Led by KM Subramanian, the new Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) team is committed to boosting Tirupur's apparel exports to a staggering Rs. 30,000 crore. This ambitious goal follows in the footsteps of Padamshree Dr. Sakthivel, who pioneered India's apparel exports journey.
Dr. Sakthivel, Patron of IIKF, TEA, and ABAT, has enabled Tirupur to align its manufacturing and purchasing capabilities, leading to a significant export order of $50 million in a year. TEA's Brand Tirupur initiative makes it the only city that manufactures and exports apparel, striving for Carbon Footprint certification by 2030.
For the first time, domestic apparel brands have been acknowledged in the context of manufacturing and sourcing from Tirupur. Notably, Tirupur has embraced sustainability, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, and compliance naturally over the last four decades, even before these issues became globally relevant.
