Jaya Shree Textiles set to expand

Jaya Shree Textiles (JST), a part of Aditya Birla Group, is planning to increase the production capacity of its manufacturing facility at Rishra in West Bengal.

"With an aim to meet the market demand, we are planning to expand the production capacity of our Rishra facility, from the present annual capacity of 9 million metres to 14 million metres in the next two years," the sources close to the development told Business Standard, but avoided divulge the financial details.

Jaya Shree Textiles is the major linen brand manufacturing company in the country with integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Rishra in Hooghly district in West Bengal.

This facility is well-equipped with the latest spinning, weaving and finishing system from Switzerland and Italy.

The company runs the premium branded retail chain under the brand name- 'Linen Club'. The company has 40 such stores at select locations in the country and adding another new 100 such stores in the next two years. The linen and wool products are the key drivers of JST's textiles business.

The four product groups are working as four strategic business units-linen spinning, linen fabric, wool combing and worsted spinning.