The Sintex Group has embarked on an ambitious plan to set up a modern spinning plant with a capacity of one million spindles for manufacture of compact yarn and other special yarns. The project is under implementation in a phased manner. Recently the company completed and started commercial production of six lakh spindles out of the planned one million.
Mr. Amit Patel, Group Managing Director, said: “It’s a proud moment. Our utilisation is at 6,00,000 spindles. A consistent build-up of capacities, ramping up of production and simultaneous marketing, quality and customer service have led to seamless momentum across the value chain.”
Sintex is a reputed and respected brand in the global textile industry as a quality-conscious manufacturer of high-end men’s structured fabric addressing high-end fashion shirting. The company’s fibre-to-fabric facility (Kalol) is one of the largest weaving units in India that produces fabrics for some of most renowned global brands in the fashion industry. Its wide product basket comprising multiple varieties of blended fabrics are marketed under the BVM brand.
Having established its global presence in the niche-fabric business space, the company has embarked on the ambitious project of setting up a 1-million spindle manufacturing unit generating compact and other special yarns in a phased manner. The new unit set up at Pipavav, Gujarat, promises to generate 120 million kg of specialised yarn per annum.
The unit is backed up with cutting-edge technology sourced from global leaders in the textile machinery space. The new facility operates on the ‘No Touch’ policy beginning right from blowroom to packing, which means the cotton/yarn does not involve human intervention until it is packed.
This is due to the completely automated technology adopted by Sintex resulting in higher productivity, reduced imperfections in yarn quality and superior strength of the yarn. It also allows the company to produce contamination-free yarn which enjoys sizeable demand in the global markets.
The company has also invested in a sophisticated contamination sorter which allows it to produce quality yarn as per customer specifications. The product basket includes 100% cotton yarn (20s ne to 140s ne) and compact weaving and knitting yarns in combed varieties to cater to leading weavers and knitters in India and overseas.
Despite India being its largest market, Sintex yarns enjoy a prominent international presence, especially in countries like Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Pakistan, the UAE, Turkey and Egypt. The other important markets include Europe and South and North America. The company has cemented the Sintex brand in Bangladesh as a reliable supplier of quality yarns.
Sintex reported 42.43% growth in gross sales from Rs. 1,433.84 crores in 2016-17 to Rs. 2,042.26 crores in 2017-18, catalysed by superior performance of the textile and yarns businesses.
Fabric
Sintex weaves multiple varieties of blended high-end shirting (cotton linen, cotton-silk, cotton lycra and cotton-linen lycra). It offers fabrics with multiple surface finishes (peaching, razing, brushing, etc.) Almost 50% of the fabrics comprise designs prepared by the in-house team. There are 24 looms dedicated for product development.
The company enjoys a major share of the structured fabric market in India and across the globe by addressing the growing needs of premium men’s shirt brands. Marketed under the BVM brand, the company fabrics find acceptance among leading global fashion labels and Indian brands. Some of its customers include globally recognized brands such as Triber, Gap, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Marks & Spencer (international) and Arrow, Zodiac, Van Huesen and Louis Phillipe (domestic).
Sintex is one of the largest corduroy manufacturers in Asia, turning out a range of corduroy fabrics, including yarn dyed corduroy and ultima cotton yarn-based corduroy.
The company enjoys the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Certification (ecological and environmental safety certification process for 100 different harmful substances) from the Swiss Textile Testing Institute, Zurich.