Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

Madura Coats Ltd (MCL), a subsidiary of Coats Viyella Plc, UK is a market leader in sewing and
embroidery thread with 50% market share in the organised sector. MCL supplies its products to
clients such as Clairborne, Lee, Levis, Gap, Nike, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, among others. In 2007 –
08 the company had an approximate sales volume of 50 million Common Length Unit (CLU) (43
million CLU in domestic and 7 million CLU in export) (One CLU = 10,000 metres).
Mahavir Spinning Mills Ltd (MSML) has two subsidiaries namely VMT Spinning (73.33%) and
Vardhman Threads (100%). Vardhman is the second largest producer of sewing thread in the country
with production of 28.3 MT per day. The sewing thread plants are located at Hoshiarpur, Baddi,
Perundarai and Ludhiana. Two-third of the sewing threads of the company have synthetic base and
the remaining are made of cotton.
The sewing thread market is dominated by the unorganised sector i.e. the rewinding mills which are
concentrated in the cities of Mumbai, Nagpur, Amaravati, Pune and Sholapur, Ahmedabad, Kolkata,
Chennai, Tuticorin, Cochin, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, etc.
Manufacturer Year Quantity Value Unit Price Installed
capacity
Madura Coats 2001-02 371.173 billion Rs 467.23
metres crore
Mahavir Spinning 2006-07 8,851 MT Rs 296.35 Rs 335/kg 9,767 MT
Mills / vardhaman
crore
Precot Meridian 2007-08 Rs 54 crore 2,000 MT
Pasupati Spinning
& Weaving Mills
2006-07 5,096 MT Rs 83.66 crore
Malwa Cotton 2006-07 3,995 MT Rs 122.83
Spinning Mills
crore
Source: Capitaline, Annual reports, IMaCS Analysis
Imports & Exports of Sewing thread
The sewing threads are exported to more than 45 countries. The export value is estimated to be Rs 140
crore in 2007-08.
HS Code Description
Exports
(in Rs crore)
Exports (Quantity MT)
2006-07 2007-08(E) 2006-07 2007-08(E)