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 orFully 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

Yarn making (Spinning Industry)Yarn DyeingFabrics Dyeing & FinishingFabric PrintingGarment Washings (Stone, Acid, Enzyme Washes, Milling, Shrink Resist etc.)

Auxiliary Industries to knitting

EmbroideryLabel MakingPacking MaterialsLaminatingNeedle MakingSewing threads, elastic tapes, buttons, appliqués etc.

Knitted Fabrics Manufacturing

Weft Knitted Fabrics

Warp Knitted Fabrics

Knitted Fabrics Units

Manufacturing

Weft Knitted Fabrics(Mainly on Circular Knitting Machines)– Fabrics used for

making outer wear and under garmentsmaking home textiles and functional textiles

Circular Machines in a Factory

Knitted Fabric Units

ManufacturingWarp Knitted Fabrics

(Mostly on Raschel & Tricot Machines)Fabrics used as dress materials, lingerie, laces, nets

Knitted Garments Units

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

Knitwear Manufacturing Units

What they do?Procure yarns (Wool, acrylic, blended etc.)Knit panels (front, back, arms)Cut or Trim to shapesAssemble panels (Stitch, overlock, link)Add-on (buttons, appliqués, embroidery etc.)Finish (stain remove, shrink, mill, scour, and steam press)Sell in domestic market or export

Knitwear Manufacturing Units

Use 3 types of machinesManually operated ‘V’ Bed MachinesComputerised ‘V’ Bed MachinesFully-Fashioned Knitting Machines (Multi Head)

Garments (from knitted fabrics) Manufacturing Units

What they do?Procure knitted fabrics from knitting unitsCut the fabrics into different parts of the garmentAssemble the garmentsFinish (stain remove, wash if required, and press)Pack & Sell in domestic market or export

Garments Manufacturing Unit

Integral Garments Manufacturing

What they do?Procure yarns (wool, nylon, polyester, cotton)Knit to circular shapeLittle cut (if required) Steam Finish or Mould finishPack & sell in domestic market or export

Knitting Industry Clusters

In India we have 3 distinguishable prime cluster

Knitted fabrics and garment manufacturing (KFG)Knitwear manufacturing (KM)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

Locations KFG KM WKLudhiana XTirupur XDelhiBombayCalcutta XBanglore XSurat X XAmritsar X X

Prime Centers Secondary centers Tertiary Centers X Nil

KFG= Knitwear Fabrics & garments. KM = Sweater manufacturing. WK = Warp Knitting Centers

Share of knitted garments in the world

Compared to world share of knitted garments production and consumption level of knitted garments in Indian is low.Lately it has picked up an upward trend

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KnittedGarments Share

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