Where knitting technology takes shape.
India's foremost exhibition for knitting machinery, garment technology and textile automation — held at the heart of Tirupur, the cluster that builds a majority of the country's knitwear exports.
Exhibition opens in
Scaled for serious sourcing, not casual browsing.
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Exhibiting Companies
From India and overseas machine-building hubs
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Countries Represented
Manufacturers, agents and delegations
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Sq. M. of Net Exhibition Area
Across dedicated technology halls
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Visitor Footfall Projected
Buyers, engineers and decision makers
An exhibition built around one industry, not many.
Knit-Tech is a dedicated platform for knitting machinery, garment manufacturing technology and textile automation — assembled for an audience that already knows exactly what it's looking for.
Every hall, every segment and every session is organized around a single question: what does it take to run a modern, competitive knitwear factory in 2028?
The show sits inside the industry it serves.
Tirupur is not a convenient venue — it is the reason the exhibition exists. The cluster is home to thousands of knitting, dyeing and garmenting units and accounts for a majority of India's knitwear exports.
Exhibiting or visiting here means standing inside the supply chain itself, minutes from the factories that will decide what to buy next.
A sector re-tooling for speed, scale and compliance.
Global buyers now expect shorter lead times, tighter quality tolerances and verifiable environmental compliance simultaneously. Meeting all three requires machinery investment, not just labour.
Knit-Tech exists to compress that investment decision — bringing every relevant machine category into one comparison-ready environment.
From manual lines to connected, data-driven floors.
The knitwear factory of 2028 looks structurally different from a decade ago — sensor-linked machines, digital pattern systems and production dashboards have replaced paper travellers and manual counts.
The exhibition tracks this shift directly: automation, software and connected-factory technology now occupy a growing share of the show floor each edition.
Dignitaries arrive for the Knit-Tech '94 inauguration, Tirupur.
Because sourcing technology shouldn't take a year.
Before Knit-Tech, evaluating machinery meant scattered plant visits, translated catalogues and long email threads across time zones.
Knit-Tech puts the decision-makers and the machine builders in the same room, for four days, with working machines between them.
Eight segments. One connected production chain.
Knitting Machinery
Circular, flat-bed and warp knitting systems — the mechanical core of the exhibition, spanning single-jersey, rib, interlock and jacquard platforms.
- Circular Knitting Machines
- Flat Knitting Machines
- Warp Knitting Machines
- Seamless garment knitting
- Sock and hosiery machines
- Jacquard and pattern mechanisms
Why Visit
See the Full Production Chain, Live
From raw yarn to finished, folded garment — walk the complete knitwear manufacturing chain running on working machinery, not brochures.
Source Directly from Global Manufacturers
Meet machine builders from Europe, East Asia and India face to face, compare technology side by side, and negotiate without intermediaries.
Benchmark Against Industry Peers
Understand what leading factories are investing in this year — automation, sustainability, digital printing — and where the industry is heading next.
Why Exhibit
Direct Access to Tirupur's Production Base
Tirupur alone accounts for a majority of India's knitwear exports. Knit-Tech puts your machinery in front of the buyers who decide what that base runs on.
A Focused, Serious Audience
No consumer footfall, no dilution — every visitor is pre-qualified as a manufacturing, sourcing or technical decision-maker.
Demonstrate Machinery Running, Not Just Displayed
Full power and utility provisioning across all halls means you can run live demonstrations exactly as they'd operate on a factory floor.
Four days, structured for outcomes.
Live Machine Demonstrations
Full-power demonstrations across knitting, dyeing, printing and garmenting technology — not static display units.
Innovation Pavilion
A curated showcase of the most significant new machinery and software launches of the edition.
Technical Conference Track
Sessions on automation, sustainability and export competitiveness, led by industry practitioners.
Buyer-Seller Meetings
Structured, pre-scheduled business matching between exhibitors and qualified sourcing delegations.
Factory Visit Program
Optional guided visits to operating knitwear factories across the Tirupur cluster for international delegates.
Student & Academic Day
A dedicated day for textile engineering students to engage directly with next-generation manufacturing technology.
An interactive timeline of the exhibition's evolution.
Nineteenth Edition — The Next Chapter
35 years after its founding, Knit-Tech convenes for its 19th edition — gateway to a knitwear technology market worth an estimated $500 million.
Global machine builders, confirmed across every core segment.
Hi-Tech Tirupur Exhibition Centre
Purpose-built for large-format industrial exhibitions, the Hi-Tech Tirupur Exhibition Centre offers column-optimised halls, heavy-load flooring for machinery, and dedicated freight access — all inside India's knitwear manufacturing capital.
- Full power provisioning for live machine demonstrations
- High-speed connectivity across every hall
- On-site parking for exhibitors and visitors
- Direct road access from Tirupur and Coimbatore
Six stall formats, laid out across one hall.
Updated 29 Aug 2026
The full exhibition floor at the Hi-Tech Tirupur Exhibition Centre, zoned A through F with dedicated special pavilions (SP), a restaurant and coffee shop, and clearly marked machinery entrances and emergency exits throughout.
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10m x 7m
B
8m x 7.5m
C
6m x 6m
D
6m x 4m
E
4m x 4m
F
3m x 3m
Getting to Tirupur is straightforward.
By Air
Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) is the nearest airport, ~55 km from the venue, with regular domestic connections and select international routes.
By Rail
Tirupur Railway Station sits approximately 6 km from the exhibition centre, on the Chennai–Coimbatore main line.
By Road
Tirupur is well connected via NH 544, just one hour from Coimbatore and around 5 hours from Chennai by car.
Visa Support
International exhibitors and delegates can request an official invitation letter to support business visa applications via the Contact page. *Visa invitations will be provided as per government norms.
Organised with industry recognition.
Organised by
Hi-Tech International Trade Fair India Pvt. Ltd.
Associate Member
Indian Exhibition Industry Association
Be part of Knit-Tech 2028.
Whether you're sourcing the next generation of knitting technology or introducing it to the market — this is where that conversation starts.