An exhibition designed around one industry's real decisions.
Knit-Tech 2028 is the 19th edition of Asia's largest knitting technology trade fair — bringing global machine builders and Tirupur's knitwear manufacturing capital onto a single floor.
Why Knit-Tech exists
Knit-Tech was created to solve a specific, practical problem: sourcing knitting and garment manufacturing technology in India meant scattered plant visits, fragmented distributor networks, and long lead times between deciding to invest and actually seeing a machine run.
Hi-Tech International Trade Fair India Pvt. Ltd. organizes Knit-Tech as a focused industrial platform — not a general trade show — built specifically around the knitting, garmenting, dyeing, printing and automation technology that Tirupur's manufacturers depend on.
Hi-Tech International Trade Fair India Pvt. Ltd.
The organizer behind Knit-Tech — a specialist industrial exhibition house building trade platforms for India's manufacturing sectors, with a focused mandate on textile and knitting technology. An Associate Member of the Indian Exhibition Industry Association (IEIA).
- Headquartered in
- Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
- Organizing since
- 1993
- Exhibitor enquiries
- mktg@knittech.in
- General enquiries
- info@knittech.in
Why the venue is the message.
Tirupur isn't a backdrop for Knit-Tech — it's the reason the exhibition carries weight with global buyers.
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Gateway to This Knitwear Technology Market
As published in the official Knit-Tech 2028 brochure
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Workforce in Tirupur's Knitwear Cluster
~600,000 direct + ~200,000 indirect, spinning, knitting, processing and garmenting
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Share of India's Knitwear Exports
Produced within the Tirupur textile belt
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Edition of Knit-Tech
Asia's largest knitting technology trade fair
Four objectives that shape every decision.
Concentrate the Sourcing Decision
Bring every relevant machinery segment into one venue so buyers can compare, negotiate and decide within days, not months.
Connect Global Supply with Local Demand
Give international machine builders direct access to Tirupur's manufacturing base, and give local factories access to global technology.
Raise the Bar on Standards
Showcase machinery and practices that help Indian manufacturers meet increasingly strict international compliance and sustainability requirements.
Build a Durable Industry Platform
Operate as a recurring, trusted fixture on the industry calendar — not a one-off event, but infrastructure for the sector.
Founded by one man's conviction that Tirupur deserved its own stage.
In 1993, Mr. Rayappan founded Knit-Tech with a simple conviction — that Tirupur's knitwear manufacturers, already a driving force behind India's textile exports, deserved a dedicated technology exhibition built specifically around their industry.
Eighteen editions later, that same conviction still shapes every show floor: bring the industry's best machinery and its most serious buyers into one room, and let business happen.
Mr. Rayappan
Founder, Knit-Tech
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.
A look back at past editions.
From an inaugural function in a tented pandal to a full-scale exhibition centre — three decades of Knit-Tech, in pictures.
Inaugural function, Knit-Tech '94 — 14th December 1994, Tirupur.
Inauguration of Knit-Tech '97 — 5th December 1997.
Union Textile Minister Mr. E.V.K.S. Elangovan visits the Knit-Tech show floor, 2007.
Garment station machine and CAD/CAM system on the show floor.
Aerial view of the venue complex.
Aerial view inside the exhibition hall, Knit-Tech 2019.
Circular knitting machines on the show floor.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony, Knit-Tech 2024.
Aerial view of the full show floor.
Aerial view of the exhibition centre.
Traditional lamp-lighting, Knit-Tech 2026 inauguration.
The Knit-Tech entrance, aerial view.
Aerial drone view of the Hi-Tech Tirupur Exhibition Centre — all halls aligned, Knit-Tech 2026.
Automated guided robotics on display.
Machineries displayed at Knit-Tech 2026.
Machineries displayed at Knit-Tech 2026.
Machineries displayed at Knit-Tech 2026.
Machineries displayed at Knit-Tech 2026.
A circular knitting machine on display.
Dignitaries at a stall visit.
A fashion showcase from a past edition.
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.