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The Textile Magazine
MAY 2012
Global Textile Alliance
forays into India by setting up
mattress ticking plant at Tirupur
circular knitting
The US-based, Global Textile Alliance (GTA)
has entered the Indian market for manufacture
of quality knitted mattress ticking fabric. One of
the leading global suppliers of mattress ticking
with manufacturing facilities in Europe and North
America, GTA has set up its first Indian facility,
its third globally, at Tirupur at an investment of
Euro 1 million to manufacture high-end knitted
mattress ticking fabric catering to the needs of
Indian mattress manufacturers.
The protective fabric cover which encases the
mattress and foundation is called ticking. It is
usually designed to coordinate with the founda-
tion border fabric and comes in a wide variety of
colors and styles. Mattress fabrics can be knits,
damask or printed wovens, or inexpensive nonwo-
vens.
In the past decade, along with the rise in popu-
larity of all-foam beds, stretchy knit ticking on
the bed’s top panel has become a standard look on
both innerspring and foam beds. Most ticking is
made with polyester yarns. More expensive mat-
tress fabrics may have a combination of polyester
with rayon, cotton, silk, wool or other natural
yarns. The ticking has to be made of quality mate-
rial, so that it lasts longer. Mattress ticking must
be hygienic and stain-resistant and should help
reduce air pollutants.
Mattress ticking fabric is normally made as
woven and knitted fabric. Mostly it is low-cost
mattress in India, with woven fabric. Knitted
mattress ticking fabric is used on high-end mat-
tress, the market for which is currently small but
is growing fast in India. Mattress manufacturers
Mr. Stephen Fieux, Plant Manager, GTA
By K. Gopalakrishnan