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Lalbhai Group (Arvind Mills)

Posted by retailigence on August 30, 2008

ObjectivesOur main objective for compiling information on Arvind mills is to cover knowledge about thoseDenim brands which are unknowingly associated with foreign image or origin, but actually eitherthey are created by Arvind Mills or their franchise has been taken by them. Beside these there aremany more brands which are complimentary to apparel industry and produced by LalbhaiGroups in record quantity.

TEXTILES / YARNS / GARMENTS

1. The Arvind Mills Limited

2. The Arvind Products Limited

OTHERS

1. Atul Limited2. Amol Dicalite Limited3. Anup Engineering Limited

ARVIND MILLS LIMITED

The Arvind Mills was set up with the pioneering effort of the Lalbhai brothers in 1931. With the

best of technology and business acumen, Arvind has become a true Indian multinational, havingchosen to invest strategically, where demand has been high and quality required has beensuperlative. Today, the Arvind Mills Limited is the flagship company of Rs.20 billion (US$ 500million) Lalbhai Group.In the regular changing scenario of fashion, company has maintained its focus on its core productwhich gives an upper hand in the competition through the world. With its presence across thetextile value chain, the company endeavors to be a one-stop shop for leading garment brands.Forevision and Technology has brought Arvind to be one of the top three producers of Denim inthe world, and on its way becoming the Global Textile Conglomerate, Arvind is already makingits presence felt in Shirtings, Knits and Khakis fabrics apart from being all set to create ripples

in the ready to wear Garments world over.

ARVIND PRODUCTS LIMITED

The company is a subsidiary of The Arvind Mills Limited. The principal business segments ofthe company include manufacturing and marketing of Voiles fabrics, Bottomweight fabric(khakis) and Yarn. The company operates through its divisions viz: Arvind Intex (with both ringand open end yarn manufacturing under one roof), Arvind Cotspin (manufacturing 100% cotton
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yarn and double yarn in a wide range of counts and varieties) and Ankur Textiles (manufacturingof Voiles)

ATUL LIMITED

The Rs.600 crore Atul Products, set up in 1947, is one of the Asias largest and greenestchemical complexes. The company has grown to become Indias largest dyestuffs manufacturer,

making and marketing over 250 varieties of chemical and intermediates, from basic commoditychemicals to specialty intermediate required for the agrochemical, defense, dyestuff, leather,paper, pharmaceutical and textile industries. Atul exports to more than 50 countries. For moredetails, visit atul.co.in

AMOL DICALITE LIMITED

A group company with the business ranging from Textile clothing to Filter Aids to Perlite

Products.ANUP ENGINEERING LIMITEDIt is one of the leading Engineering companies engaged in manufacturing process equipment forChemicals, Refineries, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Fertilizers, Drugs and Allied Industries.The company is equipped with Laboratory to carry out various destructive and non-destructivetests apart from an independent quality control department. The company undertakes design andmanufacture of equipments to meet the requirements of national and international codes such as

ASME, BS-5500, TEMA, EJMA, IBR, IS2825 etc for design, manufacturing and testing apartfrom any other specific quality requirements specified by the customer. Equipment andcomponents are manufactured out of carbon steel, stainless steel, monel, inconel, cupronickle,aluminum alloys, clad sheets, querched and tempered steels, etc.

History

Kasturbhai Lalbhai

Narottambhai Lalbhai

Chimanbhai Lalbhai

The Evolution

1930 was a year the world suffered a traumatic depression. Companies across the globe beganclosing down. In UK and in India the textile industry in particular was in trouble. At about thistime, Mahatma Gandhi championed the Swadeshi Movement and at his call, people from allIndia began boycotting fine and superfine fabrics, which had so far been imported from England.In the midst of this depression one family saw opportunity. The Lalbhais reasoned that thedemand for fine and superfine fabrics still existed. And any Indian company that met thisdemand would surely prosper. The three brothers, Kasturbhai, Narottambhai and Chimanbhaidecided to put up a mill to produce this superfine fabric. Next they looked around for state-of-
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the-art machinery that could produce such high quality fabric. Their search ended in England.The best technology of that time was acquired at a most attractive price. And a company calledArvind Mills was born.Arvind Mills started with a share capital of Rs 2,525,000 ($55,000) in the year 1931. With theaim of manufacturing the high-end superfine fabrics Arvind invested in very sophisticated

technology. With 52,560 ring spindles, 2552 doubling spindles and 1122 looms it was one of thefew companies in those days to start along with spinning and weaving facilities in addition tofull-fledged facilities for dyeing, bleaching, finishing and mercerizing. The sales in the year1934, three years after establishment were Rs 45.76 lakhs and profits were Rs 2.82 lakhs.Steadily producing high quality fabrics, year after year, Arvind took its place amongst theforemost textile units in the country.In the mid 1980s the textile industry faced another major crisis. With the power loom churning

out vast quantities of inexpensive fabric, many large composite mills lost their markets, and wereon the verge of closure. Yet that period saw Arvind at its highest level of profitability. Therecould be no better time, concluded the Management, for a rethink on strategy. The Arvindmanagement coined a new word for it new strategyRenovision. It simply meant a new way of

looking at issues, of seeing more than the obvious and that became the corporate philosophy. Thenational focus paved way for international focus and Arvinds markets shifted from domestic toglobal, a market that expected and accepted only quality goods. An in-depth analysis of theworld textile market proved an eye opener. People the world over were shifting from synthetic tonatural fabrics. Cottons were the largest growing segments. But where conventional wisdompointed to popular priced segments, Renovision pointed to high quality premium niches. Thus in1987-88 Arvind entered the export market for two sections. Denim for leisure and fashion wear.And high quality fabric for cotton shirtings and trousers. By 1991 Arvind reached 1600 millionmeters of Denim per year and it was the third largest producer of denim in the world.In 1997 Arvind set up a state-of-the-art shirting, gabardine and knits facility, the largest of itskind in India, at Santej. With Arvinds concern for environment a most modern affluenttreatment facility with zero affluent discharge capability was also established.Year 2005 is a watershed year for textiles. With the mulitifiber agreement getting phased out andthe disbanding of quotas, international textile trade is poised for a quantum leap. In the domesticmarket too, the rationalizing of the cenvat chain and the growth of the organized retail industry islikely to make textiles and apparel see an explosive growthArvind has carved out an aggressive strategy to verticalize its current operations by setting upworld-scale garmenting facilities and offering a one-stop shop service, of offering garmentpackages, to its international and domestic customers.

With the Indian economy poised for rapid growth, Arvind brands with its international licensesof1. Lee2. Wrangler3. Arrow4. Tommy Hilfiger

and its own domestic brands of

1. Flying Machine

2. Newport

3. Excalibur
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4. Ruf & Tuf

is setting its vision on becoming the largest apparel brands company in India

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