Zen Linen Worldwide has items in Chennai and Sri Metropolis. Because of area constraints, the longer term growth will happen solely in Sri Metropolis, says its Director and Founder Milind Mungikar.
Zen Linen Worldwide has began the trial runs of its ₹100 crore expanded unit at Sri Metropolis’s SEZ. The which is ready to go on stream by November.
“It’s a ₹100 crore growth programme. Now we have already invested ₹80 crore and trial manufacturing with coaching for the newly-recruited is occurring,” mentioned Director and Founder Milind Mungikar throughout an interplay.
For the expanded capability, the corporate goes to recruit 250 employees taking the overall to 600, of which majority are girls. It at present operates from 7 lakh sqft and two lakh sqft have been added to it.
Began in 2017 with three strains, the corporate makes residence technical textiles merchandise similar to polyester stuffed pillows, cushions comforters, mattress pads, sanitised duvets and incontinence underpads from imported supplies.
“Now we have added three extra strains – one every for pillows, mattress pads and quilts. The automatised machines are preparing and the manufacturing will probably be accomplished on hanger system,” he mentioned.
Put up growth, the manufacturing capability of pillows will double to 60,000 per day, pads from 2,500 to three,500 and quilts from 6,500 to 11,500.
In response to him, Zen Linen caters to the wants of core sector similar to healthcare, hospitals, resorts, retail and e-com sector. About 95% of manufacturing is exported to 12 international locations together with U.S. and Europe underneath the model identify Zinnia and Bein Dwelling.
“Although we’ve lot of competitors within the home market, we’ve none within the export markets. Now we have been rising at 20-22% YoY and we’ve surpassed pre-COVID volumes,” he mentioned.
Final fiscal, the corporate posted a income of ₹80 crore and this 12 months it’s aiming to double it.
Speaking concerning the Chennai plant that was began in 2005, he mentioned that they needed to begin a brand new unit in Sri Metropolis attributable to area constraint. “The Chennai unit makes pillows and it’ll stay, whereas the longer term growth will happen in Sri Metropolis,” he mentioned.
