20th September 2021, Mumbai:
Kitex Group has decided to set up two integrated fiber-to-apparel manufacturing clusters in Telangana with an investment of Rs 2,400 crore. These clusters will help the group create 22,000 direct jobs and close to 18,000 indirect jobs.
The two clusters will come up at Kakatiya Mega Textile Park Park in Warangal and Sitarampur in Rangareddy district. They will ship three million pieces per year of apparel for kids in the 0-24 months age group to the US.
The second largest manufacturer of apparel for infants, the Kitex Group currently manufactures 1 million pieces of infant apparel at its facilities in Kerala for exports to the US. The company is looking at acquiring about 375-400 acre for the two units. The first one at KMTP is slated to begin commercial operations from November 2022
