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TANZANIA INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

TIRDO for sustainable industrial development
Departmental Head
Eng. Athanas Ntawanga

Head of Textile and Leather Technologies Division

TEXTILE AND LEATHER

The Division of Textile and Leather Technologies is dealing with the development of cleaner and competitive technologies of textiles and leather production, quality assurance of textile and leather value chain and value addition to leather and textiles waste streams

Further in the issue of Research and Development we are dealing with:-
a) Product development for using collagen and natural fibres.
b) Leather and textiles product development.
c) Non-woven fabrics production technologies.
d) Woven fabric Structure Designing.
e) Development of Organic Materials for Textile and Leather Industries
f)Production optimization for Textile and Leather Industries

For consultancies we are dealing with:-
a) Yarn, fabrics and leather quality assurance.
b) Laboratory services for textile and leather materials.
c) Research on latest Textile Machines Technologies.
d) Training in leather, spinning and weaving production.
e) Training in use of semi leather recycling cam.
f) Hand loom production.
g)Turn-Key Consaltuncy for textile and Leather Industries,example Karanga Leather Industries