| Century Textiles and Industries Ltd. was incorporated in 1897 as a Public Limited Company with its Registered Office at Mumbai. Till 1951, the Company operated only one Cotton Textile Mill in Mumbai. Thereafter, the Company has made rapid progress in expanding and diversifying its activities and today it is a well diversified
conglomerate. The details of activities presently being carried on by the Company are as under :-
(I) Business Segment – Textiles
a) Cotton Textiles, Yarn and Denim
The Textile unit of the Company at Worli, Mumbai has closed down with effect
from 12th January, 2008 pursuant to the State Government’s approval for closure of the mill
under the applicable provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Out of the remaining 275 workers, 82 have challenged the decision and the matter is pending before the Industrail Tribunal at Mumbai.
The Company's Yarn Division situated at Satrati, near Indore, (Madhya Pradesh) is equipped with 24960 spindles for manufacture of Yarn and produced about 4,992 tonnes of yarn during 2007-2008. The Denim Division of the Company situated at the same location i.e. Satrati, near Indore, (Madhya Pradesh) can produce 21 million meters of denim fabrics per annum.
The project work for setting up a new Textile Mill as a separate Division of the Company named as “Birla Century”, at GIDC Industrial Estate, Jhagadia, Dist. Bharuch in the state of Gujarat, is at an advanced stage and is expected to be commissioned by about June, 2008 as scheduled. The mill is slated to house about three hundred looms and one lac spindles for a manufacturing capacity of about twenty five million meters of fabrics per annum. The plant will also be equipped with a gas based captive power plant of 30 MW.
Century Yarn -
Satrati,
Madhya Pradesh |
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Century Denim -
Satrati,
Madhya Pradesh |
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b) Century Rayon - VFY, CSY & Rayon Tyre Yarn
In 1956, Company began its Rayon Division at Kalyan, near Mumbai to manufacture Viscose Filament Rayon Yarn and today it is one of the largest producer of Viscose Filament Yarn (VFY) in India. In 1963, it also commenced production of Viscose Tyre Yarn / Industrial Yarn followed by production of Caustic Soda in 1964 and other chemicals. At Century Chemicals, Jamnagar, the company is producing industrial salt mainly for captive consumption. Other details can be looked into Annual Report of the company.
The installed capacity of the items manufactured at Century Rayon, Kalyan as on 31-03-2008 are as under :-
| Item |
Installed Capacity per annum
(Metric Tonnes) |
Viscose Filament Yarn and Viscose Tyre Yarn/Industrial Yarn
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| (all together) |
25,000 |
| Caustic Soda |
20,500 |
| Sulphuric Acid |
71,000 |
| Carbon-di-Sulphide |
18,000 |
| Liquid Chlorine |
17,500 |
| Hydrochloric Acid |
19,241 |
| Compressed Hydrogen M3 |
62,00,000 |
 Century Rayon -
Kalyan,
Maharashtra |
(II) Business Segment - Cement
In 1974, the Company diversified into production of Cement by establishing its first cement plant at Baikunth, near Raipur (Chhattisgarh) to produce 0.60 million Tonnes Per Annum (TPA) of Portland Cement. The present capacity is 2.10 million TPA.
In 1980, the Company established its second Portland Cement plant at Maihar (Madhya Pradesh) with a capacity of 0.80 million TPA. The present capacity is 1.80 million TPA.
In 1985, the Company established its third Portland Cement plant at Gadchandur, Dist. Chandrapur ( Maharashtra ) with a capacity of 1 million TPA. The present capacity is 1.90 million TPA.
In 1995-96, the Company's fourth Portland Cement Plant with a capacity of 1 million TPA adjacent to the existing plant at Maihar started commercial production. The present capacity is 2.00 million TPA. Thus, the total present cement manufacturing capacity is 7.80 million TPA (of all 4 plants).
Modification and upgradation work at all Cement units is complete and the cement manufacturing capacity has increased to 7.80 million tonnes per annum, with effect from 1st March, 2008. Subsequent to our plan in the previous year, our proposal for cement capacity expansion is modified to expand the cement manufacturing capacity from 7.80 million tonnes per annum to 11.80 million tonnes per annum. This is expected to be achieved by setting up a new clinker line of the capacity of 2.50 million tonnes and an equivalent cement grinding facility, adjacent to the existing plant of Manikgarh Cement at Gadchandur, Maharashtra, along with a captive Thermal Power plant of 40 MW and as planned earlier, the 1.50 million tonnes per annum cement grinding unit at Sagardighi in Dist. Murshidabad, West Bengal. The revised total outlay for the aforesaid expansion is estimated to be about Rs. 1800 crore.
Century Cement -
Raipur,
Chhattisgarh. |
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Maihar Cement -
Maihar,
Madhya Pradesh. |
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Manikgarh Cement -
Chandrapur,
Maharashtra. |
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(III) Business Segment – Century Pulp and Paper
Rayon and/or paper Grade Pulp and Writing & Printing Paper Unit with an installed capacity of 20,000 tonnes each per annum was established in the year 1984 at Lalkua near Nainital (Uttarakhand). The Company presently is producing over 39,000 tonnes of Writing & Printing Paper (Wood based) and about 38,000 tonnes of Rayon and/or paper Grade Pulp per annum.
Company's second Paper unit based on Bagasse adjacent to the existing Pulp and Paper Plant at Lalkua with a capacity of 84,600 tonnes of paper per annum was established in 1995 and is presently producing over 87000 tonnes of Bagasse based paper.
The expansion of our Paper unit for manufacturing Paper from waste paper with a capacity of 211 tonnes per day is now running smoothly and is presently producing over 80,000 tonnes of Recycle based Paper.
Prime Grade Tissue Paper Plant
Orders for major machineries have been placed. Civil construction of buildings for plant and godowns is in progress. The project is running on schedule and is expected to be operational by about November, 2008. Total cost of the project is expected to be around Rs. 175 crore.
Multi-layer Packaging Board Plant
To diversify further and to cater to the growing Packaging Paper Board demand, it has been decided to set up a 500 tonnes per day Multi-layer Packaging Board Plant and a 40 MW Power generation plant with an estimated investment of about Rs. 775 crore. The Board Plant is proposed to be installed adjacent to the existing Pulp and Paper Plant at Lalkua, Dist. Nainital, Uttarakhand and is expected to be operational by December, 2009. Quotations for the main Plant and Machinery have been received and are under process.
Fibre Line (Pulp Plant)
It has been decided to install a state-of-art, eco-friendly Fibre Line to produce best quality wood pulp, with a capacity of 450 tonnes per day and a Chemical recovery boiler of 1,200 tonnes per day to meet the requirements of the pulp for the Paper Board Plant. The Fibre Line will also help in the enhancement of paper production in the existing plants at Lalkua, Dist. Nainital, Uttarakhand. The estimated investment for this expansion is Rs. 495 crore and the plant is expected to be operational by December, 2009. We have already received quotations for the main plant and machinery and these proposals are currently being reviewed.
By 2008-09
the installed capacities would be as under :
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Items |
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I. Rayon and/or paper Grade Pulp |
31,320 |
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| II. Writing & Printing Paper : |
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| (a) Wood based Paper |
37,250 |
| (b) Bagasse based Paper |
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| (c) Recycle based Paper |
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Total (a+b+c) |
1,97,810 |
III Tissue Paper |
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 Century Pulp & Paper -
Lalkua,
Uttarakhand. |
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 REVENUE MIX
2007-2008
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