Linen Club to invest Rs 250 cr on capacity expansion

Linen Club Fabrics, the premium brand form Jaya Shree

Textiles plans to invest Rs 250 crores in capacity expansion of its linen and yarn production over the next two years. Its current linen manufacturing capacity at Rishra in West Bengal has reached 10 million metres a year against 7 million metre last year and the company aims to take it up to 13 million metres a year. The plans also include doubling yarn capacity from the present 3, 000 tonne a year, in the next two years.

Linen Club contributes Rs 650 crores to Jaya Shree’s Rs 1,200 crores revenues. The company now wants to increase Linen Club's share to Rs 1,100 crores, while Jaya Shree’s revenues are expected to touch Rs 2,000 crores by March 2017.

Linen Club is one of India’s finest fabric brands and is sought after by leading garment makers such as Colour Plus, Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Wills Lifestyle, Park Avenue, Benetton, Blackberry’s, Levi’s, Freelook, Arrow, Zodiac and Pepe Jeans. Jaya Shree Textiles is India’s first integrated textile manufacturing unit to bag the coveted ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001, OHSAS18001 and SA certifications for their commitment and excellence in production and quality.