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Coimbatore-based KPR Mill is planning to add a green field manufacturing facility of 36 million garment per annum capacity at an estimated cost of Rs 175 crore. With the latest addition to its manufacturing strength, the total garment capacity will become 95 million garments per annum. The project is expected to be completed during the current fiscal.

The development comes on the backdrop of increase in interest from global customers in the knitwear hub of Tirupur.

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Tirupur exports of readymade garments has almost touched Rs 21,000 crore in 2014-15, witnessing 17 percent growth over last year. With Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) expected in September, exports from Tirupur, the knitwear hub is likely to grow by 20 to 50 percent in a few years, said an exporters' association functionary.