Bombay Dyeing

The Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Ltd
Company typePublic
BSE500020
NSEBOMDYEING
IndustryTextiles
Founded1879; 145 years ago (1879)
HeadquartersNeville House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai, India
Key people
Nusli Wadia (Chairman)
Jeh Wadia
ProductsBed linen, Towels, Furnishings
ParentWadia Group
Websitebombaydyeing.com

Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited is an Indian textile company headquartered in Mumbai, India.[1] It operates as a subsidiary of the Wadia Group and is one of India's largest producers of textiles.[2][better source needed]

Its current chairman is Nusli Wadia.[3] In March 2011, Jehangir Wadia, the younger son of Nusli, was named the managing director of the company, while the elder son, Ness Wadia resigned from the post of joint MD of the company.[4] Ratan Tata, the ex-chairman of Tata Group was on the board of directors till 2013. He resigned and Cyrus Mistry took over.[5]

Bombay Dyeing was often in the news, apart from other things, for various controversies surrounding its tussle with the late Dhirubhai Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited and with Calcutta-based jute baron late Arun Bajoria.[6]

  1. ^ "Bombay Dyeing plans to sell 22-acre Worli land for Rs 5,200 crore, become debt-free". CNBCTV18. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Bombay Dyeing – Bombay Dyeing India – Bombay Dyeing Group Profile – History of Bombay Dyeing". Iloveindia.com. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Wadias-raise-Bombay-Dyeing". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Nusli springs Jeh elevation surprise". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Ratan Tata steps down as Director of Bombay Dyeing, Cyrus Mistry steps in". The Financial Express. Press Trust of India. 20 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Dhirubhai Ambani rewrote India's corporate history". rediff.com. 7 July 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2010.