Textile firm Filatex India has commenced commercial production of polyester fully drawn yarns at its plant in Dahej, Gujarat.

The commercial production is for manufacture of 100 million tons per day of polyester fully drawn yarn. This will lead to lower per ton capital cost which in turn will put the company to a recurring advantage by way of lower depreciation and interest. Also, other fixed expenses like staff cost and factory overheads would also be spread over bigger production volumes leading to improvement in profitability.

The total capital expenditure for implementing the expansion program is about Rs 100 crores.

Filatex, established in 1995, is also in the process of installing about 40 texturising machines at the plant. Two texturising machines have been installed. The remaining machines would be installed in phases till September.

The company is involved in the manufacture of various varieties of synthetic manmade fibers like polyester filament yarn, poly propylene yarn, textured yarn, micro denier yarn, polypropylene yarn, mono filament yarn. It is considered a pioneer in the manufacture of mono filament yarn in the Indian market.

Filatex has also diversified itself into special polyester filament yarns like micro denier polyester filament yarn.

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