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Friday, Feb 10, 2006

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Tirupur to get sub-contracting exchange

M. Gunasekaran

It will help over 350 job-working units in Tirupur It will act as match-making centre; website to be developed soon

Rs.6.5 lakhs granted for establishing it and to meet recurring expenditure for three years Any job-worker, engaged for knitwear exporters, can become a member

TIRUPUR : A sub-contracting exchange to help job-working units in the area of marketing and ensuring fair distribution of work will soon become a reality in Tirupur.

Umbrella organisation

The Tirupur Industrial Federation (TIF), an umbrella organisation for the job-working units comprising South India Imported Machine Knitters Association, Computer Embroiderers Association, the Knit Compactor Association and Tirupur Raising Association, will run the exchange.

The Development Commissioner of Small Scale Industries, New Delhi, has granted Rs.6.5 lakhs for establishing the exchange and to meet recurring expenditure for three years.

According to Ahill M.S. Mani, president of TIF, any job-worker who undertakes works on sub-contract basis for knitwear exporters can become a member.

"Now exporters get different types of orders requiring different washes and finishes.

To execute the order they find it difficult to identify the right unit that has required machinery. And sometimes all the orders are being dumped at a place or two due to lack of information. The exchange will help them in identifying the right supplier ,'' Mr. Mani said.

Even an operator who has only one knitting or embroidery machine can get his share. A website will shortly be developed for it.

Deputy Director of Textile Committee S. Periasamy says that there is no exact data on its production infrastructure. Hence, the proposal to establish a database. The exchange will act as a match-making centre and buyers can analyse the strength of the supply chain.G. Venugopal, Cluster Development Agent, says that the exporters could easily identify the right suppliers, as the exchange would have a data bank.

The TIF has 350 members who are engaged in diversified activities.

Service charge

The exchange will collect service charge. Call: 0421- 2207764. The exchange will be inaugurated by the third week of February.

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