Tirupur

Textile hub Tiruppur threads a recovery on sliding rupee as exports surge

What's driving this surge? Partly, it's the rupee's depreciation versus the dollar, down nearly 3 per cent in 2024, which has made India's exports more attractive on the global stage

Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur weaves its way into the Paris Olympics legacy

Back Bay India from India's textile hub weaves the Olympic spirit into official IOC stores and volunteer uniforms

Softening cotton prices turning tides in favor of textile players: Analysts

Increased capacity utilisation, softening cotton prices set to help sector: Analysts

Global majors finally return to Tiruppur after a long dry spell

Weave revival story as knitwear exports rise 11.6% in rupee terms

Demand crunch: Textile sector bats for stimulus, cotton import duty removal

There is a shortage of demand for textile goods globally due to the Ukraine-Russia war

War, slowdown prompt Tiruppur exporters to explore alternate markets

Move follows 21% YoY dip in exports in October; some exporters believe things will improve in the coming months as yarn prices have declined and dollar rates are favourable

Tiruppur exporters brace for slowdown, see demand dipping by 40%

Tiruppur contributed around 54.2 per cent of the country's textile exports last fiscal

Supply disruptions may cost Tirupur's garment industry Rs 1,200 cr a month

The last few days had seen prices of cotton rising in India with reports of a Russian invasion

Covid cuts Tirupur garment hub biz, 10% orders go to other nations

According to Tirupur Exporters' Association, the industrial belt has seen a production loss of about Rs 10,000 crore during the last two months due to stoppage of manufacturing

Tirupur garment units go on strike over 'abnormal' increase in yarn price

Yarn price hike: According to industry sources, the production loss is estimated to be around Rs 165 crore due to the strike

Tirupur knitwear industry calls for a strike on Mon over rising yarn prices

The knitwear industry went also on a strike in 2010 when yarn prices shot up suddenly

Tirupur's textile units ask spinning mills to resume cotton supply

They allege that the latter stopped supplies without reason, say that this could hugely impact export biz

Tirupur Exporters Association thanks govt for ESIC's decision on wages

Tirupur Exporters Association thanked the Centre for the ESIC decision to pay 50 per cent of the average wages of the employees for a maximum of 90 days of unemployment due to the pandemic

Hosiery exporters seek extension of loan moratorium by 6 months up to March

Exporters said the financial position of the knitwear garment units in Tirupur has not improved and they were not in a position to repay the loan and interest

Tirupur garment units may not resume work before May 6 over scrutiny issues

District admin portal being updated, go-ahead only for for exporting units, buying offices, export offices and export-related job work units

Tirupur textile workers want ESIC to pay minimum wage as units remain shut

Write to PM Modi, Finance Minister to express their woes; Tirupur has about 500,000 direct and indirect employees

Textile hub Tirupur in a stitch as world brands cut down export orders

UK retailer MotherCare files for bankruptcy--the latest international company to hurt Tirupur's fortunes.

Tirupur knitwears' operational compliance has improved workers' lives

Workers are paid above the norm set by the state government and given a five per cent increment every year

Tirupur knitwear exports units bank on compliance to win global markets

The first of a two-part series focuses on how the factories, spurred by buyers, have adopted the latest international social and safety standards

Workers on strike in Tirupur

Notably, it's mostly north Indian workers who are on strike in Tirupur