The company’s USP is to offer new product development and innovation in specialty and fancy textiles. On an average it develops eight products per month for domestic as well as global markets
Dodhia Group has grown rapidly in the past four decades to become one of the leading manufacturers of specialty, dyed and fancy recycled polyester yarns and chemicals in India. The group has successfully carved out a niche in the segment of specialty yarns with an unparalleled and extensive range of integrated textile products. The group has its manufacturing locations at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra, Silvassa and Gujarat with its marketing offices located with adequate infrastructure at Mumbai for overseeing its domestic and export operations. A total of 1,828 employees that includes 235 women make the company’s workforce.
Speaking exclusively to The Textile Magazine, Bhadresh Dodhia, Director, Dodhia Group shares details on the ongoing and upcoming expansion plans that include three major initiatives:
• Velugam Unit: Dodhia Group had proudly announced the completion of 100% capacity in June 2021. This unit is 100% export-oriented, specialising in the production of carpet yarns.
• Surat Unit: With lot of dependency for the supply of raw material, the group decided to backward integrate and started spinning POY and FDY from waste PET bottles. The recycled yarn is branded as Petopoly® – a planet-friendly yarn that reduces dependence on non-renewable natural resources and helps the environment by keeping bottles and plastic out of landfills. The current capacity of the project is 80 tonnes per day along with PET bottle washing and crushing capacity of 100 tonnes per day.
• New Investments: The group is planning to further expand into recycling. The goal is to replace all its virgin raw material with recycled material.
Key USPs
“Dodhia Group is a kitchen of all kinds of specialty yarns. Our research and development is the key for the development of new products. Our USP is to offer new product development and innovation in specialty and fancy textiles. On an average we develop eight products per month for domestic as well as global markets,” mentions Dodhia while highlighting the company’s technology advantage. Some of its key clients include top names like Batra Yarns, Fancy Fiber LLP, Kabra Synthetic and Vebhav Yarns, among others. “Our yarns are used in brands like Under Armour, IKEA, H and M, Nike and Lulu Lemon,” he adds.
Pointing out the key advantages that the group offers over its competitors, Dodhia says: “The group has installed a wide range of facilities with this diverse infrastructure under a single group. We can offer an endless range of products. The key strength is that we are open to develop a new product or customise the product as per a customer’s requirements. Also, the group is compliant with various certifications such as Oekotex, ISO-2015, GRS, Star Export House and Ocean Bound Plastic.”
Focus on Sustainability
The group has always taken pride about its sustainability initiatives. Dwelling on the topic, Dodhia states: “We believe in creating solutions for the planet. As mentioned earlier, the group has launched Petopoly® – a planet-friendly yarn that reduces dependence on non-renewable natural resources and helps the environment by keeping bottles and plastic out of landfills.” Petopoly is made by Dodhia Synthetics Limited at its specialised POY and FDY manufacturing unit in Gujarat which has an installed capacity of 32,000 TPA and can offer the entire product range with GRS traceability. The company has adopted automation in its manufacturing process in a major way.
To match the pace of the changing environment, the group has upgraded many of its processes such as:
• Automatic dyeing and dispensing system
• Automatic packing
• Automated storage and retrieval system
• New ERP software SAP S4 Hana implementation.
Aiming Big
The Dodhia Group has a clear-cut roadmap for its future growth and its key growth plans include strategic focus on brand credibility, product innovation and sustainability, digital transformation by introducing SAP S4 Hana and 10-15% year-on-year increase in revenue during 2021-2025. “The vision of the Dodhia Group is to be a definitive market leader in the recycling polyester filament market both in India and abroad by the year 2025. Authentic research and development, proactive marketing and sales, a customer-centred approach, human resources that tap the best potential, and social and environmental accountability is how we plan to get there,” Dodhia says.
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Manufacturing Infrastructure and Capacity
• Recycled filament spinning (POY and FDY): 3,000 tonnes per month
• Texturising (DTY): 3,500 tonnes per month
• Air texturising (ATY): 600 tonnes per month
• Air covering (ACY): 30 tonnes per month
• Twisting: 1,800 tonnes per month
• Yarn dyeing: 1,800 tonnes per month
• Space dyeing: 350 tonnes per month
• Hank dyeing: 150 tonnes per month
• Hank space dyeing: 300 tonnes per month
• Cabling: 1,200 tonnes per month
• High bulking and heat setting: 800 tonnes per month
• Chenille: 75 tonnes per month
• Cotton sizing: 550 tonnes per month
• Specialty chemicals: 600 tonnes per month.