Tirupur T-shirts to drape Euro Cup Soccer players

Santosh Garments, an apparel manufacturer in the textile town of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, has bagged orders for a million T-shirts for the 2008 Euro Soccer World Cup.

Tirupur (Tamil Nadu), Aug 28 : Santosh Garments, an apparel manufacturer in the textile town of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, has bagged orders for a million T-shirts for the 2008 Euro Soccer World Cup.

The manufacturer is busy executing the orders for the event to take place in Switzerland and Austria.

Nearly 500,000 T-shirts have already been made, and the company is expecting the rest to be completed by the year end.

Santosh Garments Managing Director C. Udaya Shankar said they have been making soccer T-shirts for the past four years."We make polyester and cotton T-shirts. Nearly, half a million pieces are now in my hand for the order, and I expect another order of half a million T-shirts. I am proud of football matches (and I hope) to continue to receive orders for my company," said Shankar.The logo of the Euro Cup is emblazoned on the front of the T-shirts, with a list of stadia where the finals are to played printed on the back.T-shirts are available in black, white, navy blue, green and red.

Santosh Garments Technical director Vinoth Kumar said their brand has made a name for itself in the international market, specialising in polyester and cotton T-shirts.

"So far, no one in Tirupur has done 100 per cent polyester. We have tried it and succeeded. It became a big advantage for us and the company has been noted in the world and particularly in the Europe market," said Kumar.

The product of Santosh Garments has been approved by the Adidas, a German sportswear giant.

Tirupur is a major hub for knitwear industries in India. Exports from Tirupur have registered a figure of over one billion dollars in 2004 from eight million in 1985.

ANI