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Project Concept
Introduction
Panipat fabric)
Tirupur
Surat
Kolkata
Kanpur
Ludhiana
►Once restricted to the hosiery/knitwear-hubs of
Tirupur and Ludhiana, the knitwear industry now
has several big and small units in places such as
Surat, Kanpur, Panipat, Kolkata etc.
►Domestic hosiery/knitwear players are innovating
and upgrading their production facilities –so as to
become competitive and sustain themselves amidst
local and global competition
►The focus of the Indian hosiery/knitwear industry is
now on non-cotton based fabrics such as viscose,
polyester, polymate –a shift from predominant
products catering only for the summer-spring
market
Hosiery & Knitwear Processing
►This project profile entails setting up a facility for processing of the hosiery/ Knitwear fabric. The
processing of fabric involves bleaching, dyeing, drying, etc. Further, value addition in processing may
include printing, cutting, stitching, embroidery, etc.
►The segment is very unorganized in nature and dominated by a large number of independent, small-
scale enterprises. These units can be broadly divided into following three segments which are Hi-
Tech Processing facilities attached to composite textile mills, Medium to Advanced power processing
facility by Non-SSI independent units, Small scale hand operated / motor operated primitive
technology low technology machines
►Grey fabric bleaching is generally carried out to impart whiteness by removing natural colouring
matter. The process of dyeing is carried out to improve the marketability of textile products and also
to suit the customer needs by adding colour. These two processes are generally carried out in open
tank, kier machines, jet dyeing machines, jiggers, soft flow dyeing machines etc. For hosiery goods,
it is carried out with winch machines, since it imparts very less tension during operation.
►To impart the required end use, finishing is the final process gives to the finished fabric and lastly the
printing process on fabric which is a science as well as an art. Textile auxiliaries such as chemicals
are used for all stages of the textile manufacturing process that is from pre-treatment to dyeing and
printing and finishing.
►Current trends of knotted readymade Garments increases the market potential for such project.
Leading buyers of processed fabrics are garment manufacturing units. Hence, processed fabrics
should be accordingly processed based on the need of the buyer.