Arvind (company)

Arvind Limited
FormerlyArvind Mills Limited (1931–2008)
Company typePublic
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1931; 93 years ago (1931)
HeadquartersAhmedabad, India
Key people
Sanjay Lalbhai (Chairman and Managing Director), Punit Lalbhai (Executive Director), Kulin Lalbhai (Executive Director),
ProductsDenim, knits, woven, engineering, retail, telecom, advanced material, agribusiness, real estate, the Arvind Store
Revenue5,407.26 crore (US$650 million) (2016)[1]
318.85 crore (US$38 million) (2016)
Number of employees
25,620[2]
ParentLalbhai Group
Websitewww.arvind.com

Arvind Limited (formerly Arvind Mills) is an Indian textile manufacturer and the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group. Its headquarters are in Naroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, and it has units at Santej (near Kalol). The company manufactures cotton shirting, denim, knits and bottomweight (khaki) fabrics. It had also recently ventured into technical textiles with its Advanced Materials Division in 2011.[3] The company is India's largest denim manufacturer.[4]

Sanjaybhai Lalbhai is the current Chairman and managing director of Arvind and Lalbhai Group. In the early 1980s, he led the 'Reno-vision' whereby the company brought denim into the domestic market, thus starting the jeans revolution in India.[5] Today it retails its own brands like Flying Machine, Newport and Excalibur and licensed international brands like Arrow, Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein through its nationwide retail network. Arvind also runs three clothing and accessories retail chains, the Arvind Store, Unlimited and Megamart, which stocks company brands.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Arvind Ltd". BSE. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Arvind Limited". arvind.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ "industrial-visits | Oakbrook Business School". Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Arvind Mills to issue warrants to promoters". Reuters. Mumbai. 28 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Working Lives India: Denim king". BBC News. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Arvind Mills lines up Rs 850 cr expansion plan over 5 years". Business Line. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.[1]
  7. ^ Sharma, Sanjeev; Jha, Mayur Shekhar (27 October 2007). "RIL eyes Arvind Mills' manufacturing facilities". The Economic Times. New Delhi. Retrieved 27 December 2010.