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Garment units demand measures to develop the knitwear sector in Tiruppur

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 …

Paris Summer Olympics 2024: Back Bay India along with six manufacturing units from Tiruppur has shipped close to eight lakh apparels for the games in France

As France plays host to the Paris Summer Olympics 2024 from July 26, it’s a moment of joy and excitement for a close-knit textile company unit located over 8,000 miles away in Tiruppur. Back Bay India, a company led by mother-daughter duo, Deepa Jayan and Aishwarya Jayan, and six manufacturing units have despatched ‘Made in India’ labelled products, as many …

Tiruppur garment units yet to see revival of domestic orders

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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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, …

Textile units in Tiruppur plan investments

Over 3,000 owners of Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises units in Coimbatore, Tiruppur, and Erode districts went on a hunger protest at Karanampettai in Tiruppur district on Thursday, September 7, to draw the attention of the Tamil Nadu Government to the impact of high power cost. The Tamil Nadu Industrial Electricity Consumers Federation had called for the protest to highlight …

Garment units in Tiruppur close down due to lack of orders

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 …

Textile units hit by drop in demand

The last five-six months have been tough for the textile units in the region, especially those in the Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises, while the engineering industries are seeing signs of revival. MSME textile mills reduced production 50 % since Monday as there is no demand for yarn and prices are under pressure, said the mill owners. But, I think …

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Tiruppur dyeing units to get subsidy for Green Co rating

Accumulated mixed waste salt and bio sludge that are generated from effluent treatment of textile processing units are a major challenge to the textile processing sector in Tiruppur. It is said that nearly 60,000 tonnes of mixed waste salt and about 50,000 tonnes of bio sludge lie piled up at the common and individual effluent treatment plants in the knitwear …

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, …