Mohan Wiki - User contributions [en]

Mohan Wiki:About

2026-09-16T22:26:53Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

'''Mohan Wiki''' is the knowledge base of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL). It runs on [[wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], the software behind [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], and follows Wikipedia's conventions: articles are neutral and encyclopedic, and facts carry citations.

== The Mohan Wiki family ==
* '''Mohan Wiki''' – this public encyclopedia, in English
* '''[[:te:మొదటి పేజీ|మోహన్ వికీ]]''' – the Telugu edition; articles link to each other through the Languages menu
* '''[[:staff:Main Page|Mohan Wiki Staff]]''' – the private staff wiki for procedures, policies and contacts, readable only after logging in

== Who can edit ==
Anyone can read Mohan Wiki. Editing is limited to MSIL staff accounts, which an administrator creates; there is no public registration.

== Sources ==
Articles were first compiled from published sources: the company website, ''The Textile Magazine'', ''Textile World'', Ministry of Corporate Affairs records, news reports and the [https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/ MSIL Digital Archive]. Each fact is cited so readers can check it. See [[Mohan Wiki:Verifiability]].

== Honest gaps ==
Where no source was available - for example leaders' early lives, standard operating procedures or CSR spending - articles say so with an '''awaiting information''' notice instead of guessing. Figures that the responsible department has not yet confirmed carry a '''needs confirmation''' notice.

== Maintenance ==
Pages are kept under version control in the <code>wiki-src</code> folder and loaded with <code>wiki-src/tools/import_wiki.py</code>.

[[Category:Mohan Wiki]]

MediaWiki:Sidebar

2026-09-16T22:26:51Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

* navigation
** mainpage|mainpage-description
** Mohan Spintex India Limited|Mohan Spintex
** History of Mohan Spintex India Limited|History
** Special:AllPages|All articles
** randompage-url|randompage
* People
** Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao|Chairman
** V. Sudhakar Chowdary|Managing Director
** Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar|Whole-Time Director
** Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited|Board and management
** Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex|Employees and culture
* Operations
** Spinning division|Spinning
** Weaving division|Weaving
** Processing division|Processing
** Home textiles division|Home textiles
** Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex|Manufacturing units
* Reference
** Glossary of textile manufacturing terms|Glossary
** Certifications of Mohan Spintex|Certifications
** Mohan Spintex in the media|In the media
** https://www.mohanspintex.com|Company website
** https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in|Digital Archive
* Mohan Wiki family
** /te/|తెలుగు మోహన్ వికీ
** /staff/wiki/Main_Page|Staff wiki (login)
* contribute
** helppage|help
** Mohan Wiki:About|About Mohan Wiki
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges
** Special:Upload|Upload file
* SEARCH
* TOOLBOX
* LANGUAGES

Weaving division

2026-09-16T22:19:30Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Fabric weaving division of Mohan Spintex}}
{{Infobox
| title = Weaving division
| image = [[File:MSIL air-jet weaving hall.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Air-jet weaving hall
| header1 = Installed capacity
| label2 = Air-jet looms | data2 = 324
| label3 = Output | data3 = 15,00,000 metres per month
| header4 = Principal machinery
| label5 = Weaving | data5 = [[wikipedia:Picanol|Picanol]] Summum
| label6 = Warping, sizing | data6 = Karl Mayer, [[wikipedia:Benninger|Benninger]]
| header7 = Output product
| data8 = [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Greige|Greige fabric]]
}}
The '''weaving division''' of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL) weaves yarn from the [[Spinning division|spinning division]] into greige fabric – woven cloth that has not yet been bleached, dyed or finished. It operates 324 [[wikipedia:Air-jet loom|air-jet looms]] and produces about 15,00,000 metres of fabric a month.<ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>

The looms are from the [[wikipedia:Picanol|Picanol]] Summum range, which in 2022 were reported to run at 1,100 rpm.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref> Greige fabric passes to the [[Processing division|processing division]] or is sold directly to customers.<ref name="msilhome" />

== Process ==
# '''Warping''' – thousands of yarn ends are wound in parallel onto a beam.
# '''Sizing''' – a protective coating is applied to the warp so it survives weaving.
# '''Drawing-in''' – each warp end is threaded through healds and reed, setting the pattern.
# '''Weaving''' – weft yarn is inserted across the warp by a jet of compressed air.
# '''Inspection''' – fabric is examined and faults are graded.

== Why air-jet ==
Air-jet looms insert the weft with compressed air rather than a shuttle or rapier. They are among the fastest weaving machines available and are well suited to the wide, lightweight cotton fabrics used for bed linen. Their main operating cost is compressed air, which makes compressor efficiency an important energy consideration.

== Fabric constructions ==
The division weaves [[wikipedia:Percale|percale]], [[wikipedia:Satin|sateen]], [[wikipedia:Twill|twill]], [[wikipedia:Damask|damask]], [[wikipedia:Dobby loom|dobby]] and [[wikipedia:Jacquard machine|jacquard]] constructions, in 100% cotton and blends.<ref name="tm2022" /> Warping and sizing machines from Karl Mayer were reported in 2022.<ref name="tm2022" />

== See also ==
* [[Spinning division]]
* [[Processing division]]
* [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Divisions of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:వీవింగ్ విభాగం]]

Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao

2026-09-16T22:19:23Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Chairman of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao
| image = Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Mohan Rao in 2016
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Businessman
| known_for = Promoter of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| title = [[wikipedia:Chairperson|Chairman]], [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| boards = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| relatives = [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] (son)<br>V. Suhruth Chowdary (grandson)<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="tmlegacy" />
}}
'''Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao''', also known as '''V. Mohan Rao''', is an Indian businessman who is the [[wikipedia:Chairperson|Chairman]] of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL), a vertically integrated textile manufacturer based in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="archive-chairman" /> Credit rating agencies describe him as the company's promoter, with four decades of experience in the cotton and textile industry. His son, [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], is the company's Managing Director.<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="infomerics2024" /> He is a director of the company as recorded with the [[wikipedia:Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Corporate Affairs]].<ref name="zauba" />

== Biography ==
Mohan Rao has about four decades of experience in the cotton and textile business.<ref name="infomerics2024" /> Before Mohan Spintex was founded, the family's businesses included fertiliser distribution, run by his son, and tobacco cultivation, which Sudhakar Chowdary has said was looked after by his father.<ref name="tm2017" />

{{Awaiting input|the Chairman's office|section=section|Date and place of birth, education and the year of appointment as Chairman do not appear in published sources.}}

== Mohan Spintex India Limited ==
Mohan Spintex India Limited was incorporated in May 2005 and promoted by Mohan Rao together with his son, who became its Managing Director.<ref name="infomerics2024" /> Rating agencies have cited the promoters' experience and track record as a strength of the company.<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="infomerics2024" /> Mohan Rao serves as Chairman, and his grandson V. Suhruth Chowdary is also a director.<ref name="archive-chairman" /><ref name="tmlegacy" /> The company was incorporated in 2005 and began production in 2006; it has since grown into one of the largest textile manufacturers in Andhra Pradesh, with more than 1,21,488 spindles and 324 air-jet looms.<ref name="zauba" /><ref name="tm2022" />

== Community and education ==
[[File:Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School, 2025.jpg|thumb|right|Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School, opened in 2025]]
In 2014 Mohan Rao was felicitated at a government school as part of the company's education initiatives.<ref name="archive-school2014" /> The company's education work has included books for government schools in 2012 and, in 2025, the opening of Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School.<ref name="archive-books" /><ref name="archive-school2025" /> See [[Corporate social responsibility of Mohan Spintex]].

== See also ==
* [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]
* [[Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="archive-chairman">{{Cite archive |album=Leadership and Teams: Chairman |album_id=245 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref>
<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-school2014">{{Cite archive |album=Chairman Sir Felicitation at Government School, 2014 |album_id=218 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-books">{{Cite archive |album=Books Distribution, Government School, 2012 |album_id=199 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-school2025">{{Cite archive |album=Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School: Opening Ceremony, 2025 |album_id=216 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:వల్లభనేని మోహన్ రావు]]

V. Sudhakar Chowdary

2026-09-16T22:19:20Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Indian industrialist and cooperative leader}}
{{Infobox person
| name = V. Sudhakar Chowdary
| image = V. Sudhakar Chowdary.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| birth_name = Vallabhaneni Sudhakar Chowdary
| education = Graduate in [[wikipedia:Production engineering|production engineering]]<ref name="tm2017" />
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[wikipedia:Business magnate|Industrialist]], cooperative leader
| known_for = Founding [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| title = Founder and [[wikipedia:Managing director|Managing Director]], [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Chairperson|Chairman]], [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]
| relatives = [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] (father)<br>V. Suhruth Chowdary (son)<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="tmlegacy" />
| boards = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]
| awards = Business Leader Award (2017)<ref name="archive-award" />
| office_header = Chairman of KRIBHCO
| office = Chairman
| term = September 2025 – present<ref name="ruralvoice" />
}}
'''Vallabhaneni Sudhakar Chowdary''', commonly '''V. Sudhakar Chowdary''', is an Indian industrialist and cooperative leader. He is the founder and [[wikipedia:Managing director|Managing Director]] of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL), a vertically integrated textile manufacturer based in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="indiancoop" />

In September 2025 he was elected unopposed as Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|Krishak Bharati Cooperative]] (KRIBHCO), one of India's largest fertiliser cooperatives, having previously served as its Vice Chairman.<ref name="ruralvoice" /><ref name="indiancoop" />

== Early life ==
Chowdary is the son of [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]], the Chairman of Mohan Spintex.<ref name="care2023" /> Described by Infomerics as a "technocrat",<ref name="infomerics2024" /> he graduated in production engineering and then joined his family's business, a fertiliser distribution company; his father looked after the family's other venture, tobacco cultivation.<ref name="tm2017" /> He ran the distribution business until 2004. By his own account its turnover grew from about ₹60 [[wikipedia:Lakh|lakh]] in 1992 to about ₹70 crore by 2004, and he remained involved in it until 2008, by which time his attention had turned to textiles.<ref name="tm2017" />

{{Awaiting input|the Managing Director's office|section=section|Date and place of birth, schooling and the institution from which he graduated do not appear in published sources.}}

== Career ==
=== Mohan Spintex India Limited ===
[[File:MSIL ring spinning frames.jpg|thumb|right|Ring spinning frames at MSIL, the stage at which the company began]]
Chowdary has said that his move from trading into manufacturing came from dissatisfaction with running "still a trading business". In 2005 he and a colleague were considering a steel venture, such as re-rolling or a blast furnace, when a chance meeting with a friend already in the textile industry turned them towards spinning. Policy changes of the time, such as the abolition of [[wikipedia:Excise|excise duty]], made the sector attractive. After a meeting in March 2005 they decided to go ahead within the month, and he dates the birth of Mohan Spintex to 7 April 2005.<ref name="tm2017" /> The company was incorporated on 11 May 2005.<ref name="zauba" /><ref name="ceomag" />

Commercial production began in October 2006 at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]] with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /> He then expanded the company in phases: a second phase took Unit 1 to 30,000 spindles by April 2008, and a 40,000-spindle project proposed to its bankers in August 2009 was approved under the government's "mega project" scheme for investments above ₹100 crore, becoming [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2]].<ref name="tm2017" /> Explaining the later move into weaving, he said that "until and unless you reach the end of the finished product then your total system is not complete".<ref name="tm2017" />

Infomerics credits him with more than two decades of experience in spinning and textile manufacturing, and with leading the company's capacity expansions and its move into weaving and made-ups up to 2020.<ref name="infomerics2024" /> Under his leadership the company expanded from a single spinning mill into a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] group covering [[Spinning division|spinning]], [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|home textiles]], with units at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]].<ref name="tm2022" /> By 2022 the company employed about 5,500 people, 45% of them women, and had reported sales above ₹1,000 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] for the 2021–22 financial year.<ref name="tm2022" /> ''The Textile Magazine'' described him as a "young and dynamic entrepreneur" who had built the company into one of India's fastest-growing textile manufacturers.<ref name="tm2022" />

In 2022 the company set revenue targets of ₹2,000 crore by 2025 and ₹5,000 crore by 2030, following investment of ₹400 crore between 2018 and 2020.<ref name="tm2022" /> In January 2026 ''The Textile Magazine'' reported that his children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, had become involved in the company as directors, marking a generational transition with emphasis on digitalisation, analytics and modern management systems.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The magazine quoted him as saying that "Mohan Spintex was not created merely to manufacture products; it was created to build trust".<ref name="tmlegacy" />

=== Cooperative movement ===
Chowdary has been active in India's [[wikipedia:Cooperative movement in India|cooperative movement]]. He served as Vice Chairman of KRIBHCO before being elected its Chairman in September 2025. Both top posts drew single nominations, and Chandra Pal Singh Yadav was elected Vice Chairman in the same election.<ref name="ruralvoice" /><ref name="indiancoop" />

== Recognition ==
[[File:Business Leader Award 2017 ceremony.jpg|thumb|right|Business Leader Award ceremony, December 2017]]
* '''2016''' – Featured in the ''Trendsetters'' programme on TV5.<ref name="archive-tv5" />
* '''2017''' – Cover story in ''The Textile Magazine'' (February 2017), which described Mohan Spintex as "India's fastest growing textile manufacturer".<ref name="tm2017" />
* '''2017''' – Business Leader Award.<ref name="archive-award" />
* At the India ITME textile machinery exhibition in Mumbai, the German maker Spindelfabrik Suessen presented him with its 10-millionth EliTe compact spinning spindle. Mohan Spintex was then running more than 55,000 of them.<ref name="suessen2017" />

Writing in 2017, Suessen's joint managing director Peter Stahlecker described him as "very polite, soft spoken and extremely well informed" and "a firm, but very fair negotiator".<ref name="suessen2017" />

== See also ==
* [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]]
* [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]]
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|Krishak Bharati Cooperative]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref>
<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref>
<ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="ceomag">{{Cite web |title=Sudhakar Chowdary Vallabhaneni, Founder & CEO of Mohan Spintex India |url=https://www.theceomagazine.com/executive-interviews/manufacturing/sudhakar-chowdary-vallabhaneni/ |website=The CEO Magazine |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="ruralvoice">{{Cite news |title=KRIBHCO Elects V. Sudhakar Chowdary Chairman, Dr. Chandrapal Singh Vice Chairman |url=https://eng.ruralvoice.in/cooperatives/kribhco-elects-v-sudhakar-chowdary-chairman-chandrapal-singh-yadav-vice-chairman.html |work=Rural Voice |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="indiancoop">{{Cite news |title=Kribhco elects Sudhakar Chowdhary as Chairman, Yadav as Vice Chairman |url=https://www.indiancooperative.com/from-states/kribhco-elects-sudhakar-chowdhary-as-chairman-yadav-as-vice-chairman/ |work=Indian Cooperative |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-award">{{Cite archive |album=Business Leader Award 2017 |album_id=157 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-tv5">{{Cite archive |album=TV5 Interview: Trendsetters, 2016 |album_id=188 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.mohanspintex.com Mohan Spintex India Limited]
* [https://www.kribhco.net KRIBHCO]

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Indian industrialists]]
[[Category:People from Vijayawada]]
[[te:వి. సుధాకర్ చౌదరి]]

Sustainability at Mohan Spintex

2026-09-16T22:19:11Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Energy, water and environmental programmes of MSIL}}
{{Infobox
| title = Sustainability at MSIL
| header1 = Electricity
| label2 = Rooftop solar | data2 = 10.8 MW
| label3 = CO<sub>2</sub> avoided | data3 = 13,296 t per year
| header4 = Process heat
| label5 = Boiler fuel | data5 = Rice husk
| label6 = CO<sub>2</sub> avoided | data6 = 54,444 t per year
| label7 = Reduction vs coal | data7 = 95%
| header8 = Water
| label9 = Process water recovered | data9 = 98%
| label10 = Rainwater harvesting | data10 = 20 million litres
| header11 = Land
| label12 = Trees planted | data12 = 10,000+ (200 species)
| label13 = Green cover | data13 = 30% of facility area
| header14 = Packaging
| label15 = Sustainable materials | data15 = 90%
}}
'''[[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) runs '''sustainability''' programmes covering energy, water, biodiversity and packaging. Textile processing uses large amounts of water, chemicals and energy, and these programmes are aimed chiefly at those impacts.<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>

== Energy ==
=== Solar power ===
[[File:MSIL rooftop solar panels, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Rooftop solar panels at an MSIL manufacturing site, 2024]]
MSIL has installed 10.8 MW of rooftop [[wikipedia:Solar power in India|solar]] generation, which it says avoids about 13,296 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – equivalent, by the company's comparison, to planting 66,480 trees a year.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The plant is on the roofs of the Remalle unit; it began generating in July 2022, produces about 13 lakh units of electricity a month, and was financed partly by a ₹40 crore term loan.<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref> The company also has a renewable-energy subsidiary, Mohan Renewable Energy India.<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref> Mill buildings have large roof areas, so the panels need no additional land. A solar power project was inaugurated at Unit 2 in 2022.<ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

=== Coal-free steam ===
Steam for fabric processing is generated from [[wikipedia:Rice hulls|rice husk]], a biomass fuel, instead of coal. The company reports that this avoids about 54,444 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, a reduction of 95% compared with coal.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The [[wikipedia:Krishna River|Krishna]] delta around [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]] is a major rice-growing region, making rice husk a locally available fuel.

Together, the two programmes are reported to avoid about 67,740 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Water ==
[[File:MSIL water treatment plant, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|A water treatment plant at an MSIL site, 2024]]
The company's effluent treatment plant is oriented to [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]] and recovers 98% of process water for reuse. It also has 20 million litres of [[wikipedia:Rainwater harvesting|rainwater harvesting]] capacity.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

A zero liquid discharge plant typically combines biological treatment, filtration, [[wikipedia:Reverse osmosis|reverse osmosis]] and evaporation, so that treated water returns to the process and dissolved salts are recovered as solids.{{Confirmation needed|Engineering}}

== Biodiversity ==
MSIL reports planting more than 10,000 trees of 200 species, with 30% of its facility area under green cover.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> Tree-planting drives have been held at Unit 2.<ref name="a163">{{Cite archive |album=Plantation, Unit 2, 2014 |album_id=163 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

== Packaging and materials ==
The company reports that about 90% of its packaging now uses sustainable materials. Product development increasingly uses fibres such as organic cotton, [[wikipedia:Better Cotton Initiative|BCI]] cotton and [[wikipedia:Lyocell|Tencel]], and other blends with lower environmental impact.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Approach ==
Whole-Time Director [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] has described sustainability at the company as part of daily operations rather than a separate function: "We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day."<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== See also ==
* [[Certifications of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Processing division]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility of Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Sustainability at Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:మోహన్ స్పింటెక్స్‌లో సుస్థిరత]]

Spinning division

2026-09-16T22:19:02Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Yarn production division of Mohan Spintex}}
{{Infobox
| title = Spinning division
| image = [[File:MSIL ring spinning frames.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Ring spinning frames
| header1 = Installed capacity
| label2 = Ring spindles | data2 = 1,21,488
| label3 = Rotors | data3 = 6,272
| label4 = TFO drums | data4 = 4,800
| label5 = Output | data5 = 2,500+ tonnes per month
| header6 = Principal machinery
| label7 = Blowroom, carding | data7 = Trützschler
| label8 = Spinning | data8 = LMW, [[wikipedia:Rieter|Rieter]]
| label9 = Winding | data9 = [[wikipedia:Murata Machinery|Muratec]]
| label10 = Testing | data10 = [[wikipedia:Uster Technologies|Uster]], SDL
}}
The '''spinning division''' of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL) converts cotton and other fibres into yarn. It is the company's original business: MSIL began commercial production in October 2006 as a spinning mill with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref> The division now operates 1,21,488 ring spindles, 6,272 open-end rotors and 4,800 [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#TFO|two-for-one twisting]] drums, producing more than 2,500 tonnes of yarn a month.<ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>

Yarn from the division supplies the company's own [[Weaving division|weaving division]] and is also sold to other fabric and garment manufacturers.<ref name="msilhome" />

== Process ==
[[File:MSIL yarn cones.jpg|thumb|right|Finished yarn cones]]
[[wikipedia:Spinning (textiles)|Spinning]] proceeds through a sequence of stages:
# '''Blowroom''' – bales are opened, cleaned and blended.
# '''[[wikipedia:Carding|Carding]]''' – fibres are separated and formed into a [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Sliver|sliver]].
# '''Drawing''' – several slivers are combined to even out thickness.
# '''[[wikipedia:Combing|Combing]]''' – optional; removes short fibres for finer, stronger yarn.
# '''Roving''' – sliver is drafted and lightly twisted.
# '''[[wikipedia:Ring spinning|Ring spinning]]''' – roving is drafted to final count and twisted into yarn.
# '''Winding''' – yarn is wound onto cones while electronic clearers remove faults.
# '''Twisting''' – singles are plied together on TFO machines where required.

