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Garment units demand measures to develop the knitwear sector in Tiruppur
3 months, 1 week ago

Garment units demand measures to develop the knitwear sector in Tiruppur

The Hindu  

The Tiruppur Exporters’ Association has called upon the Union Government to come out with another edition of the production-linked incentive scheme for the textile sector. In a memorandum to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Association noted that the current PLI scheme largely benefits large textile units, particularly those in the manmade fibre sector. Importers face delays of five to …

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Tiruppur knitwear industry decides to set up committees to address major challenges
6 months ago

Tiruppur knitwear industry decides to set up committees to address major challenges

The Hindu  

The Tirupur Stakeholders Forum, which includes members of the knitwear industry, trade unions, NGOs, government departments and brands and buyers, has decided to constitute committees that will identify major challenges in the Tiruppur knitwear cluster and arrive at deliverable solutions. The first meeting of the Forum held in Tiruppur on Friday, June 21, 2024, decided to have committees with all …

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Tiruppur garment units yet to see revival of domestic orders
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Tiruppur garment producers to collaborate with Coimbatore engineering industry for machinery spares
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Guest workers are returning to Tiruppur, say exporters
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Guest workers are returning to Tiruppur, say exporters

The Hindu  

Workers from the northern States, who were employed at the garment export units in Tiruppur and went home in the last six months due to slowdown in orders, are returning to work, said Kumar Duraiswamy, joint secretary of the Tiruppur Exporters Association. While 50 % of the knitwear exports are from Tiruppur, the rest are distributed between West Bengal, Bengaluru, …

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Rain affects Tiruppur garment shipments in Thoothukudi
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Rain affects Tiruppur garment shipments in Thoothukudi

The Hindu  

Significant volume of garments made in Tiruppur and ready for shipment at Thoothukudi were affected by the recent rain, according to the Tiruppur Exporters Association. Association president K. Subramanian said, in a press release, that TEA joint secretary Kumar Duraisamy recently visited five of the most affected Inland Container Depots / Container Freight Stations in Thoothukudi and held talks with …

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Textile Industry Challenges Result in Wage Reductions and Worker Flight
1 year ago

Textile Industry Challenges Result in Wage Reductions and Worker Flight

The Hindu  

The challenges over the past year at India’s textile and apparel sector, the country’s second-largest employer with almost 45 million direct jobs, have exposed the vulnerabilities of its workers and the fragile ecosystem they operate in. Ghost towns Electrical posts, factory gates, or tree trunks that carried “tailors wanted”/“workers wanted” boards at Tiruppur, known as India’s ‘t-shirt town’, stand bare. …

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This factory in Tiruppur turns used PET bottles into fabric and garments
1 year, 1 month ago

This factory in Tiruppur turns used PET bottles into fabric and garments

The Hindu  

A 150-acre facility at Chitambalam, about an hour’s drive from Coimbatore, has over 10,000 trees, 1,000 birding nests, solar energy panels, bio gasifiers, and plastic-free zones. Tiruppur-based Sulochana Cotton Spinning Mills buys 4,000 tonnes of used polyethylene terephthalate bottles a month and converts them into polyester fibre, yarn, cloth, and garments on this campus. The company, which won the State …

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Three-day knitwear exhibition takes off in Tiruppur
1 year, 2 months ago

Three-day knitwear exhibition takes off in Tiruppur

The Hindu  

Innovation should bring not only skills and jobs but also increased incomes to people, said Peter McAllister, Executive Director of Ethical Trading Initiative, in Tiruppur on Thursday. Inaugurating the three-day Indian Knit Fair Golden Jubilee edition, Mr. McAllister said the industry’s deep roots in the region, its pride and history, and creativity and innovation were all to the advantage of …

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Forest Department installs camera traps in Kallipalayam village in Tiruppur as villagers fear leopard movement
1 year, 2 months ago

Forest Department installs camera traps in Kallipalayam village in Tiruppur as villagers fear leopard movement

The Hindu  

Residents in Kallipalayam along Palladam-Dharapuram Road are learnt to have expressed apprehensions to the Forest Department over purported presence of a leopard, nearly a week after a wild cat movement was reported in Pongalur and Ugayanur. The Forest Department could surmise from the observations of residents where the predators are believed to be frequenting that the leopards live largely unnoticed …

