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

Customer segment of Percentage share of
Coated Abrasive coated abrasive sales
After market,
maintenance, repair
and over haul
35%
Tanneries 12%
White Goods 10%
Key manufacturers of coated abrasives in India
Source: SSKI, CUMI
The two biggest manufacturers of coated abrasive in India are Carborundum Universal and Grindwell
Norton. These two producers cover close to 80% of the coated abrasives market in India.
Manufacturer Year Quantity Value (Rs Unit Price Installed
( Sqm) crore) (Rs)
capacity
CUMI 2007-08 10320000 146.9 145 18830000
Grindwell Norton 2007-08 3250000 146 456 5200000
Total 2007-08 13570000 292.9 - 24030000
Source: Capitaline
Both CUMI and Grindwell Norton have woven and non-woven coated abrasives in their product mix.
However, Grindwell Norton is the only manufacturer non-woven coated abrasives in India with
production of one million square meters annually. CUMI on the other hand does not have a non-
woven manufacturing unit and trades in the non-woven category. However CUMI does manufacture
the industrial cloth in house. The product mix of woven and non-woven is distributed as follows:
Woven is approximately 65% and non-woven is approximately 35%.
Key manufacturer of backing cloth or gray cloth is as give below:
1. Madura Textiles
2. Keetex Textile, Kolhapur
Market size of coated abrasives in India
The coated abrasive market is approximately Rs.366 crore in India. The leading producers are
Carborundum Universal (CUMI) and Grindwell Norton. CUMI has nearly 40% market share in the
coated abrasive segment. Both CUMI and Grindwell Norton put together account for 80% of the
coated abrasive market. The coated abrasive has a diverse user base and overall market is expected to
grow at 10% per annum.
The cloth backing in a coated abrasive is equal to the area of the abrasive. The market size of coated
abrasives and the cloth are as given below:-