From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf pages 42, 44:
"During the first decade of their existence the Wool Textile Research Laboratories, supported by the wool industry, grew steadily in size and stature. In 1958 they were accorded the status of Divisions, and were known respectively as the Division of Protein Chemistry, the Division of Textile Physics, and the Division of Textile Tndustry."

"The aims of the Division of Textile Industry are twofold. Firstly, much of the work is devoted to the improvement of wool and wool products, and secondly, the Division is trying to improve the textile manufacturing operations in woollen mills. In the other two Divisions basic work sometimes leads to results of industrial use. At Geelong the reverse is true-the study of applled problems sometimes paves the way for research of a more fundamental nature.

The applied work has been spectacularly successful. An economic method of mothproofing wool, using the commercial insecticide "Dieldrin", has been developed and is now used in many countries. Chemical treatments for wool have been devised which can make fabrics shrinkproof, resistant to "balling" or "pilling" and which confer "wash-no-iron" properties. Perhaps the best known of such processes is the "Si-Ro-Set" process for permanent pleating or creasing, which is now used by many clothing manufacturers in Australia and overseas.

A number of notable improvements in textile processing have also been achieved. The introduction of a sheep branding fluid which is removed from the wool in normal processing has overcome a major problem due to "tar" in the
Australian clip. A new process has been developed for solvent degreasing of wool (replacing soap-soda washing) and is now operating on an industrial scale. A control instrument which has been invented for the Noble comb is now widely used by the wool combing industry. industrial operations such as "carding". spinning, dyeing and sizing are also studied with a view to improving conventional procedures."