We reached Coimbatore on 23rd and went to visit Aruna Textile, one of the suppliers of cotton fabric, on the way to our hotel in Tiruppur. Tiruppur is called the "Textile city" and a "Dollar City" also. Big brands such as H&M, Reebok, Diesel, to name a few, import their textiles from Tirrupur.
Mr. Manickandan, who is working as a consultant for "fair trade supply project" under fair forum-India. He helped us in meeting with different suppliers, one of them was Aruna. They don't have any website or blog that I could share with others.
We went to see if Aruna is a member of any fair trade organization and their yarns are "organic" certified. We also came to know the different counts and different fabric they are manufacturing.
Even though they are not a member of any fair trade organization, they wish to switch to "organic cotton" and the certification process will take 3-6 months.
The manager has no information on the fair trade principles. The workers are employed on a contract basis. They promised to send us a sample to our hotel address where we were to stay for another two days, but did not send it.
We may not possibly have any linkage as they are neither a fair trade member nor are their yarns certified. However, it was a different experience to see different fabrics available in bulk quantity and to speak with people working on it.
Tsering Youdon
Fair Trade Coordinator
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