India, Feb. 9 -- Ginning is vital to maintain good cotton fibre quality and avoid contamination. Two cotton ginning industry leaders visited the Nonwovens and Advanced Cotton Laboratory at Texas Tech University to discuss latest developments in cotton fibre quality.

As part of West Texas cotton ginning industry visit, Shankar Venkatachalam, President of Alabama-based Bajaj ConEagle, LLC visited Lubbock and TTU's Advanced Cotton Laboratory. Shankar Venkatachalam was accompanied by Steve Moffett, General Manager of Lubbock Electric Company. They conducted hands-on experiments on the oil absorption characteristics of low micronaire cotton mats developed in the laboratory, assisted by graduate students.

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