In 2022 the division's ring spindles were reported to use [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Compact spinning|compact spinning]] throughout, a technique that produces stronger, less hairy yarn.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Products ==
{{Main|Products of Mohan Spintex#Yarn}}
The division produces compact, combed, carded, blended, [[wikipedia:Open-end spinning|open-end]] and plied yarns, in 100% cotton and in blends with polyester, viscose, modal, linen and lyocell.<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="msilhome" />

== Quality control ==
[[File:MSIL quality control laboratory.jpg|thumb|right|Quality control laboratory]]
Yarn is tested for evenness, imperfections, hairiness and strength using equipment from [[wikipedia:Uster Technologies|Uster Technologies]] and SDL. Uster's published benchmarks allow buyers to compare yarn quality between mills.<ref name="msilhome" />
{{clear}}

== See also ==
* [[Weaving division]]
* [[Machinery of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Divisions of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:స్పిన్నింగ్ విభాగం]]

Processing division

2026-09-16T22:18:46Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Fabric dyeing, printing and finishing division of Mohan Spintex}}
{{Infobox
| title = Processing division
| image = [[File:MSIL fabric processing range.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Fabric processing machinery
| header1 = Capacity
| label2 = Throughput | data2 = ~1,00,000 metres per day
| label3 = Water recovered | data3 = 98%
| label4 = Steam fuel | data4 = Rice husk (coal-free)
| header5 = Principal machinery
| label6 = Pretreatment | data6 = [[wikipedia:Benninger|Benninger]]
| label7 = Finishing | data7 = Brückner, Monforts
| label8 = Printing | data8 = Zimmer
}}
The '''processing division''' of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL) turns greige fabric from the [[Weaving division|weaving division]] into finished fabric by bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing it. Its continuous processing ranges have a capacity of about 1,00,000 metres a day.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref><ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>

Processing is where fabric gains most of its commercial value – colour, handle and performance finishes – and it is also the most water-, chemical- and energy-intensive stage of textile manufacture. For this reason it is central to the company's [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex|environmental programme]].<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>

== Process ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Purpose
|-
| [[wikipedia:Singeing (textiles)|Singeing]] || Burns off surface fibres so fabric is smooth and prints cleanly
|-
| Desizing || Removes the size applied to warp yarn before weaving
|-
| [[wikipedia:Scouring (textiles)|Scouring]] || Removes natural waxes and impurities from cotton
|-
| [[wikipedia:Bleaching of wood pulp|Bleaching]] || Gives a uniform white base
|-
| [[wikipedia:Mercerised cotton|Mercerising]] || Caustic treatment that adds lustre, strength and dye uptake
|-
| [[wikipedia:Dyeing|Dyeing]] or [[wikipedia:Textile printing|printing]] || Applies colour or pattern
|-
| Finishing || Softening, [[wikipedia:Calender|calendering]], [[wikipedia:Sanforization|sanforising]] and functional finishes
|}

== Environmental controls ==
The division's effluent is treated in a [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]]–oriented plant that recovers 98% of process water for reuse, and its steam is generated from [[wikipedia:Rice hulls|rice husk]] rather than coal.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> Chemical inputs are managed in line with the company's [[Certifications of Mohan Spintex#Detox|Detox]] commitment and [[wikipedia:Oeko-Tex|OEKO-TEX]] restricted-substance requirements.<ref name="tm2022" />

Global home-textile buyers typically audit processing first, because restricted chemicals, effluent and water use are concentrated there.

== See also ==
* [[Weaving division]]
* [[Home textiles division]]
* [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Divisions of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:ప్రాసెసింగ్ విభాగం]]

Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T22:18:28Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Indian textile manufacturer}}
{{About|the Indian textile manufacturer|its founder|V. Sudhakar Chowdary}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Mohan Spintex India Limited
| logo = Mohan Spintex India Limited logo.png
| logo_size = 120px
| type = [[wikipedia:Public company|Public limited company]] (unlisted)
| industry = [[wikipedia:Textile industry in India|Textiles]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2005|05|11}}<ref name="zauba" />
| founder = [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]<br>[[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] <small>(promoter)</small><ref name="infomerics2024" />
| hq_location = [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]], India
| num_locations = 4 [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex|manufacturing units]]: [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Vattigudipadu]], [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] (2) and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 4, Mallavalli|Mallavalli]]<ref name="infomerics2024" />
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] <small>(Chairman)</small><br>[[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] <small>(Managing Director)</small>
| products = [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Yarn|Yarn]], [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Fabric|greige and finished fabric]], [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Home textiles|home textiles]]
| services = [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|Cut, make and trim]]
| brands = [[Astara (brand)|Astara]]
| production = 2,500+ tonnes of yarn per month<ref name="msilhome" />
| revenue = {{nowrap|₹905 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]]}} (FY 2023–24)<ref name="care2025" />
| net_income = {{nowrap|₹41 crore}} (FY 2023–24)<ref name="care2025" />
| num_employees = ~5,500–6,000<ref name="tmlegacy" /><ref name="msilhome" />
| cin = U18100AP2005PLC046188
| subsidiaries = Mohan International Inc. (US)<br>Mohan Mercantile India Pvt. Ltd.<br>Mohan Dwellings Pvt. Ltd.<br>Mohan Renewable Energy India Pvt. Ltd.<ref name="care2023" />
| website = [https://www.mohanspintex.com mohanspintex.com]
}}
'''Mohan Spintex India Limited''' ('''MSIL''') is an Indian [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] textile manufacturer headquartered in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]. Founded in 2005 by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] and promoted with his father, [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]], the company spins yarn, weaves and processes fabric, and makes finished home textiles such as sheet sets, duvet covers and quilts, all within its own facilities.<ref name="msilabout" /><ref name="tm2022" />

MSIL began commercial production in October 2006 with 14,400 [[wikipedia:Spindle (textiles)|spindles]] at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]], and has since expanded to 1,21,488 spindles, 6,272 rotors, 4,800 [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#TFO|TFO]] drums and 324 [[wikipedia:Air-jet loom|air-jet looms]] across several units in [[wikipedia:Krishna district|Krishna district]].<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="msilhome" /> Trade press describes it as the second-largest textile company in Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="tm2022" />

The company supplies domestic manufacturers including [[wikipedia:Welspun India|Welspun]], Himatsingka, Indo Count and Mafatlal, exports to more than 22 countries, and sells home textiles in India under its own brand, [[Astara (brand)|Astara]].<ref name="msilhome" /><ref name="tm2022" /> Its chairman is [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]].<ref name="archive-chairman" />

== History ==
{{Main|History of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
[[File:MSIL Unit 1, aerial view.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Aerial view of Unit 1]]
The company was founded by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], who had previously run his family's fertiliser distribution business; he dates its start to 7 April 2005.<ref name="tm2017" /> It was incorporated on 11 May 2005 as a public limited company registered in Vijayawada.<ref name="zauba" /> Commercial production began in October 2006 at Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu, then a single spinning mill with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2022" />

The company expanded in stages. Foundation stones were laid for a second phase at Unit 1 in 2007,<ref name="archive-u1p2" /> for Unit 2 in 2009,<ref name="archive-u2bp" /> and for Unit 3 in 2013;<ref name="archive-u3bp" /> Unit 2 was inaugurated in 2012.<ref name="archive-u2inaug" /> A unit at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]] was inaugurated in 2019.<ref name="archive-mallavalli" /> By 2017 it had more than 125,000 spindles and 125 air-jet looms, about 2,800 employees and exports of close to half its output.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017" /> Between 2018 and 2020 the company invested ₹400 crore in expansion.<ref name="tm2022" />

Over the same period MSIL moved beyond yarn into weaving, fabric processing and finished home textiles, completing its integration from fibre to finished product.<ref name="msilabout" />
{{clear}}

== Operations ==
MSIL runs four production stages in sequence, each able to sell its output externally as well as supply the next stage.<ref name="msilabout" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Installed capacity
! Stage !! Capacity !! Output
|-
| [[Spinning division|Spinning]] || 1,21,488 spindles; 6,272 rotors; 4,800 TFO drums || 2,500+ tonnes of yarn per month
|-
| [[Weaving division|Weaving]] || 324 air-jet looms || 15,00,000 metres of fabric per month
|-
| [[Processing division|Processing]] || Continuous processing ranges || ~1,00,000 metres per day
|-
| [[Home textiles division|Home textiles]] || Cut, make and trim || ~15,000 sheets per shift
|}
<small>Figures as published by the company.</small><ref name="msilhome" />

=== Spinning ===
{{Main|Spinning division}}
The spinning operation, where MSIL began, produces compact, combed, carded, blended, open-end and plied yarns. In 2022 its ring spindles were reported to be entirely [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Compact spinning|compact spinning]].<ref name="tm2022" />

=== Weaving ===
{{Main|Weaving division}}
Weaving uses 324 [[wikipedia:Picanol|Picanol]] air-jet looms to produce greige fabric in constructions including percale, sateen, twill, dobby and jacquard.<ref name="tm2022" />

=== Processing ===
{{Main|Processing division}}
Fabric is bleached, dyed, printed and finished on continuous ranges with a capacity of about 1,00,000 metres per day. Process water is treated in a [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]]–oriented plant.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

=== Home textiles ===
{{Main|Home textiles division}}
The make-up operation cuts, stitches and packs sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers and quilts, and also offers [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|cut, make and trim]] as a service.<ref name="msilhome" />

== Products and brands ==
{{Main|Products of Mohan Spintex|Astara (brand)}}
[[File:Astara store, Vijayawada.jpg|thumb|right|The Astara outlet in Vijayawada at its opening]]
MSIL's products span 100% cotton and blended yarns, greige and finished fabric, and finished home textiles with thread counts of up to 1,400.<ref name="tm2022" /> The company launched the [[Astara (brand)|Astara]] brand for the Indian market and opened a retail outlet in Vijayawada.<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="archive-astara" />

== Finances ==
The company is an unlisted public limited company. In 2022 it announced a target of ₹2,000 crore turnover by 2025, together with plans for an [[wikipedia:Initial public offering|initial public offering]].<ref name="tm2022jan" />

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ Consolidated results (₹ crore)<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="care2025" />
! Financial year !! Total operating income !! PBILDT !! Profit after tax
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2020–21 || 679.46 || 116.27 || 3.76
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2021–22 || 1,072.81 || 198.36 || 45.30
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2022–23 || 1,073.65 || 90.19 || 12.17
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2023–24 || 905.30 || 161.28 || 40.93
|}
Revenue fell in 2023–24 while margins improved, as cotton prices stabilised.<ref name="care2025" /><ref name="infomerics2024" /> The company has four wholly owned subsidiaries: Mohan International Inc., a marketing office for export orders from the United States; Mohan Mercantile India; Mohan Dwellings; and Mohan Renewable Energy India. MSIL itself accounts for about 99% of group revenue.<ref name="care2023" />

== Markets ==
{{Main|Customers and exports of Mohan Spintex}}
In the 2021–22 financial year about 80% of sales were domestic and 20% were exports, to more than 22 countries including the United States, Canada, European countries, Australia, Bangladesh and China.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Certifications ==
{{Main|Certifications of Mohan Spintex}}
The company holds certifications covering quality, environmental and occupational safety management ([[wikipedia:ISO 9001|ISO 9001]], [[wikipedia:ISO 14001|ISO 14001]], [[wikipedia:ISO 45001|ISO 45001]]); organic, recycled and sustainable fibre content (GOTS, GRS, [[wikipedia:Better Cotton Initiative|BCI]]); product safety ([[wikipedia:Oeko-Tex|OEKO-TEX]] Standard 100, MADE IN GREEN); and social compliance ([[wikipedia:Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production|WRAP]], Sedex/SMETA).<ref name="tmlegacy" /><ref name="tm2022" />

== Sustainability ==
{{Main|Sustainability at Mohan Spintex}}
MSIL generates electricity from 10.8 MW of rooftop solar panels and has replaced coal with [[wikipedia:Rice hulls|rice husk]] in steam generation, which the company says avoids a combined 67,740 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Its effluent plant recovers 98% of process water, and it maintains 20 million litres of rainwater harvesting capacity.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> A solar power project at Unit 2 was inaugurated in 2022.<ref name="archive-solar" />

== Corporate social responsibility ==
{{Main|Corporate social responsibility of Mohan Spintex}}
The company's community work has included books for government schools (2012), sewing machine distribution for women (2015), a drinking-water [[wikipedia:Reverse osmosis|RO]] plant (2018), health camps (2018) and the opening of Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School in 2025.<ref name="archive-csr" />

== Leadership ==
{{Main|Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position
|-
| [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] || Chairman<ref name="archive-chairman" />
|-
| [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] || Founder and Managing Director<ref name="tm2022" />
|-
| [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] || Whole-Time Director<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|-
| Yantrapragada Subba Rao || Overseas Director<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|-
| Venigalla Leela Krishna || President – Operations<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|}
The founder's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, are directors and represent the company's next generation of leadership.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Workforce ==
{{Main|Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex}}
[[File:Sankranthi celebrations at MSIL, 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Sankranthi celebrations for employees, 2016]]
The company employed about 2,800 people in 2017 and more than 5,500 by 2026; in 2022, 45% of its workforce were women.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="tmlegacy" /> Employee welfare measures include free transport for staff living within about 30 km of the units and a subsidised canteen.<ref name="tm2017" />
{{clear}}

== In the media ==
{{Main|Mohan Spintex in the media}}
''The Textile Magazine'' ran a cover story on the company in February 2017, calling it "India's fastest growing textile manufacturer", and profiled it again in its Heimtextil 2026 special edition.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Headquarters ==
[[File:MSIL Corporate Office, Vijayawada.jpg|thumb|right|The corporate office in Gunadala, Vijayawada]]
The corporate office is at Eluru Road, Gunadala, Vijayawada; the registered office is at Puliparti Vari Street, Vijayawada.<ref name="msilhome" /><ref name="zauba" /> A foundation ceremony (''bhoomi puja'') for a new corporate office was held in 2026.<ref name="archive-corpoffice" />
{{clear}}

== See also ==
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms]]
* [[wikipedia:Textile industry in India|Textile industry in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>
<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref>
<ref name="care2025">{{Ref care2025}}</ref>
<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022jan">{{Ref tm2022jan}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="msilabout">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.mohanspintex.com/about-us |website=Mohan Spintex India Limited |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="msilhome">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited (MSIL) |url=https://www.mohanspintex.com/ |website=mohanspintex.com |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-chairman">{{Cite archive |album=Leadership and Teams: Chairman |album_id=245 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u1p2">{{Cite archive |album=Phase II Bhoomi Puja, Unit 1, 2007 |album_id=225 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u2bp">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 2, 2009 |album_id=201 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u2inaug">{{Cite archive |album=Inauguration of Unit 2, 2012 |album_id=223 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u3bp">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 3, 2013 |album_id=242 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-mallavalli">{{Cite archive |album=Mallavalli Inauguration, 2019 |album_id=144 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-solar">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-astara">{{Cite archive |album=Astara: Grand Opening, Vijayawada Outlet |album_id=252 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-csr">{{Cite archive |album=CSR and Social Responsibility |album_id=13 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-corpoffice">{{Cite archive |album=MSIL Corporate Office Bhoomi Puja, 2026 |album_id=256 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.mohanspintex.com Official website]
* [https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/ MSIL Digital Archive]

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Textile companies of India]]
[[Category:Companies based in Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2005]]
[[te:మోహన్ స్పింటెక్స్ ఇండియా లిమిటెడ్]]

Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex

2026-09-16T22:18:22Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Factories operated by MSIL in Andhra Pradesh}}
[[File:MSIL Unit 4, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Aerial view of Unit 4 at Mallavalli]]
'''[[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) operates four '''manufacturing units''' in the [[wikipedia:Krishna district|Krishna district]] of [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]], near its headquarters in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]]. Unit 1 is at Vattigudipadu, Units 2 and 3 are at Remalle and Unit 4 is at Mallavalli.<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref><ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref> Together the units have 1,21,488 spindles, 6,272 rotors, 4,800 TFO drums, 324 air-jet looms and a continuous processing range of 1,00,000 metres a day.<ref name="infomerics2024" />

The units lie close to [[wikipedia:Guntur|Guntur]], one of Andhra Pradesh's main cotton-growing areas. The company buys most of its cotton within about 100 km, and also from Adilabad, [[wikipedia:Warangal|Warangal]] and Maharashtra.<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="infomerics2024" />

== Units ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Unit !! Location !! Commercial operations !! Activities !! Installed at commissioning
|-
| [[#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1]] || Vattigudipadu || October 2006 || Spinning || 14,400 spindles, raised to 30,000 in 2008<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="tm2017" />
|-
| [[#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2]] || Remalle, Bapulapadu mandal || March 2011 || Spinning, open-end spinning, twisting, ginning || 44,064 spindles, 4,576 rotors, 1,920 TFO drums<ref name="care2023" />
|-
| [[#Unit 3, Remalle|Unit 3]] || Remalle || April 2015 (phase 1); October 2016 (phase 2) || Spinning and weaving || 47,424 spindles, 1,696 rotors, 2,880 TFO drums, 156 air-jet looms<ref name="care2023" />
|-
| [[#Unit 4, Mallavalli|Unit 4]] || Model Industrial Park, Mallavalli || March 2020 || Weaving, processing, home textiles (cut, make and trim) || Weaving 90,000 m/day; processing 1,00,000 m/day; 4,00,000 sets/month<ref name="care2023" />
|}

== Unit 1, Vattigudipadu ==
[[File:MSIL Unit 1, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|Unit 1, Vattigudipadu]]
Unit 1, in Vattigudipadu village, is where MSIL began commercial production in October 2006, with 14,400 spindles on twelve ring frames.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref> A second phase, begun with a foundation ceremony in 2007,<ref name="a225">{{Cite archive |album=Phase II Bhoomi Puja, Unit 1, 2007 |album_id=225 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> took the unit to 30,000 spindles in 2008. The whole unit was later converted to [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Compact spinning|compact spinning]] to serve premium markets.<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="tm2017" />
{{clear}}

