Chief Minister inaugurates New Birla Century Textile Mill at Jhagadia
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi yesterday inaugurated state-of-the-art new Birla
Century Textile mill at Jhagadia in Bharuch district. Birla Century is a
division of Century Textiles and Industries
Limited. It covers wide range of products that include Shirtings, Suitings,
Fancy and Finer Fabrics, Bed and Cover, Bed Linen and ready to wear garments.
Birla Century is spread
over 100 acres of land.The total constructed area of the mill covers about 45
acres of land. Another 40 acres has been
utilized for landscaping. The mill has a capacity of producing around 25
million meters of high quality fine and super fine 100% cotton fabrics.
The mill has been relocated here from Maharashtra
with investment of Rs. 850 crore. It will provide employment to about
1,000 persons.
Commenting on the opening
of the mill Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla said, “We are extremely thankful to the
Gujarat Govt. especially Mr. Narendra Modi for supporting our endeavors in
continuing the legacy of the Birla Group. We expect Birla Century to have a
turnover of about Rs. 500 crore with around 50% of earnings coming from exports
to countries like USA, UK, Europe and Japan.”
Set up with an investment of about Rs. 850 crore
Birla Century has state-of-the-art machines with about 95% of them imported
from countries such as Germany,
Switzerland, Belgium and USA. Birla Century also has an
Effluent Treatment Plant with zero discharge and a captive power plant generating energy from piped natural gas.
CTIL Chairman Mr. B K
Birla, Shri Saurabh Patel, Minister of State for Finance & Energy, Mrs.
Sarala Birla, Mrs. Rajashree Birla and Mrs. Neerja Birla were also present in
the function.