Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd. (STIL) ventured into the home textiles segment in 2006 to address the growing demand for premium home textiles. Its Damanganga fabric plant is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to produce furnishing fabrics, curtain and upholstery fabrics and made-ups. The company is currently focusing on enhancing its capacity in the home textiles segment.
The unit’s installed capacity is 6 million metres per annum (mmpa), which is under phase-wise expansion to reach a target capacity of 9.6 mmpa this year. The total project cost of Rs. 88.50 crores is being funded by a mix of internal accruals and term loans sanctioned under TUFS.
The growing presence in the home textile segment will result in further strengthening of STIL’s end-to-end operations: Yarn to Home Textile. The increase in the number of weaving looms is supplemented with a corresponding increase in wide-width processing capacity, new yarn-dyeing facility, chenille yarn unit and enhancement of ETP capacity.
The home textile division produces upholstery and curtain fabrics under the brand name of Birla Home Decor. This division features modern European manufacturing equipment, state-of-the-art design software, full-fledged testing laboratory, a wide product range (furnishing fabrics and made-ups) and contemporary designs (based on enduring associations with reputed European studios). Sutlej’s product range covers comprises of furnishing fabrics and made-ups of jacquard and dobby weaves, which are either yarn dyed or piece dyed as per customer requirement. Greige material is produced in various fibres like cotton, polyester, rayon blends, chenille, flax, silk, jute and linen.
The manufacturer also converts these fabrics into made-ups in its cut & sew unit. Besides, it is capable of offering different kinds of finishes – fire retardant, bio finish, aroma finish, soil release finish, water and oil repellent finish and moth finish. The division has a full-fledged design and development centre for development of new fabric designs using different base materials, shades, weaves, textures as per consumer trends in the domestic and international markets. A team of designers constantly engages itself with key customers to evolve newer design collections corresponding to different price positioning.
STIL which has a strong global clientele exports to nearly 60 countries. It has its presence across major developed and emerging economies like Australia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, China, Chile, Cuba and Egypt.