industrial wastes stream and introduces unique materials to the composites industry.
Prof Indranil Manna, Director, IIT, Kanpur and Chairman, Research Council, CSIR - AMPRI, Bhopal chaired the function.
Manna, in his address on the occasion, congratulated the scientists and staff of AMPRI on this major achievement and said that this technology transfer is a step towards the cause of betterment through scientific and technical intervention. It is waste utilization as well as green technology, he said. S Das, Director, CSIR -AMPRI welcomed the guests and
said that AMPRI will transfer more technologies for the benefit of masses.
In India, use of timber has been restricted due to increasing price, non-availability and various environmental threats due to global warming, green house gas emission, which prioritise the necessity of safeguarding our forest reserve. Architects, builders and user agencies are looking for alternative materials to wood in construction and other engineering applications.
CSIR - AMPRI, Bhopal has developed this technology in view of the National Forest Policy of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF), Government of India for development of wood substitute for building application so that consumption of timber in building and house construction can be minimised.