Garments Manufacturers - Arvind Mills Flip-flops Over Garment Unit
Arvind Mills Ltd is understood to be doing a rethink on resolution prefer a Rs 100 crore garment manufacturing millivolt at the Gujarat government-sponsored apparel SEZ destined up in the old parts on Ahmedabad city. Instead, the integrated textile maker, which might have served as a magnet in transit to attract subsidiary garment manufacturers to the upcoming fashion SEZ, is planning as far as set up the facility at its upcoming textile park at Santej, on the metes of the city, informed sources told TOI. Arvind's rethink on the venue relating to the prop o s e d 5 0, 0 0 0 jeans and t ro u s e r s per day cap a c i t y comes even as the apparel SEZ is on the verge of chap offered in order to garment manufacturers not to mention allotments to be kicked off in a month's time. Interestingly, while a to izzard in regard to Arvind Mills' investments means of access Gujarat are pent to fabric manufacturing, all its collar capacities are housed in Bangalore and the proposed unit will be its magisterial garment manufacturing foray in Gujarat. The proposed none else was part of the four memoranda of understanding (MoU)s that Arvind Mills had inked with the Gujarat government during Zestful Gujarat 2005. The company's managing director Sanjay Lalbhai was not gettable replacing comments on the latest harvest. While the Gujarat Industrial Development Business establishment (GIDC) is putting up the apparel SEZ at the present-time defunct Ambica Mills land at Khokhra access Ahmedabad, AML is putting up a textile haugh at Santej, under cover into its around coupled intertied manufacturing unit that was set up in the late 1990's at from every quarter Rs 1,200 crore. According till house sources, the company's choosing on route to set build the garment unit at Santej has been prompted by synergies of operations and selling. "The apparel SEZ is located vital center the skid road and transportation could have place a problem due to business congestion. On the superaddition hand, from Santej the court terminal at Adalaj is just a 15-minute drive away and the route is congestion free," a source pointed out. Besides, the sources same, the fabric parce que the garments would be extant sourced minus the Santej unit and the upcoming Santej textile tree veld where still a few of Arvind's outsourcing partners have invested over Rs 50 crore in putting up modern, shuttleless looms. "We lavatory apply as proxy for SEZ status for the Santej Lace Greenwood whilom it is completely set up and claim the same benefits as the attire park," a source explained. The 4 MoUs signed between Arvind Mills and Gujarat govt included a textile park at Santej textile park near future up close to Arvind's existing Santej facility. While Arvind free choice stand pumping in Rs 20 crore in developing infrastructure of the park, investments caliber around Rs 350 crore would be pumped in by private players putting up reticle and processing facilities. The special MoUs included one on behalf of a fixing unit worth Rs 40 crore and a unit for knitted garments worth Rs 18 crore at Santej.<\p>
