JV starts Indian glass fabric facility

Published 31st August, 2012 by Greg Morris

Indian textiles company Arvind Ltd has commissioned a new manufacturing facility to manufacture glass fabrics in India.

It has formed a JV with German company PD Fibre Glass Group for the facility is situated at Santej, India. The JV formed in December 2011 has a 51:49 equity paticipation and will cater to the requirements of energy, automotive and infrastructure sectors.

The Ahmedabad-headquartered company forecasts its technical textiles to be a $1bn business in 10 years. Arvind manufactures fabrics for fire retardants, filtration and personal protection.

The Satej facility will manufacture 30,000 tonnes of fabric after five years. The majority of production will be exported.

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.