Even though the market is slow, some players are not letting the conditions deter them from expansion and diversification. One such enterprising company is C.A. Patel Textiles of Ahmedabad, which is going to start Garment manufacturing very soon. Currently, the company produces shirting fabric and bed linen for both the export and domestic market. Talking to Apparel Online, Mukesh Bhai C. Patel and Sunil Bhai C. Patel, Directors of the company informed, “We have not witnessed a slowdown either in export or in domestic market and this has encouraged us to go ahead with our expansion plans. We are looking to add garmenting to our capabilities. Our plan is to invest Rs. 30 crore in a new factory of 500 stitching machines, which is being built in Ahmedabad. Production will start in six months as construction is in full swing, initially we will install 100 machines and later the capacity will be enhanced in phases as per strategy. We have cost and other benefit of in-house fabric, so we are expecting good business in garmenting also.”
The company will produce premium casual and premium high-end shirts at the new facility. Established in 1996, by Chaganbhai Patel, C. A. Patel Textiles currently is doing business of Rs. 150 crore per annum. It is exporting 20 per cent of its production to South African countries and has a good distributor’s network allover India. The manufactured shirts will initially be supplied to the domestic market and later to export market after preliminary feedback.
