Noida-based CTA Apparels, one of the most respected apparel export companies, took a perfect decision 4 years back to start its state-of-the-art textile processing plant in Pilkhuwa (40 kilometres from Noida).

And the plant has since then helped the company to remain competitive, have better control over quality and deliver on time.

The company has positive plans for further expansion and is going further with the backward integration process.

The plant, spread into more than 125,000 square feet complying with all local and most of the international requirements, has a unique capability to dye, print and process both knitted and woven fabrics with a total processing capacity of around 2 million metres per month.

“As we have been into garment manufacturing business for over 30 years and have worked with almost all prominent textile processors within the north region, we understand the challenges faced by a garment factory in terms of quality outcome and time management, which has helped us a lot while making strategies. We are also cost-competitive as rejection percentage is minimal in comparison to our competitors,” says Rahul Malik, Senior VP, of the company.

He further adds that with their experience, the company has observed that there is a big cost and planning gap between local processing mills and organised mill sector.

The aim has been to set up a mill that has the mind-set and quality level of organised mills and, at the same time, can act swiftly to satisfy the fast fashion requirements in a cost-effective way. And we have been quite successful in our target. Therefore, Rahul says, the company has now come up with this plant and invested around US $ 8 million.

This plant is equipped with most advanced and computer-controlled machines that are directly imported from Europe, and the technology is enabling the company to produce perfect results with the best quality in the most precise timeframe.

Rahul informs, “This facility is touching highest level of expectation with the buyers of the company in terms of sustainability. The plant is also complying with requirement of Zero Discharge Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC), Best Chemical Management Practices (BCMP) complaint and also HIGG (FEM 3.0) requirements with a score of 64.2 per cent.”

“There has been a dip in international demand after COVID-19 outbreak, but business is getting better and positive steadily. We have a positive outlook and are already reaching efficiency at par with pre-COVID levels. Business is getting better and we hope to reach maximum production capacity in the next 2-3 months,” Rahul concludes.