== Unit 2, Remalle ==
[[File:MSIL Unit 2, Remalle, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|Unit 2, Remalle]]
[[File:MSIL Unit 2 signage, Remalle.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance signage at Unit 2]]
Unit 2, in Remalle village, Bapulapadu mandal, was built in 2010–11 after a foundation ceremony in 2009.<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="a201">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 2, 2009 |album_id=201 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> It was installed with 44,064 spindles, 4,576 open-end rotors and 1,920 TFO drums; CARE Ratings dates the start of commercial operations to March 2011.<ref name="care2023" /> The Managing Director has said the unit, which also had 36 cotton gins, was ready by January 2012, and its formal inauguration took place that year.<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref><ref name="a223">{{Cite archive |album=Inauguration of Unit 2, 2012 |album_id=223 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> The project was approved under the government's "mega project" scheme.<ref name="tm2017" />

The company's 10.8 MW rooftop solar plant is at the Remalle site. It began generating power in July 2022 and produces about 13 lakh units of electricity a month.<ref name="infomerics2024" /><ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
{{clear}}

== Unit 3, Remalle ==
Unit 3, also in Remalle village, took the company into weaving. It was planned in 2012–13, its foundation was laid in 2013, and it was built in two phases:<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="a242">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 3, 2013 |album_id=242 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
* '''Phase 1''' – 38,304 spindles and 90 air-jet looms; commercial operations from April 2015.
* '''Phase 2''' – 9,120 spindles, 1,696 rotors, 2,880 TFO drums and 66 air-jet looms; commercial operations from October 2016.<ref name="care2023" />
The two phases were budgeted at ₹181 crore and ₹95 crore and included an [[wikipedia:Uster Technologies|Uster]] testing laboratory.<ref name="tm2017" />

== Unit 4, Mallavalli ==
{{Anchor|Mallavalli}}
Unit 4 is on Plot 16 of the Model Industrial Park at Mallavalli, Bapulapadu mandal (PIN 521111).<ref name="europeanflax">{{Ref europeanflax}}</ref> It was inaugurated in 2019,<ref name="a144">{{Cite archive |album=Mallavalli Inauguration, 2019 |album_id=144 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and the planned investment there was completed in March 2020. The project raised the company's weaving capacity from 50,000 to 90,000 metres a day, added a new processing plant of 1,00,000 metres a day, and increased cut, make and trim capacity from 30,000 to 4,00,000 sets a month.<ref name="care2023" /> The unit's home-textile products are among the company's higher-margin lines.<ref name="infomerics2024" />

The unit weaves, dyes, prints and finishes fabric and makes finished products. Its activities are certified under the European Flax standard, with a Bureau Veritas certificate valid from April 2025 to April 2028.<ref name="europeanflax" /> In 2026 Unit 4 was visited by Union Textiles Minister [[wikipedia:Giriraj Singh|Giriraj Singh]].<ref name="a281">{{Cite archive |album=Union Textiles Minister Shri Giriraj Singh Visit to Mallavalli Unit, 2026 |album_id=281 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
{{clear}}

== Captive consumption ==
Much of the output at each stage feeds the next. In 2024, 87% of the yarn, 72% of the greige fabric and 37% of the dyed fabric the company produced was used in-house.<ref name="infomerics2024" />

== Corporate office ==
{{Main|Mohan Spintex India Limited#Headquarters}}
The corporate office is at Gunadala, Vijayawada.<ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>

{{Needs confirmation|Operations and Engineering|section=article|date=September 2026}}
Unit-level figures are those reported by credit rating agencies and trade press at the time of commissioning. Machinery has since been added or moved, so current per-unit capacity, headcount and shift patterns should come from Operations.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Facilities of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:మోహన్ స్పింటెక్స్ తయారీ యూనిట్లు]]

Main Page

2026-09-16T22:18:17Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__
<div id="mp-topbanner">
<div id="mp-welcome">Welcome to [[Mohan Wiki:About|Mohan Wiki]],</div>
<div id="mp-free">the knowledge base of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] that staff can edit.</div>
<div style="font-size:90%; margin-top:0.3em;">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]] in [[wikipedia:English language|English]]</div>
</div>

<div id="mp-upper">
<div id="mp-left">
<h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" class="mp-h2">From today's featured article</h2>
<div id="mp-tfa">
[[File:MSIL Corporate Office, Vijayawada.jpg|right|130px|link=Mohan Spintex India Limited|alt=MSIL corporate office]]
'''[[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' ('''MSIL''') is an Indian vertically integrated textile manufacturer headquartered in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]. Founded in 2005 by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], it began production in October 2006 with 14,400 spindles at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Vattigudipadu]]. The company now operates 1,21,488 spindles and 324 air-jet looms, and spins, weaves, processes and stitches its own products – from yarn to finished sheet sets, duvet covers and quilts. It supplies manufacturers such as Welspun and Indo Count, exports to more than 22 countries, and sells in India under its own brand, [[Astara (brand)|Astara]]. Trade press describes it as the second-largest textile company in Andhra Pradesh. ('''[[Mohan Spintex India Limited|Full article...]]''')
</div>

<h2 id="mp-dyk-h2" class="mp-h2">Did you know ...</h2>
<div id="mp-dyk">
[[File:MSIL ring spinning frames.jpg|right|110px|link=Spinning division|alt=Ring spinning frames]]
* ... that MSIL's spinning capacity has grown more than '''eight-fold''' since 2006, from 14,400 to 1,21,488 [[Spinning division|spindles]]?
* ... that MSIL raises its process steam from '''[[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex#Coal-free steam|rice husk]]''' instead of coal, avoiding about 54,444 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year?
* ... that its effluent plant recovers '''98%''' of [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex#Water|process water]]?
* ... that in the [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Ne (English count)|Ne count]] system a '''higher''' number means a '''thinner''' yarn?
* ... that '''45%''' of MSIL's workforce were women in 2022?
* ... that before founding MSIL, [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] and a colleague were planning to go into '''[[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited#Founding (2005–2006)|steel]]''', not textiles?
* ... that a German machinery maker presented MSIL's Managing Director with its '''[[Machinery of Mohan Spintex#Supplier relationships|10-millionth]]''' compact spinning spindle?
</div>
</div>

<div id="mp-right">
<h2 id="mp-itn-h2" class="mp-h2">In the news</h2>
<div id="mp-itn">
[[File:V. Sudhakar Chowdary.jpg|right|100px|link=V. Sudhakar Chowdary|alt=V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]
* Union Textiles Minister [[wikipedia:Giriraj Singh|Giriraj Singh]] visits the [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli unit]] (2026).
* A foundation ceremony is held for MSIL's [[Mohan Spintex India Limited#Headquarters|new corporate office]] (2026).
* MSIL runs its '''LEAD''' leadership development programme (2026).
* Founder and Managing Director '''[[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]''' ''(pictured)'' is elected Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]] (September 2025).
* '''Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School''' opens ([[Corporate social responsibility of Mohan Spintex#Education|2025]]).
</div>

<h2 id="mp-otd-h2" class="mp-h2">Milestones</h2>
<div id="mp-otd">
* '''2005''' – [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] is incorporated on 11 May.
* '''2006''' – Production begins at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1, Vattigudipadu]], with 14,400 spindles.
* '''2008''' – Unit 1 reaches 30,000 spindles.
* '''2012''' – [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2, Remalle]] is inaugurated.
* '''2019''' – The [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli unit]] is inaugurated.
* '''2022''' – A [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex#Solar power|solar power project]] is inaugurated at Unit 2.
<div class="mp-more">[[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited|More milestones...]]</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

<div id="mp-lower">
<h2 id="mp-tfp-h2" class="mp-h2">Today's featured picture</h2>
<div id="mp-tfp">
[[File:MSIL manufacturing campus, aerial view.jpg|center|640px|alt=Aerial view of an MSIL manufacturing campus]]
<div style="text-align:center; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto;">An '''aerial view''' of one of Mohan Spintex's [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex|manufacturing campuses]] in [[wikipedia:Krishna district|Krishna district]], Andhra Pradesh. The company's rooftop solar installations total 10.8 MW. ''Photograph: MSIL Digital Archive''</div>
</div>
</div>

<div id="mp-bottom">
<h2 id="mp-other" class="mp-h2">Mohan Wiki's areas</h2>
<div class="mp-areas">
<div>
'''People'''
* [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] – Chairman
* [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] – Founder & Managing Director
* [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] – Whole-Time Director
* [[Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited|Board and management]]
* [[Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex|Employees and culture]]
</div>
<div>
'''Operations'''
* [[Spinning division|Spinning]]
* [[Weaving division|Weaving]]
* [[Processing division|Processing]]
* [[Home textiles division|Home textiles]]
* [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex|Manufacturing units]]
</div>
<div>
'''Business'''
* [[Products of Mohan Spintex|Products]]
* [[Astara (brand)|Astara]]
* [[Customers and exports of Mohan Spintex|Customers and exports]]
* [[Certifications of Mohan Spintex|Certifications]]
* [[Machinery of Mohan Spintex|Machinery]]
</div>
<div>
'''Responsibility & reference'''
* [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex|Sustainability]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility of Mohan Spintex|CSR]]
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited|History]]
* [[Mohan Spintex in the media|In the media]]
* [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms|Glossary]]
* [[Mohan Wiki:About|About Mohan Wiki]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
[[te:మొదటి పేజీ]]

Home textiles division

2026-09-16T22:18:08Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Bed linen and cut, make and trim division of Mohan Spintex}}
{{Infobox
| title = Home textiles division
| image = [[File:MSIL CMT stitching hall.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Stitching hall
| header1 = Capacity
| label2 = Output | data2 = ~15,000 sheets per shift
| label3 = Packaging | data3 = 90% sustainable materials
| header4 = Products
| data5 = Sheets, sheet sets, pillowcases, duvet covers, quilts, comforters
| header6 = Compliance
| label7 = Social audits | data7 = [[wikipedia:Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production|WRAP]], Sedex/SMETA
}}
The '''home textiles division''' of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL) cuts, stitches, finishes and packs fabric into retail-ready home textiles. It is the final stage of the company's integrated production chain, with a capacity of about 15,000 sheets per shift.<ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref> In 2022 the company reported monthly output of 4,50,000 sheet sets.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>

== Products ==
The division makes flat and fitted sheets, sheet sets, pillowcases, duvet covers, quilts and comforters, with thread counts of up to 1,400.<ref name="tm2022" /> Products are made for export customers and for the company's own [[Astara (brand)|Astara]] brand.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Process ==
# '''Spreading and cutting''' – fabric is laid in plies and cut to pattern.
# '''Stitching''' – panels are assembled with hems, seams, elastic and closures.
# '''Trimming''' – loose threads are removed.
# '''Inspection''' – measurements, stitching and shade matching are checked.
# '''Pressing and folding''' – articles are presented to the buyer's specification.
# '''Packing''' – the company reports that 90% of its packaging materials are sustainable.<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>

== Cut, make and trim ==
The division also offers '''cut, make and trim''' (CMT), a service in which a customer supplies the design and specification and MSIL supplies production.<ref name="msilhome" /> Because the company spins, weaves and processes its own fabric, it can also supply complete "full package" orders using its own materials.

== Social compliance ==
As the company's most labour-intensive stage, the division is the main focus of social compliance audits under [[wikipedia:Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production|WRAP]], which certifies sewn-products facilities, and Sedex/SMETA.<ref name="tm2022" /> In 2022 women made up 45% of the company's workforce.<ref name="tm2022" />

== See also ==
* [[Processing division]]
* [[Products of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Astara (brand)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Divisions of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:హోమ్ టెక్స్‌టైల్స్ విభాగం]]

History of Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T22:18:05Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|History of the company from 2005 to the present}}
[[File:MSIL manufacturing campus, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Aerial view of an MSIL manufacturing campus]]
The '''history of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) spans two decades, from a single spinning mill that began production in 2006 to a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] textile group with spinning, weaving, processing and home-textile operations across several sites in [[wikipedia:Krishna district|Krishna district]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].

== Founding (2005–2006) ==
The company was founded by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], who until then had run his family's fertiliser distribution business.<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref> In 2005 he and a colleague were planning a steel venture when a meeting with a friend already in the textile industry led them to consider spinning instead. Government policy at the time, including the abolition of excise duty, favoured textiles. They met in March 2005, decided to proceed before the end of that month, and Chowdary dates the start of Mohan Spintex to 7 April 2005.<ref name="tm2017" /> The company was incorporated on 11 May 2005 as a public limited company registered in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]].<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>

Commercial production began in October 2006 at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]], with 14,400 [[wikipedia:Spindle (textiles)|spindles]] – twelve ring frames of 1,200 spindles each.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref> Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) supplied the spinning machinery, from blowroom to ring frames, and went on to equip all three of the company's spinning projects.<ref name="lmw2017">{{Ref lmw2017}}</ref>

== Expansion of spinning (2007–2013) ==
=== Unit 1, second phase ===
A foundation ceremony (''bhoomi puja'') for a second phase at Unit 1 was held in 2007,<ref name="a225">{{Cite archive |album=Phase II Bhoomi Puja, Unit 1, 2007 |album_id=225 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> the year in which [[wikipedia:Murata Machinery|Murata Machinery]] began supplying the company.<ref name="murata2017">{{Ref murata2017}}</ref> The phase added 15,600 spindles and was completed by April 2008, taking Unit 1 to 30,000 spindles. All 30,000 spindles were then converted to [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Compact spinning|compact spinning]] within two years.<ref name="tm2017" />

=== Unit 2 ===
In August 2009 the company proposed a 40,000-spindle unit to its bankers, who approved it in October 2009;<ref name="tm2017" /> a foundation ceremony was held the same year.<ref name="a201">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 2, 2009 |album_id=201 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> Advised that projects of ₹100 crore and above qualified for a two-year moratorium under the government's "mega project" scheme, the company enlarged the plan with [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#TFO|TFO]] twisting, [[wikipedia:Open-end spinning|open-end spinning]] and cotton [[wikipedia:Cotton gin|ginning]] sections, and secured approval under that scheme. Civil work began in February 2010.<ref name="tm2017" />

CARE Ratings dates the start of commercial operations at Unit 2 to March 2011.<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref> By January 2012 [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2 at Remalle]] was ready, with 44,064 combed spindles, 4,576 open-end rotors, 1,920 TFO drums and 36 gins;<ref name="tm2017" /> it was inaugurated that year,<ref name="a223">{{Cite archive |album=Inauguration of Unit 2, 2012 |album_id=223 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and operations were stabilised during 2012–13.<ref name="tm2017" />

=== Third project ===
In 2013 the company submitted a proposal for a further project to be built in two phases, of ₹181 crore and ₹95 crore. It was planned to include about 47,424 compact spindles, 156 looms, about 1,696 rotors, 2,880 TFO drums and an [[wikipedia:Uster Technologies|Uster]] testing laboratory.<ref name="tm2017" /> The foundation for [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 3, Remalle|Unit 3]], also at Remalle, was laid the same year; its first phase (38,304 spindles and 90 air-jet looms) began commercial operations in April 2015 and its second (9,120 spindles, 1,696 rotors, 2,880 TFO drums and 66 air-jet looms) in October 2016.<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="a242">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 3, 2013 |album_id=242 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> The looms marked the company's entry into weaving; Chowdary said that without reaching the finished product "your total system is not complete".<ref name="tm2017" />

In 2014 a machine inauguration ceremony was held for new spinning equipment.<ref name="a181">{{Cite archive |album=Spinning: Machine Inauguration Puja, 2014 |album_id=181 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

== Integration and growth (2014–2022) ==
[[File:MSIL air-jet weaving hall.jpg|thumb|left|Air-jet weaving hall]]
Over this period MSIL extended from yarn into [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|finished home textiles]], completing its integration from fibre to finished product.<ref name="msilabout">{{Ref msilabout}}</ref> By early 2017 the company had grown to more than 125,000 spindles, over 6,000 rotors and over 125 air-jet looms, and employed about 2,800 people. It exported close to half of its output, to countries including [[wikipedia:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]], [[wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[wikipedia:China|China]] and Europe, and was planning a fabric processing unit and a move into home textiles.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017" /> [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 4, Mallavalli|Unit 4 at Mallavalli]] was inaugurated in 2019, and its investment programme was completed in March 2020, adding fabric processing of 1,00,000 metres a day, raising weaving capacity to 90,000 metres a day and cut, make and trim capacity to 4,00,000 sets a month.<ref name="care2023" /> The home-textile brand [[Astara (brand)|Astara]] was launched in 2020.<ref name="astarafranchise">{{Ref astarafranchise}}</ref><ref name="a144">{{Cite archive |album=Mallavalli Inauguration, 2019 |album_id=144 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

The company invested ₹400 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] between 2018 and 2020 and reported sales above ₹1,000 crore for the 2021–22 financial year, 80% domestic and 20% exported.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref> Revenue rose 58% to ₹1,072.81 crore in 2021–22, and the company set a target of ₹2,000 crore by 2025 with a planned stock-market listing.<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="tm2022jan">{{Ref tm2022jan}}</ref> In 2022 a 10.8 MW rooftop solar plant began generating power at Remalle in July<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref> and a solar power project was inaugurated at Unit 2,<ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and the company hosted an audit by [[wikipedia:IKEA|IKEA]] and a plant visit from the Italian linen maker [[wikipedia:Frette|Frette]].<ref name="a135">{{Cite archive |album=IKEA Audit, 2022 |album_id=135 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="a228">{{Cite archive |album=Plant Visit: Frette, Italy, 2022 |album_id=228 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
{{clear}}

== Recent developments (2023–present) ==
[[File:LEAD Programme 2026 participants.jpg|thumb|right|Participants in the LEAD leadership programme, April 2026]]
In 2023 an IKEA team visited the company's facilities. Revenue fell to ₹905.30 crore in 2023–24, while profit after tax rose to ₹40.93 crore.<ref name="care2025">{{Ref care2025}}</ref><ref name="a134">{{Cite archive |album=IKEA Team Visit, 2023 |album_id=134 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> In 2025 the company opened Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School,<ref name="a216">{{Cite archive |album=Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School: Opening Ceremony, 2025 |album_id=216 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and in September 2025 founder V. Sudhakar Chowdary was elected Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]].<ref name="ruralvoice">{{Ref ruralvoice}}</ref>

In 2026 a foundation ceremony was held for a new corporate office;<ref name="a256">{{Cite archive |album=MSIL Corporate Office Bhoomi Puja, 2026 |album_id=256 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> the company ran its LEAD (Leadership Excellence & Development) programme;<ref name="a257">{{Cite archive |album=LEAD Program 2026 – Leadership Excellence & Development |album_id=257 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and Union Textiles Minister [[wikipedia:Giriraj Singh|Giriraj Singh]] visited the Mallavalli unit.<ref name="a281">{{Cite archive |album=Union Textiles Minister Shri Giriraj Singh Visit to Mallavalli Unit, 2026 |album_id=281 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> That January ''The Textile Magazine'' profiled the company in its [[wikipedia:Heimtextil|Heimtextil]] 2026 special edition, reporting a workforce of over 5,500 and the involvement of the founder's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, as the next generation of leadership.<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
{{clear}}

== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Event
|-
| 2005 || Decision to enter textiles (March); company founded (7 April) and incorporated (11 May)
|-
| 2006 || Commercial production begins at Unit 1, Vattigudipadu, with 14,400 spindles (October)
|-
| 2007 || Foundation laid for Phase II at Unit 1; association with Murata Machinery begins
|-
| 2008 || Phase II complete; Unit 1 reaches 30,000 spindles (April)
|-
| 2009 || 40,000-spindle Unit 2 proposed (August) and approved by bankers (October); foundation laid
|-
| 2010 || Civil work begins on Unit 2 (February)
|-
| 2011 || Unit 2 begins commercial operations (March)
|-
| 2012 || Unit 2, Remalle, ready (January) and inaugurated, with 44,064 spindles, 4,576 rotors, 1,920 TFO drums and 36 gins
|-
| 2013 || Two-phase project of ₹181 crore and ₹95 crore proposed, including the first looms; foundation laid for Unit 3
|-
| 2015 || Unit 3, Remalle, phase 1 begins commercial operations, with the first air-jet looms (April)
|-
| 2016 || Unit 3 phase 2 begins commercial operations (October)
|-
| 2017 || Over 125,000 spindles and 125 air-jet looms; about 2,800 employees; cover story in ''The Textile Magazine''
|-
| 2019 || Unit 4, Mallavalli, inaugurated
|-
| 2020 || Unit 4 investment complete, adding processing and expanded cut, make and trim (March); Astara brand launched
|-
| 2022 || Solar power project inaugurated at Unit 2; sales above ₹1,000 crore (FY 2021–22)
|-
| 2025 || Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School opens; founder elected Chairman of KRIBHCO
|-
| 2026 || Foundation laid for new corporate office; LEAD leadership programme; Union Textiles Minister visits Mallavalli
|}

{{Needs confirmation|the Managing Director's office|section=article|date=September 2026}}
Several dates above are taken from the titles of albums in the MSIL Digital Archive, and figures for 2005–2017 are as reported by the Managing Director to ''The Textile Magazine'' in 2017. Exact dates of commissioning, and the years in which weaving, processing and home-textile production began, should be confirmed from company records.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:మోహన్ స్పింటెక్స్ చరిత్ర]]

Glossary of textile manufacturing terms

2026-09-16T22:17:58Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|List of definitions of textile industry terms}}
This '''glossary of textile manufacturing terms''' explains vocabulary used at [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL) and across the [[wikipedia:Textile industry|textile industry]]. It is written for people joining the company from outside the industry. Figures for MSIL's own equipment are from the company's published information.<ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>

{{Hatnote|In the [[wikipedia:Units of textile measurement|Ne (English count)]] system a '''higher''' number means a '''finer''' yarn: 60s is finer than 30s.}}
== Spinning ==
;{{Anchor|Blowroom}}Blowroom
:The first stage of spinning. Cotton bales are opened, cleaned of trash and mixed to an even blend before carding.
;{{Anchor|Carding}}Carding
:Separating fibres to a near-individual state and forming them into a continuous rope called a sliver. Removes short fibres and trash.
;{{Anchor|Combing}}Combing
:An optional extra step after carding that removes more short fibres and neps. Yarn made this way is '''combed'''; yarn that skips it is '''carded'''. Combed yarn is finer, smoother and stronger - and costs more.
;{{Anchor|Compact spinning}}Compact spinning
:A modification of ring spinning that condenses the fibre bundle before twist is inserted. Produces yarn that is stronger, cleaner and noticeably less hairy.
;{{Anchor|Count}}Count
:How thick or fine a yarn is. See '''Ne'''.
;{{Anchor|Doubling}}Doubling
:Combining two or more yarns into one. See '''Ply''' and '''TFO'''.
;{{Anchor|Drawing}}Drawing
:Combining several slivers and drafting them to even out thickness variation.
;{{Anchor|Lea}}Lea
:A fixed length of yarn (120 yards) used in strength testing. See '''CSP'''.
;{{Anchor|Nep}}Nep
:A small tangled knot of fibres. Neps show as visible specks in fabric, so removing them is a quality objective in carding and combing.
;{{Anchor|Ne (English count)|Ne}}Ne (English count)
:The standard count system for cotton yarn. It is the number of 840-yard hanks per pound of yarn.
;{{Anchor|Open-end spinning (rotor spinning)|Open-end spinning}}Open-end spinning (rotor spinning)
:Spinning in which fibre is fed into a rapidly rotating rotor rather than twisted on a ring frame. Much faster and cheaper than ring spinning, producing bulkier yarn at coarser counts. MSIL has '''6,272 rotors'''.
;{{Anchor|Ply}}Ply
:The number of single yarns twisted together. <code>40s/2</code> is two-ply: two 40s singles twisted together.
;{{Anchor|Ring spinning}}Ring spinning
:The mainstream spinning method. Roving is drafted to final thickness and twisted into yarn by a traveller moving on a ring. Gives the highest strength and best appearance. MSIL has '''1,21,488 ring spindles'''.
;{{Anchor|Roving}}Roving
:The lightly twisted intermediate product fed into the ring frame.
;{{Anchor|Sliver}}Sliver
:The continuous untwisted rope of fibre produced by carding and drawing.
;{{Anchor|Spindle}}Spindle
:One yarn-producing position on a ring frame. Spindle count is the standard measure of a spinning mill's size - MSIL has '''1,21,488'''.
;{{Anchor|TFO (Two-For-One twisting)|TFO}}TFO (Two-For-One twisting)
:A twisting machine that inserts two turns of twist per revolution, used to make plied yarn. MSIL has '''4,800 TFO drums'''.
;{{Anchor|Winding}}Winding
:Transferring yarn onto cones while electronic yarn clearers detect and cut out faults.

== Weaving ==
;{{Anchor|Air-jet loom}}Air-jet loom
:A loom that carries weft yarn across the fabric on a burst of compressed air. Very fast, and well suited to wide lightweight cotton fabric like bed linen. MSIL has '''324'''.
;{{Anchor|Beam}}Beam
:The large roll holding thousands of warp yarns at the back of the loom.
;{{Anchor|Drawing-in}}Drawing-in
:Threading each warp end through its drop wire, heald and reed. This sets the weave pattern.
;{{Anchor|Ends}}Ends
:Warp yarns - the ones running along the length of the fabric.
;{{Anchor|Greige (grey fabric)|Greige}}Greige (grey fabric)
:Fabric that has been woven but not yet bleached, dyed or finished. Pronounced "grayzh". Still contains the size applied before weaving.
;{{Anchor|GSM}}GSM
:Grams per square metre - the standard measure of fabric weight.
;{{Anchor|Picks}}Picks
:Weft yarns - the ones running across the fabric width.
;{{Anchor|Plain weave}}Plain weave
:The simplest interlacing, one over one. Strong and stable; the basis of percale bed linen.
;{{Anchor|Reed}}Reed
:The comb-like part of the loom that spaces the warp ends and beats each pick into place.
;{{Anchor|Sateen}}Sateen
:A weave where warp yarns float over several wefts, giving a smooth lustrous face. Common in premium bed linen.
;{{Anchor|Sizing}}Sizing
:Applying a protective film to warp yarn so it survives the abrasion of weaving. Removed later by desizing.
;{{Anchor|Thread count (TC)|Thread count}}Thread count (TC)
:Ends plus picks per square inch. The number quoted on retail bed linen packaging. Useful, but yarn quality matters more - see [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Fabric|Fabric]].
;{{Anchor|Twill}}Twill
:A weave producing diagonal lines on the face. Denim is the best-known example.
;{{Anchor|Warp}}Warp
:Yarns running lengthwise in the fabric. Held under tension on the loom.
;{{Anchor|Weft}}Weft
:Yarns running across the fabric width, inserted during weaving. Also called '''filling'''.

== Processing ==
;{{Anchor|Bleaching}}Bleaching
:Removing the natural colour of cotton to give a uniform white base for dyeing.
;{{Anchor|Calendering}}Calendering
:Passing fabric between heated rollers to smooth it and add lustre.
;{{Anchor|Desizing}}Desizing
:Removing the size applied to warp yarn before weaving. The first wet step.
;{{Anchor|Dyeing}}Dyeing
:Applying colour. '''Piece dyeing''' colours woven fabric; '''yarn dyeing''' colours yarn before weaving, which is how woven stripes and checks are made.
;{{Anchor|Fastness}}Fastness
:How well colour resists fading - to washing, light, rubbing and perspiration. Tested and graded; buyers specify minimum grades.
;{{Anchor|Finishing}}Finishing
:The final treatments setting fabric handle and performance - softening, calendering, sanforising and functional finishes.
;{{Anchor|Mercerising}}Mercerising
:Treating cotton under tension with caustic soda. Increases lustre, strength and dye uptake.
;{{Anchor|Sanforising}}Sanforising
:Compressive shrinkage applied in advance, so the finished product does not shrink significantly when the consumer washes it.
;{{Anchor|Scouring}}Scouring
:Removing natural waxes, pectins and impurities from cotton.
;{{Anchor|Singeing}}Singeing
:Burning off protruding surface fibres so fabric is smooth and prints cleanly.
;{{Anchor|Stenter}}Stenter
:The machine that holds fabric to width while drying, heat-setting or applying finishes.
;{{Anchor|ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge)|ZLD}}ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge)
:An effluent system in which no liquid waste leaves the site - water is recovered and reused, solids are separated for disposal. MSIL recovers '''98% of process water'''. See [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex#Water|Water]].

== Make-up and commercial ==
;{{Anchor|CMT}}CMT
:'''Cut, Make, Trim''' - a manufacturing service where the customer supplies the specification and the manufacturer supplies production. See [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|CMT Services]].
;{{Anchor|Duvet cover}}Duvet cover
:A removable washable cover for a duvet or quilt.
;{{Anchor|Fitted sheet}}Fitted sheet
:A sheet with elasticated corners shaped to fit over the mattress.
;{{Anchor|Flat sheet}}Flat sheet
:A plain rectangular sheet with no shaping.
;{{Anchor|FOB (Free On Board)|FOB}}FOB (Free On Board)
:A shipping term. In textile trade it usually signals '''full package''' supply - the manufacturer provides fabric and trims as well as labour, rather than working on customer-supplied material.
;{{Anchor|Made-ups}}Made-ups
:Finished sewn textile articles - sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers, quilts - as distinct from fabric sold by the metre.
;{{Anchor|MOQ}}MOQ
:Minimum Order Quantity.
;{{Anchor|Vertical integration}}Vertical integration
:Owning consecutive stages of the production chain. At MSIL: spinning, weaving, processing and make-up under one company. See [[Mohan Spintex India Limited|About MSIL]].

== Quality and measurement ==
;{{Anchor|Classimat}}Classimat
:A system classifying rare yarn faults by size and length, letting mills and buyers describe yarn defects in a common language.
;{{Anchor|CSP (Count Strength Product)|CSP}}CSP (Count Strength Product)
:Yarn count multiplied by lea strength. A traditional combined measure of yarn strength.
;{{Anchor|CV%}}CV%
:Coefficient of variation - a statistical measure of how much a property varies. Lower is better and more consistent.
;{{Anchor|Hairiness (H)|Hairiness}}Hairiness (H)
:The amount of fibre standing out from the yarn surface. Compact yarn scores low, which is why it looks and feels cleaner.
;{{Anchor|Imperfections (IPI)|Imperfections}}Imperfections (IPI)
:Thin places, thick places and neps counted per kilometre of yarn.
;{{Anchor|RKM}}RKM
:Yarn breaking strength expressed in kilometres - the theoretical length at which a yarn would break under its own weight.
;{{Anchor|U% / Unevenness}}U% / Unevenness
:Variation in yarn thickness along its length. Lower is better.
;{{Anchor|Uster Statistics}}Uster Statistics
:A published global benchmark database of yarn quality. Lets a mill state where its yarn sits as a percentile in a way any buyer worldwide can interpret. See [[Machinery of Mohan Spintex|Machinery & Technology]].

== Certification abbreviations ==
{{Main|Certifications of Mohan Spintex}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Abbreviation !! Full name
|-
| BCI || Better Cotton Initiative
|-
| C-TPAT || Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
|-
| GOTS || Global Organic Textile Standard
|-
| GRS || Global Recycled Standard
|-
| IGBC || Indian Green Building Council
|-
| ISO || International Organization for Standardization
|-
| SCAN || Supplier Compliance Audit Network
|-
| SEDEX || Supplier Ethical Data Exchange
|-
| SMETA || Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit
|-
| WRAP || Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production
|-
| ZDHC || Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Glossaries]]
[[te:వస్త్ర తయారీ పదకోశం]]

Astara (brand)

2026-09-16T22:16:29Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Home textiles brand of Mohan Spintex}}
{{Infobox
| title = Astara
| image = [[File:Astara store, Vijayawada.jpg|250px]]
| caption = The Astara outlet in Vijayawada at its opening
| label1 = Product type | data1 = Home textiles
| label2 = Owner | data2 = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| label3 = Country | data3 = India
| label4 = Market | data4 = Domestic (India)
| label5 = Launched | data5 = 2020<ref name="astarafranchise" />
| label6 = Channels | data6 = Exclusive stores, franchise outlets, Amazon, AJIO<ref name="tm2022jan" /><ref name="astarafranchise" />
}}
'''Astara''' is a home-textiles brand owned by [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL). The company launched it for the Indian domestic market, extending its business from manufacturing for other brands to selling under its own name.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref><ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>

== History ==
MSIL introduced Astara as its domestic brand, supported by its integrated production of yarn, fabric and finished home textiles.<ref name="tm2022" /> The brand opened a retail outlet in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]].<ref name="a252">{{Cite archive |album=Astara: Grand Opening, Vijayawada Outlet |album_id=252 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

== Products ==
Astara is a '''premium bed linen''' range.<ref name="astarafranchise" /><ref name="tm2022jan" /> Its products come from the company's own [[Home textiles division|home textiles division]], which makes sheets, sheet sets, pillowcases, duvet covers, quilts and comforters.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Retail and franchising ==
By January 2022 Astara was sold through exclusive stores and on the online marketplaces [[wikipedia:Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and AJIO.<ref name="tm2022jan" /> The brand began operating and franchising in 2020. Its franchise listing seeks partners in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra, preferably for 300–400 sq ft stores in shopping malls, and reports fewer than ten franchise outlets.<ref name="astarafranchise" />

{{Awaiting input|Sales and Marketing|section=section|The current number of stores, price range and online sales figures should be supplied by Sales and Marketing.}}

== See also ==
* [[Products of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Home textiles division]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="astarafranchise">{{Ref astarafranchise}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022jan">{{Ref tm2022jan}}</ref>
}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Brands of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[te:అస్తారా (బ్రాండ్)]]

MediaWiki:Minerva.css

2026-09-16T22:14:45Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

/* Mobile site styles. Generated from MediaWiki:Common.css by copy - edit Common.css, then copy. */
/* =========================================================================
Mohan Wiki — site-wide styles (MediaWiki:Common.css)

Recreates the article furniture readers know from Wikipedia: infoboxes,
hatnotes, message boxes, navboxes, reference lists and the Main Page.
Colours use Codex design tokens (var(--...)) with light fallbacks, so every
component follows Vector 2022's light/dark setting automatically.
========================================================================= */

/* "From Mohan Wiki" under each title, as on Wikipedia */
#siteSub { display: block; }

/* Main Page: no title, no tagline */
body.page-Main_Page.action-view .mw-first-heading,
body.page-Main_Page.action-view #siteSub,
body.page-మొదటి_పేజీ.action-view .mw-first-heading,
body.page-మొదటి_పేజీ.action-view #siteSub { display: none; }

/* Dark mode for the wordmark and tagline needs no rule here: Vector puts
.skin-invert on .mw-logo-container, which already inverts them. */

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- Infobox */
.infobox {
float: right; clear: right;
width: 22em;
margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;
padding: 0.2em;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
border-spacing: 3px;
background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #f8f9fa);
color: var(--color-base, #202122);
font-size: 88%;
line-height: 1.5em;
}
.infobox-title {
caption-side: top;
padding: 0.2em;
font-size: 125%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
line-height: 1.3em;
}
.infobox-above { font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; }
.infobox-image { text-align: center; padding: 0.3em 0; }
.infobox-caption { font-size: 94%; text-align: center; padding-top: 0.2em; }
.infobox-header {
text-align: center;
background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #eaecf0);
padding: 0.2em 0.3em;
}
.infobox-label { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.6em; white-space: normal; }
.infobox-data, .infobox-full-data { vertical-align: top; text-align: left; }
.infobox-full-data { text-align: center; }
.infobox-below { text-align: center; font-size: 94%; }
.infobox th, .infobox td { padding: 0.15em 0.3em; }

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hatnote */
.hatnote {
font-style: italic;
padding-left: 1.6em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}
.hatnote i { font-style: normal; }

/* ---------------------------------------------------------- Message boxes */
.ambox {
/* flex + overflow:hidden starts a new formatting context, so the box
shrinks to fit beside a floated infobox instead of dropping below it */
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.7em;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0 0 0.8em;
padding: 0.35em 0.8em 0.35em 0.9em;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
border-left: 10px solid #36c;
background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #fbfbfb);
font-size: 95%;
}
.ambox .mbox-image { flex: 0 0 auto; }
.ambox .mbox-text { flex: 1 1 auto; min-width: 0; }
.mbox-icon {
display: inline-block; width: 36px; height: 36px; line-height: 36px;
border-radius: 50%; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;
background-color: #36c;
}
.ambox-content { border-left-color: #f28500; }
.ambox-content .mbox-icon { background-color: #f28500; }
.ambox-style { border-left-color: #fc3; }
.ambox-style .mbox-icon { background-color: #d9a400; }
.ambox-delete { border-left-color: #b32424; }
.ambox-delete .mbox-icon { background-color: #b32424; }

/* Inline [citation needed] / [confirmation needed] */
.Inline-Template { font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap; }

/* ----------------------------------------------------------- References */
.reflist { font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
.reflist ol.references { margin-top: 0.3em; }
cite.citation { font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word; }

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- Navbox */
.navbox {
clear: both;
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%;
margin: 1em auto 0;
padding: 1px;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
font-size: 88%;
text-align: center;
background-color: var(--background-color-base, #fdfdfd);
}
.navbox-inner { width: 100%; border-spacing: 0; }
.navbox-title {
padding: 0.25em 1em;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 114%;
background-color: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #ccccff);
}
.navbox-group {
white-space: nowrap;
text-align: right;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0.25em 1em;
background-color: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #ddddff);
width: 1%;
}
.navbox-list { text-align: left; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; border-left: 2px solid var(--background-color-base, #fdfdfd); }
.navbox-odd { background-color: transparent; }
.navbox-even { background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #f7f7f7); }

/* ----------------------------------------------------------- Main Page */
#mp-topbanner {
position: relative;
margin: 0.6em 0 1em;
padding: 0.7em 1em;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #f8f9fa);
text-align: center;
}
#mp-welcome { font-size: 162%; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2em 0; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; }
#mp-free { font-size: 95%; margin: 0.2em 0 0; }
#mp-upper { display: flex; gap: 1em; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1em; }
#mp-left, #mp-right {
flex: 1 1 22em;
border: 1px solid #a3bfb1;
background-color: var(--background-color-success-subtle, #f5fffa);
padding: 0 0.6em 0.6em;
}
#mp-right { border-color: #a3b0bf; background-color: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #f5faff); }
.mp-h2 {
margin: 0.5em 0 0.4em !important;
padding: 0.2em 0.4em !important;
font-size: 120% !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
font-family: inherit !important;
border: 1px solid #a3bfb1 !important;
background-color: #cef2e0;
color: #000;
}
#mp-right .mp-h2 { border-color: #a3b0bf !important; background-color: #cedff2; }
#mp-lower, #mp-bottom {
border: 1px solid #a3b0bf;
padding: 0 0.6em 0.6em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
background-color: var(--background-color-base, #fff);
}
#mp-lower .mp-h2 { border-color: #a3b0bf !important; background-color: #cedff2; }
#mp-bottom .mp-h2 { border-color: #a2a9b1 !important; background-color: #eaecf0; }
.mp-more { text-align: right; font-weight: bold; font-size: 95%; }
html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mp-h2 { color: #202122; }

