Tirupur: Knit City knits a success story

摘要

Tirupur, in Tamil Nadu, (located 55 km to the east of Coimbatore City) accounts for 56% of India's cotton knitwear exports valued at Rs 5000 crore. The cotton knitwear industry in Tirupur consists of 2,500 knitting and stitching units, 750 dyeing and bleaching units, 300 printing units, 235 embroidery nits and 200 others. Besides knitwear units catering for exports and local there is a large number of other ancillary units, and supporting industrial units operating.