Century Textile and Industries
Century Textile and Industries is an Indian textile and paper manufacturing and export company based in Mumbai. The main business activity involves manufacture of cotton textiles, yarn, denim, viscose filament rayon yarn, tire-cords, caustic soda, sulphuric acid, salt, pulp, and paper. The company also has a presence in the international textile markets and exports its products to more than 45 countries. Century Textiles & Industries Limited is an IS/ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 company. The Government of India also awarded it with 'Three Star Export House' status. History In 1897, the company was established as Century Textiles Limited and listed on BSE with its Registered Office at Mumbai. Till 1951, the Company operated only one Cotton Textile Mill in Mumbai. In 1956, the company began its Rayon Division at Kalyan, near Mumbai to manufacture Viscose Filament Rayon Yarn. The company diversified into production of cement by establishing its first cement plant at Baikunth, near Raipur (Chhattisgarh) in 1974. In 1984, it started its pulp and paper division called Century Pulp and Paper at Lalkuan, Nainital district. The textile mill stopped the production in Mumbai in 2006 due to increase in operating costs. The new plant in Jhagadia, Bharuch district, became