The recently concluded 12th edition of Knitshow, held every year in Tirupur, saw over 230 exhibitors display a wide variety of products for the garment industry from sewing machines to accessories. Though the Tirupur industry is going through one of its worst phases, the footfalls were good with the organizers claiming that nearly 11,000 people visited the fair over the three-day period. “We are extremely happy with the response and many of the participants have reported bookings for their products,” says satisfied Krishna, MD, City Leaves Media Events, organizers of the event.
While the organizers claim 20 per cent increase in visitation and almost 25 per cent increase in participants, many felt that the fair was smaller than last year and that many of the big names of the industry were conspicuous with their absence.
[bleft]Though the Tirupur industry is going through one of its worst phases, the footfalls were good with the organizers claiming that nearly 11,000 people visited the fair. [/bleft]
StitchWorld has been advocating that now it is time for middle management and technologists to visit such fairs instead of the big bosses, and this trend has finally picked up. It is imperative that companies were not missing only the owners were, which is in fact a good sign that finally there has been delegation of power in selection of resources and machines.
Both the accessories and machine manufacturers were kept busy and a few new launches were announced. Among them was Kornit Digital with the new Paradigm printer, which is a digital add-on solution for screen printing carousels that enables the screen printer to combine traditional screen printing methods with digital printing techniques and create innovative printing applications.
At Hi-Tech on display was the super high-speed overlock sewing machine 900 series which has recently been developed by Zoje Sewing Machine Co. with several self-owned national patents. The machine is apt for overlap and ornamental stitches on various types of knits, woven, denim and home furnishing.
Another very interesting concept introduced was the ‘W.S.T.’ which means Water Saving Technology, represented in India by Texperts, an international textile sourcing and marketing organization. The focus on the company’s program is on the use of water-efficient dyes and chemicals, and also educating the organization on water conversation. The minimum target is to reduce the consumption of water for one T-shirt from 25 litres to10 litres. The actual highlight of the project is that it needs no extra equipment, technologies or investments, rather it is a multistep technology and a factory that would have to improve step by step by making small changes in the existing system.
Bharat Tex Special Report 2026 