/* Grid of links on the Main Page */
.mp-areas { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.4em 1.5em; }
.mp-areas > div { flex: 1 1 14em; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ Block quotations {{Quote}} */
blockquote.templatequote { margin: 1em 1.6em; padding: 0 0 0 0.8em; border-left: 3px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1); }
blockquote.templatequote .templatequotecite { margin-top: 0.3em; font-size: 95%; }

/* ------------------------------------------- File description table (Commons style) */
table.fileinfotpl { width: 100%; }
table.fileinfotpl th { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: var(--background-color-neutral, #eaecf0); }

/* ------------------------------------------------------------- Phones */
@media screen and (max-width: 720px) {
.infobox { float: none; width: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 0 0 1em; box-sizing: border-box; }
.navbox-group { white-space: normal; }
}

/* Minerva only: let the infobox fill the screen width without overflowing it */
.infobox { float: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; margin: 0 0 1em !important; box-sizing: border-box; }
.infobox img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }
#mp-left, #mp-right { float: none; width: auto; }

MediaWiki:Common.css

2026-09-16T22:14:43Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

/* =========================================================================
Mohan Wiki — site-wide styles (MediaWiki:Common.css)

Recreates the article furniture readers know from Wikipedia: infoboxes,
hatnotes, message boxes, navboxes, reference lists and the Main Page.
Colours use Codex design tokens (var(--...)) with light fallbacks, so every
component follows Vector 2022's light/dark setting automatically.
========================================================================= */

/* "From Mohan Wiki" under each title, as on Wikipedia */
#siteSub { display: block; }

/* Main Page: no title, no tagline */
body.page-Main_Page.action-view .mw-first-heading,
body.page-Main_Page.action-view #siteSub,
body.page-మొదటి_పేజీ.action-view .mw-first-heading,
body.page-మొదటి_పేజీ.action-view #siteSub { display: none; }

/* Dark mode for the wordmark and tagline needs no rule here: Vector puts
.skin-invert on .mw-logo-container, which already inverts them. */

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- Infobox */
.infobox {
float: right; clear: right;
width: 22em;
margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;
padding: 0.2em;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
border-spacing: 3px;
background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #f8f9fa);
color: var(--color-base, #202122);
font-size: 88%;
line-height: 1.5em;
}
.infobox-title {
caption-side: top;
padding: 0.2em;
font-size: 125%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
line-height: 1.3em;
}
.infobox-above { font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; }
.infobox-image { text-align: center; padding: 0.3em 0; }
.infobox-caption { font-size: 94%; text-align: center; padding-top: 0.2em; }
.infobox-header {
text-align: center;
background-color: var(--background-color-interactive, #eaecf0);
padding: 0.2em 0.3em;
}
.infobox-label { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.6em; white-space: normal; }
.infobox-data, .infobox-full-data { vertical-align: top; text-align: left; }
.infobox-full-data { text-align: center; }
.infobox-below { text-align: center; font-size: 94%; }
.infobox th, .infobox td { padding: 0.15em 0.3em; }

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hatnote */
.hatnote {
font-style: italic;
padding-left: 1.6em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}
.hatnote i { font-style: normal; }

/* ---------------------------------------------------------- Message boxes */
.ambox {
/* flex + overflow:hidden starts a new formatting context, so the box
shrinks to fit beside a floated infobox instead of dropping below it */
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.7em;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0 0 0.8em;
padding: 0.35em 0.8em 0.35em 0.9em;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
border-left: 10px solid #36c;
background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #fbfbfb);
font-size: 95%;
}
.ambox .mbox-image { flex: 0 0 auto; }
.ambox .mbox-text { flex: 1 1 auto; min-width: 0; }
.mbox-icon {
display: inline-block; width: 36px; height: 36px; line-height: 36px;
border-radius: 50%; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;
background-color: #36c;
}
.ambox-content { border-left-color: #f28500; }
.ambox-content .mbox-icon { background-color: #f28500; }
.ambox-style { border-left-color: #fc3; }
.ambox-style .mbox-icon { background-color: #d9a400; }
.ambox-delete { border-left-color: #b32424; }
.ambox-delete .mbox-icon { background-color: #b32424; }

/* Inline [citation needed] / [confirmation needed] */
.Inline-Template { font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap; }

/* ----------------------------------------------------------- References */
.reflist { font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
.reflist ol.references { margin-top: 0.3em; }
cite.citation { font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word; }

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- Navbox */
.navbox {
clear: both;
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%;
margin: 1em auto 0;
padding: 1px;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
font-size: 88%;
text-align: center;
background-color: var(--background-color-base, #fdfdfd);
}
.navbox-inner { width: 100%; border-spacing: 0; }
.navbox-title {
padding: 0.25em 1em;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 114%;
background-color: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #ccccff);
}
.navbox-group {
white-space: nowrap;
text-align: right;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0.25em 1em;
background-color: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #ddddff);
width: 1%;
}
.navbox-list { text-align: left; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; border-left: 2px solid var(--background-color-base, #fdfdfd); }
.navbox-odd { background-color: transparent; }
.navbox-even { background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #f7f7f7); }

/* ----------------------------------------------------------- Main Page */
#mp-topbanner {
position: relative;
margin: 0.6em 0 1em;
padding: 0.7em 1em;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2a9b1);
background-color: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle, #f8f9fa);
text-align: center;
}
#mp-welcome { font-size: 162%; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2em 0; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; }
#mp-free { font-size: 95%; margin: 0.2em 0 0; }
#mp-upper { display: flex; gap: 1em; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1em; }
#mp-left, #mp-right {
flex: 1 1 22em;
border: 1px solid #a3bfb1;
background-color: var(--background-color-success-subtle, #f5fffa);
padding: 0 0.6em 0.6em;
}
#mp-right { border-color: #a3b0bf; background-color: var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #f5faff); }
.mp-h2 {
margin: 0.5em 0 0.4em !important;
padding: 0.2em 0.4em !important;
font-size: 120% !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
font-family: inherit !important;
border: 1px solid #a3bfb1 !important;
background-color: #cef2e0;
color: #000;
}
#mp-right .mp-h2 { border-color: #a3b0bf !important; background-color: #cedff2; }
#mp-lower, #mp-bottom {
border: 1px solid #a3b0bf;
padding: 0 0.6em 0.6em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
background-color: var(--background-color-base, #fff);
}
#mp-lower .mp-h2 { border-color: #a3b0bf !important; background-color: #cedff2; }
#mp-bottom .mp-h2 { border-color: #a2a9b1 !important; background-color: #eaecf0; }
.mp-more { text-align: right; font-weight: bold; font-size: 95%; }
html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mp-h2 { color: #202122; }

/* Grid of links on the Main Page */
.mp-areas { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.4em 1.5em; }
.mp-areas > div { flex: 1 1 14em; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ Block quotations {{Quote}} */
blockquote.templatequote { margin: 1em 1.6em; padding: 0 0 0 0.8em; border-left: 3px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1); }
blockquote.templatequote .templatequotecite { margin-top: 0.3em; font-size: 95%; }

/* ------------------------------------------- File description table (Commons style) */
table.fileinfotpl { width: 100%; }
table.fileinfotpl th { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: var(--background-color-neutral, #eaecf0); }

/* ------------------------------------------------------------- Phones */
@media screen and (max-width: 720px) {
.infobox { float: none; width: 100%; margin: 0 0 1em; }
.navbox-group { white-space: normal; }
}

Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:53:37Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao

2026-09-16T21:50:49Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

V. Sudhakar Chowdary

2026-09-16T21:50:46Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

Sustainability at Mohan Spintex

2026-09-16T21:50:38Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

Mohan Spintex in the media

2026-09-16T21:50:05Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Press and television coverage of MSIL}}
'''[[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) and its founder, [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], have been covered by the Indian and international textile trade press, by television and by the cooperative-sector press. This article lists that coverage by date. Scans of the printed magazine features are kept in the [https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/index.php?/category/152 MSIL Digital Archive].

== Coverage ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Outlet !! Type !! Title or subject !! Notes
|-
| data-sort-value="2016" | 2016 || TV5 || Television || ''Trendsetters'' || Programme featuring the Managing Director<ref name="a188">{{Cite archive |album=TV5 Interview: Trendsetters, 2016 |album_id=188 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="2017-02" | February 2017 || ''The Textile Magazine'', vol. 58 no. 4 || Cover story || "Mohan Spintex: India's fastest growing textile manufacturer" || Nine-page feature with an interview with the Managing Director, and tributes from machinery suppliers LMW, Murata and Suessen<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="lmw2017" /><ref name="murata2017" /><ref name="suessen2017" />
|-
| data-sort-value="2022-01" | January 2022 || ''The Textile Magazine'' || Online article || "Mohan Spintex: India's fastest growing textile company" || Launch of Astara; target of ₹2,000 crore turnover by 2025 and a stock-market listing<ref name="tm2022jan" />
|-
| data-sort-value="2022-06" | June 2022 || ''The Textile Magazine'' || Online article || "Mohan Spintex – India's fastest growing textile manufacturer" || Capacity, revenue above ₹1,000 crore (FY 2021–22), workforce and expansion targets<ref name="tm2022" />
|-
| data-sort-value="2023-12" | December 2023 || ''Textile World'' || Supplier news || "Mohan Spintex: Fast-Growing Textile Company In India Invests In Machinery" || Investment in machinery<ref name="tw2023" />
|-
| data-sort-value="2025-09" | September 2025 || ''Rural Voice''; ''Indian Cooperative'' || News || Election as Chairman of KRIBHCO || The Managing Director is elected unopposed<ref name="ruralvoice" /><ref name="indiancoop" />
|-
| data-sort-value="2026-01" | January 2026 || ''The Textile Magazine'', Heimtextil 2026 special edition || Company profile || "Mohan Spintex India: Threads of Legacy, Sustainability and a Future-Ready Vision" || Mohan Spintex named on the cover; profile with quotes from the senior management team<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|-
| data-sort-value="9999" | Undated || ''The CEO Magazine'' || Executive interview || "Sudhakar Chowdary Vallabhaneni, Founder & CEO of Mohan Spintex India" || Interview with the founder<ref name="ceomag" />
|}

== Recurring themes ==
Trade coverage has repeatedly described MSIL as one of India's fastest-growing textile companies. The 2017 cover story and the 2022 article both used the phrase "India's fastest growing textile manufacturer".<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /> Coverage has also focused on:
* the company's growth from a 14,400-spindle mill in 2006;<ref name="tm2017" />
* its integration from spinning into weaving, processing and home textiles;<ref name="tm2022" />
* its sustainability programmes, including rooftop solar and rice-husk steam;<ref name="tmlegacy" />
* the next generation of family leadership.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Guidance for staff ==
{{Hatnote|This section is guidance for Mohan Spintex staff, not part of the encyclopedic record.}}
When quoting figures from past coverage, give the year: capacity, workforce and revenue have changed considerably since each article was published.

== See also ==
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="lmw2017">{{Ref lmw2017}}</ref>
<ref name="murata2017">{{Ref murata2017}}</ref>
<ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022jan">{{Ref tm2022jan}}</ref>
<ref name="tw2023">{{Ref tw2023}}</ref>
<ref name="ruralvoice">{{Ref ruralvoice}}</ref>
<ref name="indiancoop">{{Cite news |title=Kribhco elects Sudhakar Chowdhary as Chairman, Yadav as Vice Chairman |url=https://www.indiancooperative.com/from-states/kribhco-elects-sudhakar-chowdhary-as-chairman-yadav-as-vice-chairman/ |work=Indian Cooperative |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="ceomag">{{Cite web |title=Sudhakar Chowdary Vallabhaneni, Founder & CEO of Mohan Spintex India |url=https://www.theceomagazine.com/executive-interviews/manufacturing/sudhakar-chowdary-vallabhaneni/ |website=The CEO Magazine |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:50:00Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Indian textile manufacturer}}
{{About|the Indian textile manufacturer|its founder|V. Sudhakar Chowdary}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Mohan Spintex India Limited
| logo = Mohan Spintex India Limited logo.png
| logo_size = 120px
| type = [[wikipedia:Public company|Public limited company]] (unlisted)
| industry = [[wikipedia:Textile industry in India|Textiles]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2005|05|11}}<ref name="zauba" />
| founder = [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]<br>[[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] <small>(promoter)</small><ref name="infomerics2024" />
| hq_location = [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]], India
| num_locations = 4 [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex|manufacturing units]]: [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Vattigudipadu]], [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] (2) and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 4, Mallavalli|Mallavalli]]<ref name="infomerics2024" />
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] <small>(Chairman)</small><br>[[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] <small>(Managing Director)</small>
| products = [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Yarn|Yarn]], [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Fabric|greige and finished fabric]], [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Home textiles|home textiles]]
| services = [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|Cut, make and trim]]
| brands = [[Astara (brand)|Astara]]
| production = 2,500+ tonnes of yarn per month<ref name="msilhome" />
| revenue = {{nowrap|₹905 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]]}} (FY 2023–24)<ref name="care2025" />
| net_income = {{nowrap|₹41 crore}} (FY 2023–24)<ref name="care2025" />
| num_employees = ~5,500–6,000<ref name="tmlegacy" /><ref name="msilhome" />
| cin = U18100AP2005PLC046188
| subsidiaries = Mohan International Inc. (US)<br>Mohan Mercantile India Pvt. Ltd.<br>Mohan Dwellings Pvt. Ltd.<br>Mohan Renewable Energy India Pvt. Ltd.<ref name="care2023" />
| website = [https://www.mohanspintex.com mohanspintex.com]
}}
'''Mohan Spintex India Limited''' ('''MSIL''') is an Indian [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] textile manufacturer headquartered in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]. Founded in 2005 by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] and promoted with his father, [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]], the company spins yarn, weaves and processes fabric, and makes finished home textiles such as sheet sets, duvet covers and quilts, all within its own facilities.<ref name="msilabout" /><ref name="tm2022" />

MSIL began commercial production in October 2006 with 14,400 [[wikipedia:Spindle (textiles)|spindles]] at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]], and has since expanded to 1,21,488 spindles, 6,272 rotors, 4,800 [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#TFO|TFO]] drums and 324 [[wikipedia:Air-jet loom|air-jet looms]] across several units in [[wikipedia:Krishna district|Krishna district]].<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="msilhome" /> Trade press describes it as the second-largest textile company in Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="tm2022" />

The company supplies domestic manufacturers including [[wikipedia:Welspun India|Welspun]], Himatsingka, Indo Count and Mafatlal, exports to more than 22 countries, and sells home textiles in India under its own brand, [[Astara (brand)|Astara]].<ref name="msilhome" /><ref name="tm2022" /> Its chairman is [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]].<ref name="archive-chairman" />

== History ==
{{Main|History of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
[[File:MSIL Unit 1, aerial view.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Aerial view of Unit 1]]
The company was founded by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], who had previously run his family's fertiliser distribution business; he dates its start to 7 April 2005.<ref name="tm2017" /> It was incorporated on 11 May 2005 as a public limited company registered in Vijayawada.<ref name="zauba" /> Commercial production began in October 2006 at Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu, then a single spinning mill with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2022" />

The company expanded in stages. Foundation stones were laid for a second phase at Unit 1 in 2007,<ref name="archive-u1p2" /> for Unit 2 in 2009,<ref name="archive-u2bp" /> and for Unit 3 in 2013;<ref name="archive-u3bp" /> Unit 2 was inaugurated in 2012.<ref name="archive-u2inaug" /> A unit at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]] was inaugurated in 2019.<ref name="archive-mallavalli" /> By 2017 it had more than 125,000 spindles and 125 air-jet looms, about 2,800 employees and exports of close to half its output.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017" /> Between 2018 and 2020 the company invested ₹400 crore in expansion.<ref name="tm2022" />

Over the same period MSIL moved beyond yarn into weaving, fabric processing and finished home textiles, completing its integration from fibre to finished product.<ref name="msilabout" />
{{clear}}

== Operations ==
MSIL runs four production stages in sequence, each able to sell its output externally as well as supply the next stage.<ref name="msilabout" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Installed capacity
! Stage !! Capacity !! Output
|-
| [[Spinning division|Spinning]] || 1,21,488 spindles; 6,272 rotors; 4,800 TFO drums || 2,500+ tonnes of yarn per month
|-
| [[Weaving division|Weaving]] || 324 air-jet looms || 15,00,000 metres of fabric per month
|-
| [[Processing division|Processing]] || Continuous processing ranges || ~1,00,000 metres per day
|-
| [[Home textiles division|Home textiles]] || Cut, make and trim || ~15,000 sheets per shift
|}
<small>Figures as published by the company.</small><ref name="msilhome" />

=== Spinning ===
{{Main|Spinning division}}
The spinning operation, where MSIL began, produces compact, combed, carded, blended, open-end and plied yarns. In 2022 its ring spindles were reported to be entirely [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Compact spinning|compact spinning]].<ref name="tm2022" />

=== Weaving ===
{{Main|Weaving division}}
Weaving uses 324 [[wikipedia:Picanol|Picanol]] air-jet looms to produce greige fabric in constructions including percale, sateen, twill, dobby and jacquard.<ref name="tm2022" />

=== Processing ===
{{Main|Processing division}}
Fabric is bleached, dyed, printed and finished on continuous ranges with a capacity of about 1,00,000 metres per day. Process water is treated in a [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]]–oriented plant.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

=== Home textiles ===
{{Main|Home textiles division}}
The make-up operation cuts, stitches and packs sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers and quilts, and also offers [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|cut, make and trim]] as a service.<ref name="msilhome" />

== Products and brands ==
{{Main|Products of Mohan Spintex|Astara (brand)}}
[[File:Astara store, Vijayawada.jpg|thumb|right|The Astara outlet in Vijayawada at its opening]]
MSIL's products span 100% cotton and blended yarns, greige and finished fabric, and finished home textiles with thread counts of up to 1,400.<ref name="tm2022" /> The company launched the [[Astara (brand)|Astara]] brand for the Indian market and opened a retail outlet in Vijayawada.<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="archive-astara" />

== Finances ==
The company is an unlisted public limited company. In 2022 it announced a target of ₹2,000 crore turnover by 2025, together with plans for an [[wikipedia:Initial public offering|initial public offering]].<ref name="tm2022jan" />

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ Consolidated results (₹ crore)<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="care2025" />
! Financial year !! Total operating income !! PBILDT !! Profit after tax
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2020–21 || 679.46 || 116.27 || 3.76
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2021–22 || 1,072.81 || 198.36 || 45.30
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2022–23 || 1,073.65 || 90.19 || 12.17
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2023–24 || 905.30 || 161.28 || 40.93
|}
Revenue fell in 2023–24 while margins improved, as cotton prices stabilised.<ref name="care2025" /><ref name="infomerics2024" /> The company has four wholly owned subsidiaries: Mohan International Inc., a marketing office for export orders from the United States; Mohan Mercantile India; Mohan Dwellings; and Mohan Renewable Energy India. MSIL itself accounts for about 99% of group revenue.<ref name="care2023" />

