AB Screens, a leading Tiruppur apparel printer, shares its journey with Graeme Richardson-Locke, FESPA’s Head of Associations & Technical Lead about how they are adapting to global export demands and evolving EU sustainability rules like the Digital Product Passport. Owner Suresh Babu emphasises quality, trust, and proactive sustainable management, including ZLD water treatment and solar power. The company uses hybrid digital/screen printing to offer speed, flexibility, and compliance, proving innovation combined with strong values drives success.

When I arrived in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, the heart of India’s knitted textile manufacturing cluster I was met by noise, a riot of colour and a traffic system that to a visitor feels unnerving and chaotic until you settle into its rhythm. I was in Tiruppur to present at an event organised by FESPA’s Indian association member, SPAI on the changing EU expectations for printed clothing sustainability. The upcoming EU Digital Product Passport is one of many new mechanisms for disclosure and transparency across international supply chains exporting to the EU. As Tiruppur exports 60% of its production to the EU (30% to US) it will need to respond to maturing sustainable management whose intention is to reduce misleading information reaching consumers.

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