Dream project to become reality next week

The long awaited Knitwear Technology Mission in nearby Tirupur to promote product and fabric diversification and value addition across the apparel value chain, would become a reality from May six.
The Rs 13 crore Mission Center, under the aegis of Apparel Export Promotion Council, would offer necessary services to trade and industry to develop innovative apparel categories for sports wear, swimwear and varieties of performance wear mainly from man-made fibres like polyester and nylon, A Shaktivel, Chairman, KTM, told reporters last night at Trirupur.
With majority of the countries now going for high fashion wear from man made fibre yarn, as against almost 95 per cent cotton yarn in India, KTM has imported latest version of Tricot Warp knitting machine from Germany, which can be utilised by Indian apparel exporting community for their sampling needs, he said.

As there was huge market for sports wear and swim wear, crossing 75 to 80 billion dollars, Indian exporters can tap these markets, Shaktivel said.
Stating that the Council has recently discussed with the textile ministry the issue of expanding the Centre and also more funds, he said Zohra Chatterji, Secretary, Union textile ministry, will inaugurate the Centre.
KTM Centre would also impart consultancy and training in the fields of knitting, processing, garmenting, CAD/fashion designing, new product development, testing and consultancy for yarn and fabrics, he said, adding, it has a facility to train at least 5,000 personnel every year.