Established in 1933 by late Sir. R.K.Shanmugam Chettiar, the first Finance Minister of Independent India.
Started with 11 members. At present 323 textile mills spread over the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry and Tamilnadu are members of SIMA.
A few mills in the States of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are also members.
SIMA member mills account for 75.26 Lakh spindles and 4783 looms.
Out of the total spinning capacity of 374.84 Lakh spindles in the country, about 20% is represented by SIMA.
Approximately 2 Lakh workers are employed in SIMA member mills.
SIMA member mills together produced 24% of total cotton yarn manufactured in the country.
50% of cotton yarn exported from India comes from southern textile mills.
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