Ahmedabad was known as the denim capital with production of over 400 million metres per annum. Now neighbouring diamond city Surat, is catching up fast with four new denim plants having a capacity of about 100 million metres, developed over the last 18 months. The state would also witness many other textile companies extend or expand their denim facilities over the next few years.
Companies like Ultra Denim, R&B Denims, Anubha Industries and Srirajlakshmi Denim have finalized Surat as their denim production site. Surat is already the country's largest manmade fabric hub meeting over 40 per cent of the fabric demand annually.
While R&B Denims has developed a 20 million metres annual capacity at Palsana in Surat with expansion plans of 30 million sq. mt. in the pipeline, Anubha Industires has 10 million mt. capacity and plans to increase it as well. Rajasthan-based Sri Rajlakshmi Denim has a production capacity at Palsana. Ultra Denim has invested Rs 100 crores to develop a 30 million metres unit near Surat, which is expected to start operations in two months.
To boost industries in the state, the Gujarat government on has signed MoUs with a Chinese enterprise in Beijing attracting investments worth Rs 29,000 crores in the state. The MoUs, inked in Beijing during Chief Minister Anandi Patel's visit to China, would assist state in building the Smart City project and along with RS 10,000 crores for a textile park in Sanand, followed by an industrial park in Gujarat, an official statement said.
