Apparel Export Park , Gundla Pochampally 

Government of AP, has set up an Apparel Export Park at Gundlapochampally, about 18 Kilometers from Hyderabad.  The 175-acre park has 117 plots of one acre each for allocation to manufacturers and exporters of apparels, both made-ups and hosiery. 

It has a facility for uninterrupted good quality power supply from a dedicated sub-station located at the park site, besides other facilities like roads, treated drinking water, drainage and effluent discharge by pipes, sewerage systems and a security wall. 

A number of business facilities like warehouses, fire station, truck terminals, training institute, commercial bank, post office, courier service, telcom office, etc., have been planned around the park to facilitate speedier business transactions. 

Following are location advantages for the units at the Apparel Export Park: 

• The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are fast developing into a major garment export center.
  
  

• Hyderabad has easy access to all major cities and cotton growing and inputs manufacturing centers through well-built road, rail and airline net-work.
  
  

• The Hyderabad airport is at  a distance of around 15 kilometers from the park.
  
  

• Skilled labour with  good work ethics is available at relatively lower cost.
  
  

• The units in the park have been declared as Public Utilities to prevent illegal labour strikes.
  
  

• The Apparel Training and Design Center set up by the Apparel Export Promotion Council located at Hyderabad is training manpower required for the industry.
  
  

• Institutional support is provided by the Government and the APIIC, the implementing agency, to all the units located in the park.

Six Garment Units, viz., Chermas, Fantoosh, Karthik, Racherla, Symatic and Hindustan have already set up their factories in the park and doing roaring business. Another five Garment Units have commenced civil works.

Apparel Export Park , Vishakhapatnam 

Government of India have sanctioned Apparel Export Park, Vishakhapatnam, with an estimated cost of Rs.27.53 Crores.  Infrastructure Development is taking place in a sprawling 145 acres land in a prime location.

This park is having the following locational advantages:
The ‘City of Steel’ Vishakhapatnam is the home for major industries in Pubic Sector as well as Private Sector.

• It has distinct locational advantage of being equidistant from major industrial centers of Delhi, Pune, Baroda, Chennai and Calcutta and with easy access to South East Asia, South Asia, Japan and Korea.
  
  

• The city is well connected by road, rail, seaways and airways.
  
  

• Abundance of raw material resources together with easy availability of managerial, technical, skilled and unskilled manpower at low wages and peaceful industrial relations makes the city an ideal choice for an entrepreneur.
  
  

• The city has excellent educational institutions, modern hospitals, housing facilities, recreational centers, comparable to the best in the country.

Textile Parks
One Textile Park at Sircilla, Karimnagar District, which is sanctioned by Government of India is buzzing with activity  and ready for starting textile manufacturing.

Government of A.P. have drawn an ambitious plan to achieve $ 2 billion exports by establishing 5 Apparel Export Parks (Gundlapochampally near Hyderabad, Maheswaram near Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Kuppam and Warangal) and 12 Textile Parks (Sircilla, (Karimnagar), Chirala (Prakasham), Pochampally (Nalgonda), Pashamylaram (Medak), Pamidi and Rayadurg (Ananthapur), Adilabad, Rajam (Srikakulam), Kothur (Mahaboobnagar), Mangalagiri (Guntur), Nagari (Chittoor) and Yemminganur (Kurnool).

For further information, please contact:
Director of Handlooms and Textiles and Development Commissioner,
Apparel Export Parks,
IV Floor, ‘C’ Block,
BRK  Rao Government Offices Building,
Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad – 500 069
Phone  +91 - 40 -23224542  / 23225805
Fax: +91 - 40 -23224542
E-mail: handlooms_textiles@apts.gov.in