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The Textile Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2011
portfolio, we are launching into Kidswear with USPA
junior and Womenswear with French designer brand
‘Elle’. So we have strong growth engines to sustain
high growth, and more important, we have clearly es-
tablished a business model which can be expanded
profitably”. Mr. Suresh joined Arvind six years back
after an 18-year stint with Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Besides expanding the scope of Brands & Retail,
Arvind also emerged as the country’s leading maker
of fire-retardant fabrics. “We have entered into tech-
nology collaboration with UK’s Novacare and Dupont
to make fire-retardant fabric which is worn by workers
in a fire-prone work environment. We supply these to
17 countries, including Bangladesh and Sri Lanka,”
cover story
2009-10
2010-11
in mn
in mn
in mn
in mn
Meters
Meters
Meters
Meters
Installed Production
Installed
Production
Products
Capacity
Capacity
Denim
96
88
108
96
Shirting
34
39
50
44
Knits
20
10
20
17
Garments (PCS)
19
19
10
13
Khakis
22
13
22
21
Voiles
38
31
38
34
Total
190
181
238
212
Fabric Category
Capacity
Denim
Woven
Voiles
Mn. Mtrs / p.a.
Current
96
66
36
Expansion in FY 11
12
6
12
Expansion in FY 12
9.6
12
0
Proposed by FY 12
117.6
84
48
% growth
23%
27%
33%