Tubeknit Fashions Ltd.

We are out at the TEKIC industrial area, specifically shed number 94. It is in Tea Nagar, Mudalipalayam. It’s a big industrial park so there is always a lot of activity. We have been working in this shed for a good while. Inside it is mostly machines and rows of people working. It’s a practical space designed for making clothes, not for looking pretty. We deal with knitting mostly. The air stays a bit warm because of all the equipment running at once. It’s a lot of work to keep everything maintained. We have a set schedule but things change depending on the orders we get. We don't have a big marketing department or anything. We just focus on the production line. Most of the people working here are from the local area. We know each other well and just get on with the tasks. The shed is big enough for what we do but it feels small when we have a lot of raw material coming in. Mudalipalayam is a hub for this kind of work, so we are surrounded by other people doing similar things. It’s a noisy, busy place but we like the rhythm of it. We spend our days checking the knit quality and making sure the sizing is right. It’s honest work and we try to do it as well as we can every day. We usually close up late and the walk to the main road is quiet after the shift ends.