MANTRA Inaugurates Face Mask And PPE Kits Testing Laboratory In Surat
Surat (Gujarat) [India], September 13: The Man-Made Textile Research Association (MANTRA), which is one of the leading national Textile Research Associations (TRAs) in the country and is connected to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, opened the first-of-its-kind Face Mask and PPE Kit testing laboratory at its facility on the Ring Road in Surat.Rajnikant Bachkaniwala, the president of MANTRA, said, "We had a lot of trouble setting up the lab during the COVID-19 pandemic because we didn't have the right testing equipment." Now that MANTRA's testing lab is up and running, it won't take long for the makers of face masks and PPE kits to get their samples tested and certified.According to Bachkaniwala, the demand for PPE and face masks increased significantly across the country ...