A six-year-old proposal to open outlets of the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd., or Co-optex, abroad will be fructified soon, according to State Minister of handlooms and textiles, OS Manian. Outlets will be opened in Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, he said while inaugurating a renovated showroom of Co-optex in Trichy. Co-optex has set a target of Rs. 340 crore for this year, he added. The Co-optex showrooms have been functioning in 67 places outside the State after 2015, taking the total number of outlets to 200.
