The Tiruppur garment industry is staring at an existential crisis, as job losses and shutdowns of factories in the aftermath of US tariff implementation have started playing out over the past two weeks.
The Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA) will work towards doubling the volume of garment exports from Tiruppur in the next three years, said K.M. Subramanian, who was recently re-elected president of the Association for 2025-2028.
Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education, recently visited the garment manufacturing facility of the Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA) at Netaji Apparel Park, Tiruppur.
The Federation of Indian Export Organisations organised an awareness programme on Tuesday for garment exporters in Tiruppur on export benefit schemes of the Central government.
Annual garment exports from Tiruppur and Coimbatore districts in 2024-25 financial year touched ₹45,000 crore, according to data available with the Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA).
The Tamil Nadu–Taiwan Technical Textile Partnership Summit, jointly hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Tiruppur Exporters’ Association, will be held at Le Meridien, Coimbatore, on July 21, 2025. The two-day event aims to foster collaboration in man-made fibres (MMF) and technical textiles between Tamil Nadu and Taiwan.