PCSI to set up five HVI labs for cotton testing

The Pakistan Cotton Standards Institute (PCSI) will set up five High Volume Instrument (HVI) Laboratories in Hyderabad, Sindh and Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal and DG Khan in Punjab with an estimated cost of Rs. 68.690 million.

The Textile Ministry spokesman said, linking Ginning Procedure with HVI testing procedure was imperative for its evaluation on scientific lines. It is one of the integral parts of cotton standardisation system to classify and evaluate cotton through class error by using sophisticated electronic HVI equipment."

He further said that PCSI was already providing fibre-testing facilities through HVI at its Cotton Fiber Testing Laboratories established in Karachi and Sanghar in Sindh and Rahim Yar Khan, Multan and Vehari in Punjab. In second phase of this program, it would establish 5 more HVI laboratories.