== Markets ==
{{Main|Customers and exports of Mohan Spintex}}
In the 2021–22 financial year about 80% of sales were domestic and 20% were exports, to more than 22 countries including the United States, Canada, European countries, Australia, Bangladesh and China.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Certifications ==
{{Main|Certifications of Mohan Spintex}}
The company holds certifications covering quality, environmental and occupational safety management ([[wikipedia:ISO 9001|ISO 9001]], [[wikipedia:ISO 14001|ISO 14001]], [[wikipedia:ISO 45001|ISO 45001]]); organic, recycled and sustainable fibre content (GOTS, GRS, [[wikipedia:Better Cotton Initiative|BCI]]); product safety ([[wikipedia:Oeko-Tex|OEKO-TEX]] Standard 100, MADE IN GREEN); and social compliance ([[wikipedia:Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production|WRAP]], Sedex/SMETA).<ref name="tmlegacy" /><ref name="tm2022" />

== Sustainability ==
{{Main|Sustainability at Mohan Spintex}}
MSIL generates electricity from 10.8 MW of rooftop solar panels and has replaced coal with [[wikipedia:Rice hulls|rice husk]] in steam generation, which the company says avoids a combined 67,740 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Its effluent plant recovers 98% of process water, and it maintains 20 million litres of rainwater harvesting capacity.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> A solar power project at Unit 2 was inaugurated in 2022.<ref name="archive-solar" />

== Corporate social responsibility ==
{{Main|Corporate social responsibility of Mohan Spintex}}
The company's community work has included books for government schools (2012), sewing machine distribution for women (2015), a drinking-water [[wikipedia:Reverse osmosis|RO]] plant (2018), health camps (2018) and the opening of Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School in 2025.<ref name="archive-csr" />

== Leadership ==
{{Main|Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position
|-
| [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] || Chairman<ref name="archive-chairman" />
|-
| [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] || Founder and Managing Director<ref name="tm2022" />
|-
| [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] || Whole-Time Director<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|-
| Yantrapragada Subba Rao || Overseas Director<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|-
| Venigalla Leela Krishna || President – Operations<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|}
The founder's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, are directors and represent the company's next generation of leadership.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Workforce ==
{{Main|Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex}}
[[File:Sankranthi celebrations at MSIL, 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Sankranthi celebrations for employees, 2016]]
The company employed about 2,800 people in 2017 and more than 5,500 by 2026; in 2022, 45% of its workforce were women.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="tmlegacy" /> Employee welfare measures include free transport for staff living within about 30 km of the units and a subsidised canteen.<ref name="tm2017" />
{{clear}}

== In the media ==
{{Main|Mohan Spintex in the media}}
''The Textile Magazine'' ran a cover story on the company in February 2017, calling it "India's fastest growing textile manufacturer", and profiled it again in its Heimtextil 2026 special edition.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Headquarters ==
[[File:MSIL Corporate Office, Vijayawada.jpg|thumb|right|The corporate office in Gunadala, Vijayawada]]
The corporate office is at Eluru Road, Gunadala, Vijayawada; the registered office is at Puliparti Vari Street, Vijayawada.<ref name="msilhome" /><ref name="zauba" /> A foundation ceremony (''bhoomi puja'') for a new corporate office was held in 2026.<ref name="archive-corpoffice" />
{{clear}}

== See also ==
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms]]
* [[wikipedia:Textile industry in India|Textile industry in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>
<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref>
<ref name="care2025">{{Ref care2025}}</ref>
<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022jan">{{Ref tm2022jan}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="tracxn">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited – Company Profile & Financials |url=https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/india/mohan-spintex-india-limited/__FBHN9MEdb5C2KISROyMlvlDm3vBE8o4jg1euFoy6nrc |website=Tracxn |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="msilabout">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.mohanspintex.com/about-us |website=Mohan Spintex India Limited |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="msilhome">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited (MSIL) |url=https://www.mohanspintex.com/ |website=mohanspintex.com |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-chairman">{{Cite archive |album=Leadership and Teams: Chairman |album_id=245 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u1p2">{{Cite archive |album=Phase II Bhoomi Puja, Unit 1, 2007 |album_id=225 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u2bp">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 2, 2009 |album_id=201 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u2inaug">{{Cite archive |album=Inauguration of Unit 2, 2012 |album_id=223 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u3bp">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 3, 2013 |album_id=242 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-mallavalli">{{Cite archive |album=Mallavalli Inauguration, 2019 |album_id=144 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-solar">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-astara">{{Cite archive |album=Astara: Grand Opening, Vijayawada Outlet |album_id=252 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-csr">{{Cite archive |album=CSR and Social Responsibility |album_id=13 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-corpoffice">{{Cite archive |album=MSIL Corporate Office Bhoomi Puja, 2026 |album_id=256 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.mohanspintex.com Official website]
* [https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/ MSIL Digital Archive]

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Textile companies of India]]
[[Category:Companies based in Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2005]]

Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex

2026-09-16T21:49:53Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

History of Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:49:38Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar

2026-09-16T21:49:35Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Whole-Time Director of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar
| image = Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Ravi Kumar in 2006
| years_active = 2006–present<ref name="msilconfirm" />
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Company director
| title = Whole-Time Director, [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| boards = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<ref name="zauba" />
}}
'''Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar''', also written '''G. Ravi Kumar''', is an Indian company director. He is the Whole-Time Director of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL), a vertically integrated textile manufacturer based in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Early life ==
{{Awaiting input|the Whole-Time Director's office|section=section|Early life, education and the year he joined the company do not appear in published sources.}}

== Career ==
Ravi Kumar was a director of Mohan Spintex by 2006, the year the company began commercial production.<ref name="msilconfirm" /> In February 2017 ''The Textile Magazine'' pictured him seated at the immediate right of Managing Director [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] in a photograph of the company's senior team.<ref name="tm2017" /> He is also listed among the company's directors in [[wikipedia:Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Corporate Affairs]] records.<ref name="zauba" />

By 2026 he was the company's Whole-Time Director.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> In a January 2026 profile of the company, he summarised its approach to [[wikipedia:Environmental, social, and governance|environmental, social and governance]] (ESG) matters:

{{Quote|We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day.|Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar, 2026<ref name="tmlegacy" />}}

The same profile linked this approach to the company's [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex|sustainability programmes]], including its [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]]-oriented effluent treatment plant, 10.8 MW of rooftop solar generation and coal-free steam raised from rice husk.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== See also ==
* [[Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]
* [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="msilconfirm">{{Ref msilconfirm}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>
}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Customers and exports of Mohan Spintex

2026-09-16T21:49:21Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Markets and buyers of MSIL}}
'''[[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) sells yarn, fabric and home textiles to '''customers''' in India and '''exports''' to more than 22 countries.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref> In the 2021–22 financial year about 80% of its sales were domestic and 20% were exports.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Customers named by rating agencies ==
In 2024 Infomerics named the following among the company's long-standing customers:<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Domestic !! International
|-
| Lux Industries || Hometex Inc.
|-
| L S Mills || Revival New York
|-
| NMK Textile Mills India || Welspun USA
|-
| || [[wikipedia:IKEA|IKEA]]
|}

== Domestic customers ==
The company names leading Indian textile manufacturers among its domestic customers, including:<ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Welspun Living|Welspun]] – one of the world's largest home-textile manufacturers
* Himatsingka – an integrated home-textile group
* Indo Count – a major bed-linen exporter
* Mafatlal – one of India's oldest textile groups

Several of these customers are themselves large exporters, and they audit their suppliers against the standards their own international customers require.

== Exports ==
[[File:IKEA team visit to MSIL, 2023.jpg|thumb|right|A visiting IKEA team in an MSIL production hall, May 2023]]
Exports were important from the start. The company says it sold in the domestic market first and then overseas, and by 2017 it was exporting close to 50% of its output, to countries including [[wikipedia:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]], [[wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[wikipedia:China|China]] and Europe.<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref> The Managing Director attributed the company's competitive edge to "value addition in terms of quality, consistent supply and committed delivery".<ref name="tm2017" />

In 2022 the company reported exports to more than 22 countries, including the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]], [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], European countries, [[wikipedia:Australia|Australia]], [[wikipedia:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] and [[wikipedia:China|China]].<ref name="tm2022" />

Overseas Director Yantrapragada Subba Rao said in 2026 that buyers now assess suppliers on reliability, ethical sourcing, compliance and consistent quality, not just price, and that "in export markets, reputation travels faster than shipments".<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>

Export share has varied: 20.85% of sales in 2020–21, 17.90% in 2021–22 and about 15% in 2023–24, when exports went to the United States, South America, Israel, the European Union and Asian countries.<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref><ref name="infomerics2024" /> A wholly owned subsidiary in the United States, Mohan International Inc., acts as the company's marketing office for American export orders.<ref name="care2023" />

The company exhibits at [[wikipedia:Heimtextil|Heimtextil]] in Frankfurt, the main international trade fair for home textiles. It was profiled in the Heimtextil 2026 edition of ''The Textile Magazine'', and is listed as an exhibitor for Heimtextil 2027 (Hall 9.0, stand E49).<ref name="tmlegacy" /><ref name="heimtextil2027">{{Ref heimtextil2027}}</ref>

International buyers have visited or audited MSIL's facilities, including [[wikipedia:IKEA|IKEA]] (an audit in 2022 and a team visit in 2023) and the Italian linen maker [[wikipedia:Frette|Frette]] (2022).<ref name="a135">{{Cite archive |album=IKEA Audit, 2022 |album_id=135 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="a134">{{Cite archive |album=IKEA Team Visit, 2023 |album_id=134 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="a228">{{Cite archive |album=Plant Visit: Frette, Italy, 2022 |album_id=228 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

== What is sold ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Product !! Typical buyer
|-
| [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Yarn|Yarn]] || Weavers, knitters and fabric manufacturers
|-
| [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Fabric|Greige fabric]] || Processing houses
|-
| [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Fabric|Finished fabric]] || Garment and home-textile makers
|-
| [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Home textiles|Home textiles]] || Home-textile brands and retailers
|-
| [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|Cut, make and trim]] || Brands with their own designs
|}

{{Awaiting input|Sales|section=article|Current customer list, country-wise export shares and revenue by product are not stated in published sources. Customer names should not be used in marketing without the customer's permission.}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Certifications of Mohan Spintex

2026-09-16T21:49:15Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Quality, sustainability and social compliance standards held by MSIL}}
{{Needs confirmation|the Quality department|date=September 2026}}
[[File:MSIL quality control laboratory.jpg|thumb|right|Quality control laboratory]]
'''[[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) holds a range of '''certifications''' covering how it manages quality, environment and safety; what its products contain; what they must not contain; and how its workers are treated.<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref><ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref><ref name="msilhome">{{Ref msilhome}}</ref>

Certificates have defined scopes and expiry dates, so a product or site is covered only when it falls within a current certificate.

== Summary ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Certification !! Type !! Mainly concerns
|-
| [[#ISO 9001|ISO 9001:2015]] || Management system || Whole company
|-
| [[#ISO 14001|ISO 14001:2015]] || Management system || Processing, utilities
|-
| [[#ISO 45001|ISO 45001:2018]] || Management system || Whole company
|-
| [[#GOTS|GOTS]] || Content and social || Whole chain
|-
| [[#GRS|GRS]] || Recycled content || Whole chain
|-
| [[#BCI|BCI]] || Farm programme || Cotton purchasing
|-
| [[#OEKO-TEX|OEKO-TEX Standard 100]] || Product safety || Processing, make-up
|-
| [[#MADE IN GREEN|MADE IN GREEN]] || Safety, environment and social || Whole company
|-
| [[#Detox|Detox]] || Chemical management || Chemical purchasing, processing
|-
| [[#WRAP|WRAP]] || Social compliance || Make-up
|-
| [[#Sedex|Sedex / SMETA]] || Social compliance || Human resources, make-up
|-
| [[#C-TPAT and SCAN|C-TPAT / SCAN]] || Supply-chain security || Logistics, security
|-
| [[#IGBC|IGBC]] || Green building || Facilities
|-
| [[#European Flax|European Flax]] || Fibre origin and traceability || Unit 4 (weaving, processing, make-up)
|}

== Management systems ==
=== ISO 9001 ===
[[wikipedia:ISO 9001|ISO 9001]] certifies a documented, consistently followed quality management system, including internal audit, corrective action and continual improvement.

=== ISO 14001 ===
[[wikipedia:ISO 14001|ISO 14001]] certifies an environmental management system. At MSIL it bears most heavily on [[Processing division|processing]], where water, effluent, chemicals and energy are concentrated.

=== ISO 45001 ===
[[wikipedia:ISO 45001|ISO 45001]] certifies an occupational health and safety management system, including hazard identification, incident investigation and worker participation.

== Product content ==
=== GOTS ===
The Global Organic Textile Standard covers organic fibre content together with environmental and social criteria at every processing stage, and requires chain-of-custody records from fibre to finished product.<ref name="tm2022" />

=== GRS ===
The Global Recycled Standard verifies recycled content and requires certified and non-certified material to be kept separate throughout production.

=== BCI ===
The [[wikipedia:Better Cotton Initiative|Better Cotton Initiative]] is a farm-level sustainability programme traded on a mass-balance basis. It is not an organic certification and does not physically trace fibre into individual products.

== Product safety ==
=== OEKO-TEX ===
[[wikipedia:Oeko-Tex|OEKO-TEX]] Standard 100 tests every component of an article against limits for harmful substances. MSIL's published marks also include OEKO-TEX Organic Cotton.<ref name="msilhome" />

=== MADE IN GREEN ===
MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX combines product-safety testing with verification of environmentally and socially responsible production, and gives each article a traceable label.

=== Detox ===
The Detox commitment, which grew out of [[wikipedia:Greenpeace|Greenpeace]]'s Detox campaign, requires the elimination of hazardous chemicals from manufacturing and control of wastewater.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Social compliance ==
=== WRAP ===
[[wikipedia:Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production|Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production]] certifies sewn-products facilities against twelve principles covering labour, health and safety, environment and security.<ref name="tm2022" />

=== Sedex ===
Sedex members' ethical trade audits (SMETA) examine labour standards, health and safety, environment and business ethics.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Facilities and security ==
=== C-TPAT and SCAN ===
The [[wikipedia:Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism|Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism]] (C-TPAT) and SCAN audits assess supply-chain and cargo security, and are commonly required by importers in the United States.<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="msilhome" />

=== IGBC ===
The Indian Green Building Council certifies buildings for site, water, energy, materials and indoor environmental quality.<ref name="msilhome" />

== Other marks ==
The company's published marks include '''[[wikipedia:5S (methodology)|5S]]''', a workplace organisation method rather than an audited certification.<ref name="msilhome" />

== See also ==
* [[Machinery of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex]]

== Fibre programmes ==
=== European Flax ===
Unit 4 at Mallavalli is certified under European Flax, the traceability standard of the Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp for linen made from flax grown in Western Europe. The certificate, issued by [[wikipedia:Bureau Veritas|Bureau Veritas]], is valid from 17 April 2025 to 16 April 2028 and covers weaving, dyeing, printing, fabric finishing and end-product manufacturing.<ref name="europeanflax">{{Ref europeanflax}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Quality at Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:48:18Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Directors and senior management of MSIL}}
[[File:Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]], Whole-Time Director]]
The '''board of directors of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) oversees the company, which is chaired by [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] and managed by its founder and Managing Director, [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]].<ref name="a245">{{Cite archive |album=Leadership and Teams: Chairman |album_id=245 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref> This article also covers the company's senior management.

== Board and senior management ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position (2026) !! Notes
|-
| [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] || Chairman<ref name="a245" /> ||
|-
| [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] || Founder and Managing Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]] since September 2025
|-
| [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] || Whole-Time Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || A director by 2006<ref name="msilconfirm">{{Ref msilconfirm}}</ref>
|-
| Yantrapragada Subba Rao || Director, Overseas Markets<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Leads export business
|-
| Venigalla Leela Krishna || President – Operations<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Vice President (Projects) in 2017<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
|-
| V. Suhruth Chowdary || Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Son of the Managing Director
|-
| Keyura || Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Daughter of the Managing Director
|}

== Management views ==
In a January 2026 profile of the company in ''The Textile Magazine'', each senior manager described an aspect of how the company is run:<ref name="tmlegacy" />
* '''Sustainability''' – Whole-Time Director Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar: "We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day."
* '''Exports''' – Overseas Director Subba Rao: "In export markets, reputation travels faster than shipments." He attributed the company's export growth to long-term relationships rather than "opportunistic volumes".
* '''Operations''' – President Venigalla Leela Krishna: "Machines matter, but people and processes matter more." He stressed trained teams, clear protocols and continuous upskilling from cotton selection through to sewing.
* '''Succession''' – The magazine described the involvement of the Managing Director's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, as a transition towards digitalisation, advanced analytics and modern management systems, with attention to traceability, [[wikipedia:Fourth Industrial Revolution|Industry 4.0]] and carbon accounting.

== Directors on record ==
Directors recorded in [[wikipedia:Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Corporate Affairs]] filings include:<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* Vallabhaneni Sudhakar Chowdary
* Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao
* Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar
* Yantrapragada Subba Rao
* Vallabhaneni Padmini
* Ravella Mohana Kumari
* Koneru Sankar Rao
* Muthulur Subramanyam
* Kakarala Venkatanjan
* Chalasani Ramaprasad
{{div col end}}

{{Needs confirmation|the Company Secretary|section=section|date=September 2026}}
Board membership changes over time and public directories update slowly. For statutory, banking or contractual purposes, use a current MCA extract.

