Textile minister Smriti Irani inaugurates Welspun’s advanced plant, cut & sew capacity in Gujarat

Anjar (Gujarat): Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Z Irani today inaugurated advanced textiles plant of Welspun India Ltd., one of the world’s leading home textiles manufacturer, at Anjar in Kutch district of Gujarat.

With the start of the Rs 150 crore cost facility of the state-of-the-art Needle Entangled Advance Textile Plant the company has forayed into new technologies in its Technical Textile Business.

The plant will have unique capabilities of Spun Lace and Needle Punch lines which can manufacture multilayer composites for various applications. This advanced and innovative technology will provide non-woven solutions for high-end industrial applications such as Filtration, Acoustics, Automotive, Fire Safety, Thermal insulation, Vibration control, Noise control, Aero-Space, Defence and Mass Transportation. The initial capacity of the manufacturing unit will be 2,400 MT per annum. With this facility, Welspun has also invested in a wide range of finishing technologies which include Coating, Laminating, Dyeing, and Printing to provide innovative solutions; all under one roof.

Further, Welspun has invested Rs 100 crore to set up a fresh state- of- the-art fully automated cut and sew unit in the made-ups segment with a capacity of 10 million units per annum, which was also inaugurated today.

Chairman of $2.3 billion Welspun group BK Goenka, Chairman was also present on the occasion.

Welspun India Ltd is one of the world’s largest home textile manufacturers. With a distribution network in more than 50 countries and world class manufacturing facilities in India, it is the largest exporter of home textile products from India. Supplier to 17 of Top 30 global retailers, the Company has marquee clients like Bed Bath & Beyond, Costco, Kohl’s, Wal-Mart and Macy’s to name a few.

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