Revival of orders boosts textile activity in the western districts of Tamil Nadu
10 hours, 51 minutes ago

Revival of orders boosts textile activity in the western districts of Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The increase in international demand in the last few months has revived production activity and investments at the garment units in Tiruppur. “The machines at the garment units are mostly outdated as the current generation machines come with artificial intelligence. In the case of the spinning mills, the smaller mills that supply to the garment units have seen a revival of orders for yarn. The other units are doing good and operating almost to full capacity for the last three months,” said a small-scale spinning mill owner in Coimbatore.

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Textile units in Tamil Nadu face labour shortage
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Textile units in Tamil Nadu face labour shortage

The Hindu  

Textile clusters in Tamil Nadu, which were hit by steep drop in orders for the last two years, are now facing a new challenge - shortage of workers. K. Selvaraju, secretary general of the Southern India Mills’ Association, said wages had increased 20% for textile workers in Rajasthan and 28% in Odisha. With a large number of workers from other …

Tiruppur garment units yet to see revival of domestic orders
8 months, 1 week ago

Tiruppur garment units yet to see revival of domestic orders

The Hindu  

The garment exporting units in Tiruppur, which are seeing shoots of demand revival, are said to be facing labour shortage to the tune of nearly 20%. Muthurathinam said the total turnover of ₹64,000 crore by the exporters and domestic suppliers in Tiruppur has almost equal contribution by both the segments. Palanisamy, manufacturer of basic garments in Tiruppur for the local …

Tiruppur garment producers to collaborate with Coimbatore engineering industry for machinery spares
8 months, 1 week ago

Tiruppur garment producers to collaborate with Coimbatore engineering industry for machinery spares

The Hindu  

The garment producers in Tiruppur and the engineering industry in Coimbatore plan to work together to make machinery spares required for the knitwear supply chain. Hence, the TEA has initiated a project with all industrial associations in Tiruppur, the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association in Coimbatore, and PSG College of Technology and Sri Eshwar College of Engineering in Coimbatore. Joint …

Tamil Nadu to promote technical textile production
11 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu to promote technical textile production

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government is likely to look at a procurement policy to buy its technical textile requirements from the local industries. According to M. Vallalar, Textiles Commissioner, Tamil Nadu, textile manufacturers in Coimbatore and Tiruppur who are focusing on cotton-based products should come forward to make technical textiles. Director general of Northern India Textile Research Association Arindam Basu said …

Textile mills in T.N., AP and Telangana plan to stop production for a week
1 year, 1 month ago

Textile mills in T.N., AP and Telangana plan to stop production for a week

The Hindu  

As many as eight textile mill associations in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana have called for stoppage of production for a week, in order to manage the surplus yarn available in the market that is bringing prices down. Fluctuating cotton prices because of the levy of 11 % import duty and a steep hike in electricity charges have made …

Textile industry in Tamil Nadu worried over losing investments to other States
1 year, 1 month ago

Textile industry in Tamil Nadu worried over losing investments to other States

The Hindu  

November 30, 2023 06:10 pm | Updated 11:23 pm IST Media reports of incentives planned in the draft textile policy of Gujarat were circulated widely among the textile and apparel manufacturers in Coimbatore and Tiruppur on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. There has been widespread concern within the industry over the past few months of investors moving from Tamil Nadu and …

Spinning mills in Tamil Nadu to go on strike from November 7
1 year, 2 months ago

Spinning mills in Tamil Nadu to go on strike from November 7

The Hindu  

Open-end spinning mills in Tamil Nadu that supply yarn to producers of mops, mats, kitchen towels, lungis, etc. G. Arulmozhi, president of the open-end spinning mills’ association, told presspersons in Coimbatore on Saturday November 4, 2023, that open-end spinning mills, numbering almost 600 in Tamil Nadu, produce yarn worth ₹60 crores a day. Open-end spinning mills in Panipat, Haryana, he …

SIMA calls for relook at power sector policies for textile industry
1 year, 3 months ago

SIMA calls for relook at power sector policies for textile industry

The Hindu  

The Southern India Mills Association has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to review its policies related to energy for textile industry. “Tamil Nadu has been the most attractive destination for new investments mainly due to its unique energy policies relating to wind power, open access power, third party power etc., thus making the power intensive sectors like textiles to …