== See also ==
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Astara (brand)

2026-09-16T21:48:14Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

Template:Ref tm2022jan

2026-09-16T21:47:57Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex: India's fastest growing textile company |date=5 January 2022 |url=https://www.indiantextilemagazine.in/mohan-spintex-indias-fastest-growing-textile-company/ |website=The Textile Magazine |access-date=16 September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="tm2022jan">{{Ref tm2022jan}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:Ref infomerics2024

2026-09-16T21:47:38Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited: Ratings |date=30 July 2024 |url=https://www.infomerics.com/admin/uploads/Pr-Mohan-Spintex-30july24.pdf |website=Infomerics Valuation and Rating |access-date=16 September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:Ref heimtextil2027

2026-09-16T21:47:37Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited: Exhibitor, Heimtextil 2027 |url=https://heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/exhibitor-search.detail.html/mohan-spintex-india-limited.html |website=Messe Frankfurt |access-date=16 September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="heimtextil2027">{{Ref heimtextil2027}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:Ref europeanflax

2026-09-16T21:47:35Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited Unit-4 |url=https://allianceflaxlinenhemp.eu/en/directory-certified-companies/european-flax/8752/mohan-spintex-india-limited-unit-4 |website=Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp: directory of certified companies |access-date=16 September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="europeanflax">{{Ref europeanflax}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:Ref care2025

2026-09-16T21:47:33Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=Press Release: Mohan Spintex India Limited (Revised) |date=9 April 2025 |url=https://www.careratings.com/upload/CompanyFiles/PR/202504130420_Mohan_Spintex_India_Limited.pdf |website=CARE Ratings |access-date=16 September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="care2025">{{Ref care2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:Ref care2023

2026-09-16T21:47:31Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=Press Release: Mohan Spintex India Limited |date=16 February 2023 |url=https://www.careratings.com/upload/CompanyFiles/PR/16022023062628_Mohan_Spintex_India_Limited.pdf |website=CARE Ratings |access-date=16 September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:Ref astarafranchise

2026-09-16T21:47:28Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=ASTARA Franchise |url=https://www.franchiseindia.com/brands/astara.66785 |website=Franchise India |access-date=16 September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="astarafranchise">{{Ref astarafranchise}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:Infobox company

2026-09-16T21:47:12Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Infobox
|title = {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|image = {{#if:{{{logo|}}}|[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logo_size|160px}}}|alt={{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}} logo]]}}
|caption = {{{logo_caption|}}}
|label1 = Formerly |data1 = {{{former_name|}}}
|label2 = Company type |data2 = {{{type|}}}
|label3 = Industry |data3 = {{{industry|}}}
|label4 = Founded |data4 = {{{founded|}}}
|label5 = Founder |data5 = {{{founder|}}}
|label6 = Headquarters |data6 = {{{hq_location|}}}
|label7 = Number of locations |data7 = {{{num_locations|}}}
|label8 = Area served |data8 = {{{area_served|}}}
|label9 = Key people |data9 = {{{key_people|}}}
|label10 = Products |data10 = {{{products|}}}
|label11 = Services |data11 = {{{services|}}}
|label12 = Brands |data12 = {{{brands|}}}
|label13 = Production output |data13 = {{{production|}}}
|label14 = Revenue |data14 = {{{revenue|}}}
|label15 = Net income |data15 = {{{net_income|}}}
|label16 = Number of employees |data16 = {{{num_employees|}}}
|label17 = Certifications |data17 = {{{certifications|}}}
|label18 = CIN |data18 = {{{cin|}}}
|label19 = Subsidiaries |data19 = {{{subsidiaries|}}}
|label20 = Website |data20 = {{{website|}}}
|below = {{{footnotes|}}}
}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Infobox for companies, modelled on Wikipedia's company infobox.
[[Category:Infobox templates]]
</noinclude>

File:MSIL rooftop solar panels, aerial view.jpg

2026-09-16T21:46:17Z

Admin: Update description from manifest

== Summary ==
{{MSIL archive photo
|description=Aerial view of an MSIL manufacturing site with solar panels on the factory roofs. Filed in the archive's Unit 4 album; the company's 10.8 MW rooftop solar plant is reported to be at Remalle.
|date=2024-05-16
|album=02 Factories and Infrastructure / Unit 4
|archive_id=11854
|archive_page=https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/picture.php?/11854
}}

File:MSIL rooftop solar panels, aerial view.jpg

2026-09-16T21:43:56Z

Admin: Admin moved page File:MSIL Unit 4, rooftop solar, aerial view.jpg to File:MSIL rooftop solar panels, aerial view.jpg without leaving a redirect: Photo is not confirmed as Unit 4

== Summary ==
{{MSIL archive photo
|description=Aerial view of MSIL Unit 4, with solar panels covering the factory roofs.
|date=2024-05-16
|album=02 Factories and Infrastructure / Unit 4
|archive_id=11854
|archive_page=https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/picture.php?/11854
}}

Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar

2026-09-16T21:38:49Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Whole-Time Director of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar
| image = Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Ravi Kumar in 2006
| years_active = 2006–present<ref name="msilconfirm" />
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Company director
| title = Whole-Time Director, [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| boards = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<ref name="zauba" />
}}
'''Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar''', also written '''G. Ravi Kumar''', is an Indian company director. He is the Whole-Time Director of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL), a vertically integrated textile manufacturer based in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Early life ==
{{Awaiting input|the Whole-Time Director's office|section=section|Early life, education and the year he joined the company do not appear in published sources.}}

== Career ==
Ravi Kumar has been a director of Mohan Spintex since at least 2006, the year the company began commercial production.<ref name="msilconfirm" /> In February 2017 ''The Textile Magazine'' pictured him seated at the immediate right of Managing Director [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] in a photograph of the company's senior team.<ref name="tm2017" /> He is also listed among the company's directors in [[wikipedia:Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Corporate Affairs]] records.<ref name="zauba" />

By 2026 he was the company's Whole-Time Director.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> In a January 2026 profile of the company, he summarised its approach to [[wikipedia:Environmental, social, and governance|environmental, social and governance]] (ESG) matters:

{{Quote|We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day.|Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar, 2026<ref name="tmlegacy" />}}

The same profile linked this approach to the company's [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex|sustainability programmes]], including its [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]]-oriented effluent treatment plant, 10.8 MW of rooftop solar generation and coal-free steam raised from rice husk.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== See also ==
* [[Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]
* [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="msilconfirm">{{Ref msilconfirm}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>
}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:38:45Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Directors and senior management of MSIL}}
[[File:Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]], Whole-Time Director]]
The '''board of directors of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) oversees the company, which is chaired by [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] and managed by its founder and Managing Director, [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]].<ref name="a245">{{Cite archive |album=Leadership and Teams: Chairman |album_id=245 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref> This article also covers the company's senior management.

== Board and senior management ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position (2026) !! Notes
|-
| [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] || Chairman<ref name="a245" /> ||
|-
| [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] || Founder and Managing Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]] since September 2025
|-
| [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] || Whole-Time Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || A director since at least 2006<ref name="msilconfirm">{{Ref msilconfirm}}</ref>
|-
| Yantrapragada Subba Rao || Director, Overseas Markets<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Leads export business
|-
| Venigalla Leela Krishna || President – Operations<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Vice President (Projects) in 2017<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
|-
| V. Suhruth Chowdary || Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Son of the Managing Director
|-
| Keyura || Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Daughter of the Managing Director
|}

== Management views ==
In a January 2026 profile of the company in ''The Textile Magazine'', each senior manager described an aspect of how the company is run:<ref name="tmlegacy" />
* '''Sustainability''' – Whole-Time Director Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar: "We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day."
* '''Exports''' – Overseas Director Subba Rao: "In export markets, reputation travels faster than shipments." He attributed the company's export growth to long-term relationships rather than "opportunistic volumes".
* '''Operations''' – President Venigalla Leela Krishna: "Machines matter, but people and processes matter more." He stressed trained teams, clear protocols and continuous upskilling from cotton selection through to sewing.
* '''Succession''' – The magazine described the involvement of the Managing Director's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, as a transition towards digitalisation, advanced analytics and modern management systems, with attention to traceability, [[wikipedia:Fourth Industrial Revolution|Industry 4.0]] and carbon accounting.

== Directors on record ==
Directors recorded in [[wikipedia:Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Corporate Affairs]] filings include:<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* Vallabhaneni Sudhakar Chowdary
* Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao
* Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar
* Yantrapragada Subba Rao
* Vallabhaneni Padmini
* Ravella Mohana Kumari
* Koneru Sankar Rao
* Muthulur Subramanyam
* Kakarala Venkatanjan
* Chalasani Ramaprasad
{{div col end}}

{{Needs confirmation|the Company Secretary|section=section|date=September 2026}}
Board membership changes over time and public directories update slowly. For statutory, banking or contractual purposes, use a current MCA extract.

== See also ==
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Template:Ref msilconfirm

2026-09-16T21:38:43Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{{Cite web |title=Information confirmed by Mohan Spintex India Limited for Mohan Wiki |publisher=Mohan Spintex India Limited |date=September 2026}}</includeonly><noinclude>
Standard citation. Use as <code><nowiki><ref name="msilconfirm">{{Ref msilconfirm}}</ref></nowiki></code>.
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>

File:Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar.jpg

2026-09-16T21:36:42Z

Admin: Update description from manifest

== Summary ==
{{MSIL archive photo
|description=Portrait of Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar, Whole-Time Director of Mohan Spintex India Limited, 2006.
|date=2006
|album=06 Leadership and Teams / WHOLE_TIME_DIRECTOR
|archive_id=11803
|archive_page=https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/picture.php?/11803
}}

V. Sudhakar Chowdary

2026-09-16T21:36:04Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Indian industrialist and cooperative leader}}
{{Infobox person
| name = V. Sudhakar Chowdary
| image = V. Sudhakar Chowdary.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| birth_name = Vallabhaneni Sudhakar Chowdary
| education = Graduate in [[wikipedia:Production engineering|production engineering]]<ref name="tm2017" />
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[wikipedia:Business magnate|Industrialist]], cooperative leader
| known_for = Founding [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| title = Founder and [[wikipedia:Managing director|Managing Director]], [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Chairperson|Chairman]], [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]
| boards = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]
| awards = Business Leader Award (2017)<ref name="archive-award" />
| office_header = Chairman of KRIBHCO
| office = Chairman
| term = September 2025 – present<ref name="ruralvoice" />
}}
'''Vallabhaneni Sudhakar Chowdary''', commonly '''V. Sudhakar Chowdary''', is an Indian industrialist and cooperative leader. He is the founder and [[wikipedia:Managing director|Managing Director]] of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL), a vertically integrated textile manufacturer based in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="indiancoop" />

In September 2025 he was elected unopposed as Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|Krishak Bharati Cooperative]] (KRIBHCO), one of India's largest fertiliser cooperatives, having previously served as its Vice Chairman.<ref name="ruralvoice" /><ref name="indiancoop" />

== Early life ==
Chowdary graduated in production engineering and then joined his family's business, a fertiliser distribution company; his father looked after the family's other venture, tobacco cultivation.<ref name="tm2017" /> He ran the distribution business until 2004. By his own account its turnover grew from about ₹60 [[wikipedia:Lakh|lakh]] in 1992 to about ₹70 crore by 2004, and he remained involved in it until 2008, by which time his attention had turned to textiles.<ref name="tm2017" />

{{Awaiting input|the Managing Director's office|section=section|Date and place of birth, schooling and the institution from which he graduated do not appear in published sources.}}

== Career ==
=== Mohan Spintex India Limited ===
[[File:MSIL ring spinning frames.jpg|thumb|right|Ring spinning frames at MSIL, the stage at which the company began]]
Chowdary has said that his move from trading into manufacturing came from dissatisfaction with running "still a trading business". In 2005 he and a colleague were considering a steel venture, such as re-rolling or a blast furnace, when a chance meeting with a friend already in the textile industry turned them towards spinning. Policy changes of the time, such as the abolition of [[wikipedia:Excise|excise duty]], made the sector attractive. After a meeting in March 2005 they decided to go ahead within the month, and he dates the birth of Mohan Spintex to 7 April 2005.<ref name="tm2017" /> The company was incorporated on 11 May 2005.<ref name="zauba" /><ref name="ceomag" />

Commercial production began in October 2006 at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]] with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /> He then expanded the company in phases: a second phase took Unit 1 to 30,000 spindles by April 2008, and a 40,000-spindle project proposed to its bankers in August 2009 was approved under the government's "mega project" scheme for investments above ₹100 crore, becoming [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2]].<ref name="tm2017" /> Explaining the later move into weaving, he said that "until and unless you reach the end of the finished product then your total system is not complete".<ref name="tm2017" />

Under his leadership the company expanded from a single spinning mill into a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] group covering [[Spinning division|spinning]], [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|home textiles]], with units at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]].<ref name="tm2022" /> By 2022 the company employed about 5,500 people, 45% of them women, and had reported sales above ₹1,000 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] for the 2021–22 financial year.<ref name="tm2022" /> ''The Textile Magazine'' described him as a "young and dynamic entrepreneur" who had built the company into one of India's fastest-growing textile manufacturers.<ref name="tm2022" />

In 2022 the company set revenue targets of ₹2,000 crore by 2025 and ₹5,000 crore by 2030, following investment of ₹400 crore between 2018 and 2020.<ref name="tm2022" /> In January 2026 ''The Textile Magazine'' reported that his children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, had become involved in the company as directors, marking a generational transition with emphasis on digitalisation, analytics and modern management systems.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The magazine quoted him as saying that "Mohan Spintex was not created merely to manufacture products; it was created to build trust".<ref name="tmlegacy" />

=== Cooperative movement ===
Chowdary has been active in India's [[wikipedia:Cooperative movement in India|cooperative movement]]. He served as Vice Chairman of KRIBHCO before being elected its Chairman in September 2025. Both top posts drew single nominations, and Chandra Pal Singh Yadav was elected Vice Chairman in the same election.<ref name="ruralvoice" /><ref name="indiancoop" />

== Recognition ==
[[File:Business Leader Award 2017 ceremony.jpg|thumb|right|Business Leader Award ceremony, December 2017]]
* '''2016''' – Featured in the ''Trendsetters'' programme on TV5.<ref name="archive-tv5" />
* '''2017''' – Cover story in ''The Textile Magazine'' (February 2017), which described Mohan Spintex as "India's fastest growing textile manufacturer".<ref name="tm2017" />
* '''2017''' – Business Leader Award.<ref name="archive-award" />
* At the India ITME textile machinery exhibition in Mumbai, the German maker Spindelfabrik Suessen presented him with its 10-millionth EliTe compact spinning spindle. Mohan Spintex was then running more than 55,000 of them.<ref name="suessen2017" />

Writing in 2017, Suessen's joint managing director Peter Stahlecker described him as "very polite, soft spoken and extremely well informed" and "a firm, but very fair negotiator".<ref name="suessen2017" />

== See also ==
* [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]]
* [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]]
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|Krishak Bharati Cooperative]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="ceomag">{{Cite web |title=Sudhakar Chowdary Vallabhaneni, Founder & CEO of Mohan Spintex India |url=https://www.theceomagazine.com/executive-interviews/manufacturing/sudhakar-chowdary-vallabhaneni/ |website=The CEO Magazine |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="ruralvoice">{{Cite news |title=KRIBHCO Elects V. Sudhakar Chowdary Chairman, Dr. Chandrapal Singh Vice Chairman |url=https://eng.ruralvoice.in/cooperatives/kribhco-elects-v-sudhakar-chowdary-chairman-chandrapal-singh-yadav-vice-chairman.html |work=Rural Voice |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="indiancoop">{{Cite news |title=Kribhco elects Sudhakar Chowdhary as Chairman, Yadav as Vice Chairman |url=https://www.indiancooperative.com/from-states/kribhco-elects-sudhakar-chowdhary-as-chairman-yadav-as-vice-chairman/ |work=Indian Cooperative |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-award">{{Cite archive |album=Business Leader Award 2017 |album_id=157 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-tv5">{{Cite archive |album=TV5 Interview: Trendsetters, 2016 |album_id=188 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.mohanspintex.com Mohan Spintex India Limited]
* [https://www.kribhco.net KRIBHCO]

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Indian industrialists]]
[[Category:People from Vijayawada]]

Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:35:08Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Indian textile manufacturer}}
{{About|the Indian textile manufacturer|its founder|V. Sudhakar Chowdary}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Mohan Spintex India Limited
| logo = Mohan Spintex India Limited logo.png
| logo_size = 120px
| type = [[wikipedia:Public company|Public limited company]] (unlisted)
| industry = [[wikipedia:Textile industry in India|Textiles]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2005|05|11}}<ref name="zauba" />
| founder = [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]
| hq_location = [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]], India
| num_locations = Manufacturing units at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Vattigudipadu]], [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]]<ref name="tm2022" />
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] <small>(Chairman)</small><br>[[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] <small>(Managing Director)</small>
| products = [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Yarn|Yarn]], [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Fabric|greige and finished fabric]], [[Products of Mohan Spintex#Home textiles|home textiles]]
| services = [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|Cut, make and trim]]
| brands = [[Astara (brand)|Astara]]
| production = 2,500+ tonnes of yarn per month<ref name="msilhome" />
| revenue = {{nowrap|₹1,000+ [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]]}} (FY 2024–25)<ref name="tracxn" />
| num_employees = ~5,500–6,000<ref name="tmlegacy" /><ref name="msilhome" />
| cin = U18100AP2005PLC046188
| website = [https://www.mohanspintex.com mohanspintex.com]
}}
'''Mohan Spintex India Limited''' ('''MSIL''') is an Indian [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] textile manufacturer headquartered in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]. Founded in 2005 by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], the company spins yarn, weaves and processes fabric, and makes finished home textiles such as sheet sets, duvet covers and quilts, all within its own facilities.<ref name="msilabout" /><ref name="tm2022" />

MSIL began commercial production in October 2006 with 14,400 [[wikipedia:Spindle (textiles)|spindles]] at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]], and has since expanded to 1,21,488 spindles, 6,272 rotors, 4,800 [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#TFO|TFO]] drums and 324 [[wikipedia:Air-jet loom|air-jet looms]] across several units in [[wikipedia:Krishna district|Krishna district]].<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="msilhome" /> Trade press describes it as the second-largest textile company in Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="tm2022" />

The company supplies domestic manufacturers including [[wikipedia:Welspun India|Welspun]], Himatsingka, Indo Count and Mafatlal, exports to more than 22 countries, and sells home textiles in India under its own brand, [[Astara (brand)|Astara]].<ref name="msilhome" /><ref name="tm2022" /> Its chairman is [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]].<ref name="archive-chairman" />

== History ==
{{Main|History of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
[[File:MSIL Unit 1, aerial view.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Aerial view of Unit 1]]
The company was founded by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], who had previously run his family's fertiliser distribution business; he dates its start to 7 April 2005.<ref name="tm2017" /> It was incorporated on 11 May 2005 as a public limited company registered in Vijayawada.<ref name="zauba" /> Commercial production began in October 2006 at Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu, then a single spinning mill with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2022" />

The company expanded in stages. Foundation stones were laid for a second phase at Unit 1 in 2007,<ref name="archive-u1p2" /> for Unit 2 in 2009,<ref name="archive-u2bp" /> and for Unit 3 in 2013;<ref name="archive-u3bp" /> Unit 2 was inaugurated in 2012.<ref name="archive-u2inaug" /> A unit at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]] was inaugurated in 2019.<ref name="archive-mallavalli" /> By 2017 it had more than 125,000 spindles and 125 air-jet looms, about 2,800 employees and exports of close to half its output.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017" /> Between 2018 and 2020 the company invested ₹400 crore in expansion.<ref name="tm2022" />

Over the same period MSIL moved beyond yarn into weaving, fabric processing and finished home textiles, completing its integration from fibre to finished product.<ref name="msilabout" />
{{clear}}

== Operations ==
MSIL runs four production stages in sequence, each able to sell its output externally as well as supply the next stage.<ref name="msilabout" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Installed capacity
! Stage !! Capacity !! Output
|-
| [[Spinning division|Spinning]] || 1,21,488 spindles; 6,272 rotors; 4,800 TFO drums || 2,500+ tonnes of yarn per month
|-
| [[Weaving division|Weaving]] || 324 air-jet looms || 15,00,000 metres of fabric per month
|-
| [[Processing division|Processing]] || Continuous processing ranges || ~1,00,000 metres per day
|-
| [[Home textiles division|Home textiles]] || Cut, make and trim || ~15,000 sheets per shift
|}
<small>Figures as published by the company.</small><ref name="msilhome" />

=== Spinning ===
{{Main|Spinning division}}
The spinning operation, where MSIL began, produces compact, combed, carded, blended, open-end and plied yarns. In 2022 its ring spindles were reported to be entirely [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Compact spinning|compact spinning]].<ref name="tm2022" />

=== Weaving ===
{{Main|Weaving division}}
Weaving uses 324 [[wikipedia:Picanol|Picanol]] air-jet looms to produce greige fabric in constructions including percale, sateen, twill, dobby and jacquard.<ref name="tm2022" />

