Textiles
Alok Industries, founded in 1986 and once the largest integrated textile company in India, went through insolvency and was bought by Reliance Industries and JM Financial in 2020; headquartered at Peninsula Tower, Lower P
Fibre and diversified
Grasim, the Aditya Birla flagship founded in 1947 as Gwalior Rayon, is the largest maker of viscose staple fibre in the world (Birla Cellulose) and the holding company of UltraTech Cement and Aditya Birla Capital; its re
Cloth merchant
Narandas Rajaram, founded in 1894, is one of the oldest cloth merchants of Mulji Jetha Market, the wholesale cloth market of Kalbadevi built in 1870s by the merchant Mulji Jetha; the firm was agent for the mills and deal
Trade association
The Cut Piece Cloth Association represents the traders of Mangaldas Market and the cut-piece cloth trade of the city, the merchants who buy mill production in bulk and sell fabric by the metre.
Export council
Texprocil, set up in 1954 and headquartered at Engineering Centre, 9 Mathew Road, Opera House, is the export promotion council for cotton textiles — yarn, fabric and made-ups — the largest segment of India’s textile expo
Mulls and grey cloth
Ghella Dayal & Co., in Mulji Jetha Market since 1850, is among the oldest cloth firms of the city, dealing in mulls and grey cotton cloth by the bale.
White cotton base fabrics
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Suiting, shirting, kurta fabric
Leena & Jeel Textiles in 7th Lane, Mangaldas Market, wholesales suiting, shirting and kurta fabric.
Linen and mulmul cotton
Shobhana Fabrics in Gopal Gully, Mangaldas Market, wholesales linen and mulmul cotton.
Lining and general fabric
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Grey cloth and woven cotton
Vallabhdas Madhavji & Co.
Fabrics
Ruchita Textile in Krishna Raj Gali, Mulji Jetha Market, has wholesaled fabrics since 1997.
Grey and finished fabric
Habib Textiles at Badamwadi, Kalbadevi Road, makes and wholesales grey and finished fabric.