Textile industry will revive, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal
1 year, 4 months ago

Textile industry will revive, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal

The Hindu  

Indian textile industry will regain its lost glory in the future and Tamil Nadu will be in the forefront in the sector, said Union Minister for Textiles, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal, in Coimbatore on Thursday. Unveiling the bust of first Finance Minister of independent India R.K. Shanmugham Chetty at the Southern India Mills’ …

Textile mills in Tamil Nadu yet to see revival of orders
1 year, 4 months ago

Textile mills in Tamil Nadu yet to see revival of orders

The Hindu  

Textile mills in Tamil Nadu are yet to see revival of orders though the festival season is just a few weeks away. The textile mills are facing slowdown in orders for almost six months now due to higher cotton prices, slowdown in orders in the export and domestic markets, and high production costs. The electricity tariff was high in Tamil …

Garment units in Tiruppur close down due to lack of orders
1 year, 5 months ago

Garment units in Tiruppur close down due to lack of orders

The Hindu  

Nearly 40 % of the Tiruppur hosiery manufacturing units that cater to the domestic market have closed down due to lack of orders, according to the South India Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association. In a memorandum to the Central government, the Association president A.C. Eswaran said due to decline in orders, several units in Tiruppur were stopping production. Mr. Eswaran urged the …

Tiruppur garment manufacturers seek State government support to improve competitiveness
1 year, 6 months ago

Tiruppur garment manufacturers seek State government support to improve competitiveness

The Hindu  

Garment manufacturers in Tiruppur have sought supportive measures from the State government to increase their competitiveness. Since overseas buyers were making environment and sustainability norms mandatory to source from India, the State government should allocate funds and declare Tiruppur as a sustainable sourcing cluster. Further, in States such as Karnataka and Telangana, the State government supplemented subsidies extended by the …

Spinning mills in Tamil Nadu build capacity, improve production by almost 5 lakh kg of yarn a day
1 year, 8 months ago

Spinning mills in Tamil Nadu build capacity, improve production by almost 5 lakh kg of yarn a day

The Hindu  

Open end spinning mills in Tamil Nadu have added at least 250 new machines over the past one year, says G. Arulmozhi, president of the Open end Spinning Mills’ Association. Production capacity has increased by almost 5 lakh kg of yarn a day, as new machines have been added, thus taking total production in Tamil Nadu to 35 lakh kg …

CM Stalin announces sops for home textiles sector
2 years, 4 months ago

CM Stalin announces sops for home textiles sector

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin announced the inclusion of home textiles manufacturing industry in the ‘Thrust Sector’ to provide subsidy for investment made in the sector through the MSME department, thus benefiting thousands of companies and lakhs of workers. Among the 221 MoUs signed in the last 15 months after the DMK government came to power to bring in …

Central govt. wants to create 75 textile hubs across India, says Piyush Goyal
2 years, 6 months ago

Central govt. wants to create 75 textile hubs across India, says Piyush Goyal

The Hindu  

The Central government wants to create 75 textile hubs across the country on the lines of Tiruppur to generate jobs and support higher textile exports, Union Minister of Textiles and Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said in Tiruppur on Sunday. Speaking at an exporters’ meeting, organised by Federation of Indian Export Organisations and Apparel Export Promotion Council, the Minister explained …

Tiruppur garment exporters likely to receive more orders amid economic crisis in Sri Lanka
2 years, 8 months ago

Tiruppur garment exporters likely to receive more orders amid economic crisis in Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

As Sri Lanka reels under the ongoing economic crisis, Tiruppur-based garment exporters are expecting that international apparel buyers might shift their orders to India, Tiruppur in particular. Raja M. Shanmugham, president of Tiruppur Exporters’ Association, said only “some incomplete orders” from Sri Lanka had come to the garment units in Tiruppur for completion in the past few months. A. Sakthivel, …

Spinning success: One-third of India’s textile business is in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 10 months ago

Spinning success: One-third of India’s textile business is in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

From saris and dhotis to bedspreads and kitchen towels, industries in Tamil Nadu make them all. Boasting at least one-third of the textile business in the country, with 2,032 spinning mills, 5.63 lakh powerlooms, 1.55 lakh handlooms, and nearly 15,000 garment units, Tamil Nadu is regarded as numero uno in textiles and garments. Though cotton production has dwindled over the …

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