=== Processing ===
{{Main|Processing division}}
Fabric is bleached, dyed, printed and finished on continuous ranges with a capacity of about 1,00,000 metres per day. Process water is treated in a [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]]–oriented plant.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

=== Home textiles ===
{{Main|Home textiles division}}
The make-up operation cuts, stitches and packs sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers and quilts, and also offers [[Home textiles division#Cut, make and trim|cut, make and trim]] as a service.<ref name="msilhome" />

== Products and brands ==
{{Main|Products of Mohan Spintex|Astara (brand)}}
[[File:Astara store, Vijayawada.jpg|thumb|right|The Astara outlet in Vijayawada at its opening]]
MSIL's products span 100% cotton and blended yarns, greige and finished fabric, and finished home textiles with thread counts of up to 1,400.<ref name="tm2022" /> The company launched the [[Astara (brand)|Astara]] brand for the Indian market and opened a retail outlet in Vijayawada.<ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="archive-astara" />

== Markets ==
{{Main|Customers and exports of Mohan Spintex}}
In the 2021–22 financial year about 80% of sales were domestic and 20% were exports, to more than 22 countries including the United States, Canada, European countries, Australia, Bangladesh and China.<ref name="tm2022" />

== Certifications ==
{{Main|Certifications of Mohan Spintex}}
The company holds certifications covering quality, environmental and occupational safety management ([[wikipedia:ISO 9001|ISO 9001]], [[wikipedia:ISO 14001|ISO 14001]], [[wikipedia:ISO 45001|ISO 45001]]); organic, recycled and sustainable fibre content (GOTS, GRS, [[wikipedia:Better Cotton Initiative|BCI]]); product safety ([[wikipedia:Oeko-Tex|OEKO-TEX]] Standard 100, MADE IN GREEN); and social compliance ([[wikipedia:Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production|WRAP]], Sedex/SMETA).<ref name="tmlegacy" /><ref name="tm2022" />

== Sustainability ==
{{Main|Sustainability at Mohan Spintex}}
MSIL generates electricity from 10.8 MW of rooftop solar panels and has replaced coal with [[wikipedia:Rice hulls|rice husk]] in steam generation, which the company says avoids a combined 67,740 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Its effluent plant recovers 98% of process water, and it maintains 20 million litres of rainwater harvesting capacity.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> A solar power project at Unit 2 was inaugurated in 2022.<ref name="archive-solar" />

== Corporate social responsibility ==
{{Main|Corporate social responsibility of Mohan Spintex}}
The company's community work has included books for government schools (2012), sewing machine distribution for women (2015), a drinking-water [[wikipedia:Reverse osmosis|RO]] plant (2018), health camps (2018) and the opening of Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School in 2025.<ref name="archive-csr" />

== Leadership ==
{{Main|Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position
|-
| [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] || Chairman<ref name="archive-chairman" />
|-
| [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] || Founder and Managing Director<ref name="tm2022" />
|-
| [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] || Whole-Time Director<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|-
| Yantrapragada Subba Rao || Overseas Director<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|-
| Venigalla Leela Krishna || President – Operations<ref name="tmlegacy" />
|}
The founder's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, are directors and represent the company's next generation of leadership.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Workforce ==
{{Main|Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex}}
[[File:Sankranthi celebrations at MSIL, 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Sankranthi celebrations for employees, 2016]]
The company employed about 2,800 people in 2017 and more than 5,500 by 2026; in 2022, 45% of its workforce were women.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /><ref name="tmlegacy" /> Employee welfare measures include free transport for staff living within about 30 km of the units and a subsidised canteen.<ref name="tm2017" />
{{clear}}

== In the media ==
{{Main|Mohan Spintex in the media}}
''The Textile Magazine'' ran a cover story on the company in February 2017, calling it "India's fastest growing textile manufacturer", and profiled it again in its Heimtextil 2026 special edition.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Headquarters ==
[[File:MSIL Corporate Office, Vijayawada.jpg|thumb|right|The corporate office in Gunadala, Vijayawada]]
The corporate office is at Eluru Road, Gunadala, Vijayawada; the registered office is at Puliparti Vari Street, Vijayawada.<ref name="msilhome" /><ref name="zauba" /> A foundation ceremony (''bhoomi puja'') for a new corporate office was held in 2026.<ref name="archive-corpoffice" />
{{clear}}

== See also ==
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex]]
* [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms]]
* [[wikipedia:Textile industry in India|Textile industry in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="tracxn">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited – Company Profile & Financials |url=https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/india/mohan-spintex-india-limited/__FBHN9MEdb5C2KISROyMlvlDm3vBE8o4jg1euFoy6nrc |website=Tracxn |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="msilabout">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.mohanspintex.com/about-us |website=Mohan Spintex India Limited |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="msilhome">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited (MSIL) |url=https://www.mohanspintex.com/ |website=mohanspintex.com |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-chairman">{{Cite archive |album=Leadership and Teams: Chairman |album_id=245 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u1p2">{{Cite archive |album=Phase II Bhoomi Puja, Unit 1, 2007 |album_id=225 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u2bp">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 2, 2009 |album_id=201 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u2inaug">{{Cite archive |album=Inauguration of Unit 2, 2012 |album_id=223 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-u3bp">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 3, 2013 |album_id=242 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-mallavalli">{{Cite archive |album=Mallavalli Inauguration, 2019 |album_id=144 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-solar">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-astara">{{Cite archive |album=Astara: Grand Opening, Vijayawada Outlet |album_id=252 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-csr">{{Cite archive |album=CSR and Social Responsibility |album_id=13 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="archive-corpoffice">{{Cite archive |album=MSIL Corporate Office Bhoomi Puja, 2026 |album_id=256 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.mohanspintex.com Official website]
* [https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/ MSIL Digital Archive]

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:Textile companies of India]]
[[Category:Companies based in Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2005]]

History of Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:34:48Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|History of the company from 2005 to the present}}
[[File:MSIL manufacturing campus, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Aerial view of an MSIL manufacturing campus]]
The '''history of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) spans two decades, from a single spinning mill that began production in 2006 to a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] textile group with spinning, weaving, processing and home-textile operations across several sites in [[wikipedia:Krishna district|Krishna district]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].

== Founding (2005–2006) ==
The company was founded by [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]], who until then had run his family's fertiliser distribution business.<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref> In 2005 he and a colleague were planning a steel venture when a meeting with a friend already in the textile industry led them to consider spinning instead. Government policy at the time, including the abolition of excise duty, favoured textiles. They met in March 2005, decided to proceed before the end of that month, and Chowdary dates the start of Mohan Spintex to 7 April 2005.<ref name="tm2017" /> The company was incorporated on 11 May 2005 as a public limited company registered in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]].<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>

Commercial production began in October 2006 at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]], with 14,400 [[wikipedia:Spindle (textiles)|spindles]] – twelve ring frames of 1,200 spindles each.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref> Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) supplied the spinning machinery, from blowroom to ring frames, and went on to equip all three of the company's spinning projects.<ref name="lmw2017">{{Ref lmw2017}}</ref>

== Expansion of spinning (2007–2013) ==
=== Unit 1, second phase ===
A foundation ceremony (''bhoomi puja'') for a second phase at Unit 1 was held in 2007,<ref name="a225">{{Cite archive |album=Phase II Bhoomi Puja, Unit 1, 2007 |album_id=225 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> the year in which [[wikipedia:Murata Machinery|Murata Machinery]] began supplying the company.<ref name="murata2017">{{Ref murata2017}}</ref> The phase added 15,600 spindles and was completed by April 2008, taking Unit 1 to 30,000 spindles. All 30,000 spindles were then converted to [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#Compact spinning|compact spinning]] within two years.<ref name="tm2017" />

=== Unit 2 ===
In August 2009 the company proposed a 40,000-spindle unit to its bankers, who approved it in October 2009;<ref name="tm2017" /> a foundation ceremony was held the same year.<ref name="a201">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 2, 2009 |album_id=201 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> Advised that projects of ₹100 crore and above qualified for a two-year moratorium under the government's "mega project" scheme, the company enlarged the plan with [[Glossary of textile manufacturing terms#TFO|TFO]] twisting, [[wikipedia:Open-end spinning|open-end spinning]] and cotton [[wikipedia:Cotton gin|ginning]] sections, and secured approval under that scheme. Civil work began in February 2010.<ref name="tm2017" />

By January 2012 [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2 at Remalle]] was ready, with 44,064 combed spindles, 4,576 open-end rotors, 1,920 TFO drums and 36 gins;<ref name="tm2017" /> it was inaugurated that year,<ref name="a223">{{Cite archive |album=Inauguration of Unit 2, 2012 |album_id=223 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and operations were stabilised during 2012–13.<ref name="tm2017" />

=== Third project ===
In 2013 the company submitted a proposal for a further project to be built in two phases, of ₹181 crore and ₹95 crore. It was planned to include about 47,424 compact spindles, 156 looms, about 1,696 rotors, 2,880 TFO drums and an [[wikipedia:Uster Technologies|Uster]] testing laboratory.<ref name="tm2017" /> The foundation for Unit 3 was laid the same year.<ref name="a242">{{Cite archive |album=Bhoomi Puja, Unit 3, 2013 |album_id=242 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> The looms marked the company's entry into weaving; Chowdary said that without reaching the finished product "your total system is not complete".<ref name="tm2017" />

In 2014 a machine inauguration ceremony was held for new spinning equipment.<ref name="a181">{{Cite archive |album=Spinning: Machine Inauguration Puja, 2014 |album_id=181 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

== Integration and growth (2014–2022) ==
[[File:MSIL air-jet weaving hall.jpg|thumb|left|Air-jet weaving hall]]
Over this period MSIL extended from yarn into [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|finished home textiles]], completing its integration from fibre to finished product.<ref name="msilabout">{{Ref msilabout}}</ref> By early 2017 the company had grown to more than 125,000 spindles, over 6,000 rotors and over 125 air-jet looms, and employed about 2,800 people. It exported close to half of its output, to countries including [[wikipedia:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]], [[wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[wikipedia:China|China]] and Europe, and was planning a fabric processing unit and a move into home textiles.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="suessen2017" /> A unit at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]] was inaugurated in 2019.<ref name="a144">{{Cite archive |album=Mallavalli Inauguration, 2019 |album_id=144 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

The company invested ₹400 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] between 2018 and 2020 and reported sales above ₹1,000 crore for the 2021–22 financial year, 80% domestic and 20% exported.<ref name="tm2022">{{Ref tm2022}}</ref> In 2022 a solar power project was inaugurated at Unit 2,<ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and the company hosted an audit by [[wikipedia:IKEA|IKEA]] and a plant visit from the Italian linen maker [[wikipedia:Frette|Frette]].<ref name="a135">{{Cite archive |album=IKEA Audit, 2022 |album_id=135 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="a228">{{Cite archive |album=Plant Visit: Frette, Italy, 2022 |album_id=228 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
{{clear}}

== Recent developments (2023–present) ==
[[File:LEAD Programme 2026 participants.jpg|thumb|right|Participants in the LEAD leadership programme, April 2026]]
In 2023 an IKEA team visited the company's facilities.<ref name="a134">{{Cite archive |album=IKEA Team Visit, 2023 |album_id=134 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> In 2025 the company opened Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School,<ref name="a216">{{Cite archive |album=Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School: Opening Ceremony, 2025 |album_id=216 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and in September 2025 founder V. Sudhakar Chowdary was elected Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]].<ref name="ruralvoice">{{Ref ruralvoice}}</ref>

In 2026 a foundation ceremony was held for a new corporate office;<ref name="a256">{{Cite archive |album=MSIL Corporate Office Bhoomi Puja, 2026 |album_id=256 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> the company ran its LEAD (Leadership Excellence & Development) programme;<ref name="a257">{{Cite archive |album=LEAD Program 2026 – Leadership Excellence & Development |album_id=257 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> and Union Textiles Minister [[wikipedia:Giriraj Singh|Giriraj Singh]] visited the Mallavalli unit.<ref name="a281">{{Cite archive |album=Union Textiles Minister Shri Giriraj Singh Visit to Mallavalli Unit, 2026 |album_id=281 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> That January ''The Textile Magazine'' profiled the company in its [[wikipedia:Heimtextil|Heimtextil]] 2026 special edition, reporting a workforce of over 5,500 and the involvement of the founder's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, as the next generation of leadership.<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
{{clear}}

== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Event
|-
| 2005 || Decision to enter textiles (March); company founded (7 April) and incorporated (11 May)
|-
| 2006 || Commercial production begins at Unit 1, Vattigudipadu, with 14,400 spindles (October)
|-
| 2007 || Foundation laid for Phase II at Unit 1; association with Murata Machinery begins
|-
| 2008 || Phase II complete; Unit 1 reaches 30,000 spindles (April)
|-
| 2009 || 40,000-spindle Unit 2 proposed (August) and approved by bankers (October); foundation laid
|-
| 2010 || Civil work begins on Unit 2 (February)
|-
| 2012 || Unit 2, Remalle, ready (January) and inaugurated, with 44,064 spindles, 4,576 rotors, 1,920 TFO drums and 36 gins
|-
| 2013 || Two-phase project of ₹181 crore and ₹95 crore proposed, including the first looms; foundation laid for Unit 3
|-
| 2017 || Over 125,000 spindles and 125 air-jet looms; about 2,800 employees; cover story in ''The Textile Magazine''
|-
| 2019 || Mallavalli unit inaugurated
|-
| 2022 || Solar power project inaugurated at Unit 2; sales above ₹1,000 crore (FY 2021–22)
|-
| 2025 || Mohan's Sri Vijnana Vihara School opens; founder elected Chairman of KRIBHCO
|-
| 2026 || Foundation laid for new corporate office; LEAD leadership programme; Union Textiles Minister visits Mallavalli
|}

{{Needs confirmation|the Managing Director's office|section=article|date=September 2026}}
Several dates above are taken from the titles of albums in the MSIL Digital Archive, and figures for 2005–2017 are as reported by the Managing Director to ''The Textile Magazine'' in 2017. Exact dates of commissioning, and the years in which weaving, processing and home-textile production began, should be confirmed from company records.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar

2026-09-16T21:34:46Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Whole-Time Director of Mohan Spintex India Limited}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar
| image = Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Ravi Kumar in 2006
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Company director
| title = Whole-Time Director, [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
| boards = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<ref name="zauba" />
}}
'''Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar''', also written '''G. Ravi Kumar''', is an Indian company director. He is the Whole-Time Director of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]] (MSIL), a vertically integrated textile manufacturer based in [[wikipedia:Vijayawada|Vijayawada]], [[wikipedia:Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== Early life ==
{{Awaiting input|the Whole-Time Director's office|section=section|Early life, education and the year he joined the company do not appear in published sources.}}

== Career ==
Ravi Kumar was a director of Mohan Spintex by 2017. That February, ''The Textile Magazine'' pictured him seated at the immediate right of Managing Director [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] in a photograph of the company's senior team.<ref name="tm2017" /> He is also listed among the company's directors in [[wikipedia:Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Corporate Affairs]] records.<ref name="zauba" />

By 2026 he was the company's Whole-Time Director.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> In a January 2026 profile of the company, he summarised its approach to [[wikipedia:Environmental, social, and governance|environmental, social and governance]] (ESG) matters:

{{Quote|We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day.|Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar, 2026<ref name="tmlegacy" />}}

The same profile linked this approach to the company's [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex|sustainability programmes]], including its [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]]-oriented effluent treatment plant, 10.8 MW of rooftop solar generation and coal-free steam raised from rice husk.<ref name="tmlegacy" />

== See also ==
* [[Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]]
* [[Sustainability at Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
<ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>
}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Board of directors of Mohan Spintex India Limited

2026-09-16T21:33:35Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

{{Short description|Directors and senior management of MSIL}}
[[File:Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]], Whole-Time Director]]
The '''board of directors of [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]''' (MSIL) oversees the company, which is chaired by [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] and managed by its founder and Managing Director, [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]].<ref name="a245">{{Cite archive |album=Leadership and Teams: Chairman |album_id=245 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref> This article also covers the company's senior management.

== Board and senior management ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position (2026) !! Notes
|-
| [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] || Chairman<ref name="a245" /> ||
|-
| [[V. Sudhakar Chowdary]] || Founder and Managing Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Chairman of [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]] since September 2025
|-
| [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] || Whole-Time Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || A director by 2017<ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
|-
| Yantrapragada Subba Rao || Director, Overseas Markets<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Leads export business
|-
| Venigalla Leela Krishna || President – Operations<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Vice President (Projects) in 2017<ref name="tm2017" />
|-
| V. Suhruth Chowdary || Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Son of the Managing Director
|-
| Keyura || Director<ref name="tmlegacy" /> || Daughter of the Managing Director
|}

== Management views ==
In a January 2026 profile of the company in ''The Textile Magazine'', each senior manager described an aspect of how the company is run:<ref name="tmlegacy" />
* '''Sustainability''' – Whole-Time Director Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar: "We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day."
* '''Exports''' – Overseas Director Subba Rao: "In export markets, reputation travels faster than shipments." He attributed the company's export growth to long-term relationships rather than "opportunistic volumes".
* '''Operations''' – President Venigalla Leela Krishna: "Machines matter, but people and processes matter more." He stressed trained teams, clear protocols and continuous upskilling from cotton selection through to sewing.
* '''Succession''' – The magazine described the involvement of the Managing Director's children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, as a transition towards digitalisation, advanced analytics and modern management systems, with attention to traceability, [[wikipedia:Fourth Industrial Revolution|Industry 4.0]] and carbon accounting.

== Directors on record ==
Directors recorded in [[wikipedia:Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Corporate Affairs]] filings include:<ref name="zauba">{{Ref zauba}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* Vallabhaneni Sudhakar Chowdary
* Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao
* Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar
* Yantrapragada Subba Rao
* Vallabhaneni Padmini
* Ravella Mohana Kumari
* Koneru Sankar Rao
* Muthulur Subramanyam
* Kakarala Venkatanjan
* Chalasani Ramaprasad
{{div col end}}

{{Needs confirmation|the Company Secretary|section=section|date=September 2026}}
Board membership changes over time and public directories update slowly. For statutory, banking or contractual purposes, use a current MCA extract.

== See also ==
* [[History of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
* [[Workplace culture at Mohan Spintex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mohan Spintex}}

[[Category:Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
[[Category:People of Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

Template:MSIL archive photo

2026-09-16T21:32:52Z

Admin: Import from wiki-src

<includeonly>{| class="wikitable fileinfotpl"
! scope="row" style="width:8em" | Description
| {{{description|}}}
|-
! scope="row" | Date
| {{#if:{{{date|}}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#len:{{{date}}}}} <= 7|{{{date}}}|{{#time:j F Y|{{{date}}}}}}}|''Not recorded''}}
|-
! scope="row" | Source
| [{{{archive_page}}} MSIL Digital Archive, image {{{archive_id}}}]
|-
! scope="row" | Album
| {{{album|}}}
|-
! scope="row" | Author
| Mohan Spintex India Limited
|-
! scope="row" | Permission
| © Mohan Spintex India Limited. All rights reserved.
|}
{{Ambox|type=notice|text='''This photograph is owned by Mohan Spintex India Limited.''' It is stored on Mohan Wiki for use in its articles. Do not reuse it outside the company without approval. The original is kept in the [https://digitalarchive.mohanspintex.in/ MSIL Digital Archive].}}
[[Category:Photographs from the MSIL Digital Archive]]</includeonly><noinclude>
File description block for photographs imported from the MSIL Digital Archive, modelled on Wikimedia Commons' Information template.
</noinclude>