Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani Inaugurates Welspun India’s Textile Plant In Anjar

Tech Textiles & Nonwovens

Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani Inaugurates Welspun India’s Textile Plant In Anjar

Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani inaugurated Welspun India Ltd’s state-of-the-art Needle Entangled Advanced Textile Plant in Anjar, Gujarat recently. The new facility will enhance product offerings and provide cutting-edge solutions in high-growth areas such as industrial and defence applications.

The Rs 150-crore facility has unique capabilities of spun lace and needle punch lines which can manufacture multi-layer composites for various applications. This advanced and innovative technology will provide non-woven solutions for high-end industrial applications in filtration, acoustics, automotives, fire safety, thermal insulation, vibration control, noise control, aerospace, defence and mass transportation. The initial capacity of the manufacturing unit will be 2,400 metric tonne per annum.

Along with this facility, Welspun has also invested in a wide range of finishing technologies which include coating, laminating, dyeing and printing to provide innovative solutions; all under one roof.

Also, Welspun has invested Rs 100 crore to set up a fresh state-of-the-art fully automated cut and sew unit in the made-ups segment with a capacity of 10 million units per annum.

Speaking at the plant’s inauguration ceremony, Welspun Group Chairman B K Goenka said, “We are entering an exciting phase of business through these new offerings in technical textiles. The new facility will enhance our product offerings and provide cutting-edge solutions in high-growth areas such as industrial and defence applications”.