Export

Tiruppur Garment Exports Turn Positive In Feb & March

Textile Insights May 2, 2024

Apparel exports from the knitwear hub of Tiruppur in February and March reported growth after facing a slump in demand for more than a year. Data available with the Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA) show knitwear exports from Tiruppur grew 6.4 percent in February and 5.6 percent in March

Industry

Tiruppur Knitwear Hub Navigating Through Various Challenges

Textile Insights March 6, 2024

Tiruppur, which is India’s biggest knitwear hub, has been navigating through various challenges on various fronts and also overcoming them since the last few years. But the biggest challenge in recent times has come due to the impact of the Russian-Ukraine war and through which the hub has not still been navigate through. It started […]

Industry

Tiruppur Feels Heat Of Migrant Workers Shifting To Own States

Textile Insights February 6, 2024

The knitwear garment industry in Tiruppur is facing a shortage of workers as many North Indian labourers have left to work in their own or other nearby states. “Many workers in Tiruppur from Uttar Pradesh have returned to their home state and industry bodies such as the Tiruppur Exporters Association (TEA) are looking for ways […]

Sustainability

Knitwear Hub Tiruppur Takes Rapid Strides In Turning Green

Textile Insights December 18, 2023

India’s biggest knitwear textile cluster is taking rapid strides in offering sustainably produced garments and so, Tiruppur garment makers plan to supply atleast 28-30 percent of garments made from recycled textiles in the near future. The European Union has set stringent sustainable goals for European garment brands, due to which a flurry of activity is […]