An Overview of Knitting Industry of India

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Industry Types

1. Knitting (Fabric Manufacturing by weft or warp knitting

technique)
2. Knitted Garments (Panel knitting, cutting & assembling or
Fully Cut Garments made from knitted Fabrics or Integral
Garments)
3. Knitted Fabric & Garments (Fabric knitting and garment
manufacturing in the same factory premises)
Allied Industries to knitting

z Yarn making (Spinning Industry)

z Yarn Dyeing
z Fabrics Dyeing & Finishing
z Fabric Printing
z Garment Washings (Stone, Acid, Enzyme Washes, Milling, Shrink
Resist etc.)
Auxiliary Industries to knitting

z Embroidery
z Label Making
z Packing Materials
z Laminating
z Needle Making
z Sewing threads, elastic tapes, buttons, appliqués etc.
Knitted Fabrics Manufacturing

z Weft Knitted Fabrics

z Warp Knitted Fabrics

Knitted Fabrics Units

Manufacturing
z Weft Knitted Fabrics
(Mainly on Circular Knitting
Machines)
– Fabrics used for
z making outer wear
and under garments
z making home textiles
and functional textiles
Circular Machines in a Factory
Knitted Fabric Units

Manufacturing
Warp Knitted Fabrics
(Mostly on Raschel & Tricot Machines)
Fabrics used as dress materials, lingerie, laces, nets
Knitted Garments Units

z Knitwear (Cut & Stitch and Fully-fashioned, such as sweaters and

cardigans)
z Knitted Fabric Garments (Fully Cut & Stitch Type such as T-
Shirts, Lady’s Tops, Shorts, Skirts, and under wear)
z Integral Garments (Knitted in circular form, require little or no
cutting & seaming, such as Socks, stockings, panty hose, and now
whole garments)
Knitwear Manufacturing Units

What they do?

z Procure yarns (Wool, acrylic, blended etc.)
z Knit panels (front, back, arms)
z Cut or Trim to shapes
z Assemble panels (Stitch, overlock, link)
z Add-on (buttons, appliqués, embroidery etc.)
z Finish (stain remove, shrink, mill, scour, and steam press)
z Sell in domestic market or export
Knitwear Manufacturing Units

Use 3 types of machines

z Manually operated ‘V’ Bed
Machines
z Computerised ‘V’ Bed
Machines
z Fully-Fashioned Knitting
Machines (Multi Head)
Garments (from knitted fabrics) Manufacturing
Units

What they do?

z Procure knitted fabrics from knitting units
z Cut the fabrics into different parts of the garment
z Assemble the garments
z Finish (stain remove, wash if required, and press)
z Pack & Sell in domestic market or export
Garments Manufacturing Unit
Integral Garments Manufacturing

What they do?

z Procure yarns (wool, nylon, polyester, cotton)
z Knit to circular shape
z Little cut (if required)
z Steam Finish or Mould finish
z Pack & sell in domestic market or export
Knitting Industry Clusters

In India we have 3 distinguishable prime cluster

z Knitted fabrics and garment manufacturing (KFG)

z Knitwear manufacturing (KM)
z Warp Knitted fabrics (WK)
Some of the above type of industry is located at secondary and tertiary
clusters within or without prime cluster
Location of knitting industry in India
KFG= Knitwear Fabrics & garments. KM = Sweater manufacturing. WK = Warp Knitting Centers

Prime Centers Secondary centers Tertiary Centers X Nil

Locations KFG KM WK
Ludhiana X
Tirupur X
Delhi
Bombay
Calcutta X
Banglore X
Surat X X
Amritsar X X
Share of knitted garments in the world

z Compared to world share of

40%
knitted garments production
35%
and consumption level of
30%
knitted garments in Indian is
25%
low. World
20%
z Lately it has picked up an Share
15%
upward trend 10%
Indian
Share
5%
0%
Knitted
Garments Share
Thank You

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