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TEA to relaunch stakeholders forum in Tiruppur
1 year, 3 months ago

TEA to relaunch stakeholders forum in Tiruppur

The Hindu  

Tiruppur Exporters Association will relaunch next month the Tiruppur Stakeholders Forum, said K.M. The members include the association, ETI, eight trade unions, three NGOs, Brand Ethics Working Group, Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Labour Department, Tiruppur, and UN Women Wing. The total Readymade Garments exports India saw 8.78 % growth in 2022-2023 financial compared to the previous year in rupee terms …

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Tiruppur Exporters Association becomes a member of Textile Exchange
1 year, 3 months ago

Tiruppur Exporters Association becomes a member of Textile Exchange

The Hindu  

The Tiruppur Exporters Association has become a member of Netherlands-based Textile Exchange, a global non profit. Subramanian said with a membership of 1,260 garment exporters in Tiruppur, the Association was now part of the 800-member Exchange. A. Sakthivel, chairman of the TEA, said sustainability efforts in Tiruppur started more than a decade ago with the garment producers investing in solar …

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Garment units in Tiruppur close down due to lack of orders
1 year, 4 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 …

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T.N. Industries Minister urges garment industry in Tiruppur to focus on technical textiles
1 year, 5 months ago

T.N. Industries Minister urges garment industry in Tiruppur to focus on technical textiles

The Hindu  

The garment industry in Tiruppur, should focus on technical textiles, said T.N. Inaugurating the renovated building of the Tiruppur Exporters Association, the Minister said the size of the global technical textiles industry was expected to be USD 220 billion by 2030. Participation of the industry was critical for further research and development, he said, adding that the government would also …

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Tiruppur garment manufacturers seek State government support to improve competitiveness
1 year, 5 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 …

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Garment exporters welcome relaxation in working hours
1 year, 8 months ago

Garment exporters welcome relaxation in working hours

The Hindu  

Garment exporters in Tiruppur have welcomed the extension of working hours 12 from eight, saying it will make Tamil Nadu an attractive destination for investments. President of Federation of Indian Export Organisations A. Sakthivel and president of Tiruppur Exporters’ Association KM Subramanian said in press statements that the statutory provision for flexible working hours brings in number of benefits to …

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IOC interested in taking over Lingareddipalayam Sugar Mill, says Chief Minister
1 year, 9 months ago

IOC interested in taking over Lingareddipalayam Sugar Mill, says Chief Minister

The Hindu  

The government was in talks with Indian Oil Corporation to set up ethanol manufacturing plants at the defunct Lingareddipalayam Sugar Mill, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy informed the Assembly on Monday. Replying to a question by Independent legislator M. Sivasankaran, Chief Minister said the government was considering various options to utilise the facility available at sugar mill for revenue generation and …

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Central govt. wants to create 75 textile hubs across India, says Piyush Goyal
2 years, 5 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 …

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Tiruppur falls from first to 30th spot in Class 10 results, Covid blamed
2 years, 6 months ago

Tiruppur falls from first to 30th spot in Class 10 results, Covid blamed

New Indian Express  

TIRUPPUR: Academicians expressed shock as Tiruppur slumped from the first place in 2019 to the 30th spot in overall rank in Class X performance with pass percentage of 88.46. Childline district coordinator N Kadirvel said, "I found several children in age group of 14-16 were distracted in many ways. Dr Geetha Sachin a Child Psychologist said, "Covid took a huge …

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Tiruppur garment exporters likely to receive more orders amid economic crisis in Sri Lanka
2 years, 7 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, …

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The high cost of India’s cheap garment exports
3 years, 8 months ago

The high cost of India’s cheap garment exports

Al Jazeera  

Two winters ago, while driving into Delhi at the crack of dawn, I found myself staring at looming soft mountains of candy pink foam rising from the grey surface of the river Yamuna. Unsurprisingly, alarms have been raised about India’s water scarcity around the world, including in a report by the US-based World Resources Institute that ranks it 13th among …

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