10-10-2014, 12:12 PM
Abstracts: Indian Rayon came into the sphere of rayon industry in 1963 when our former prime minister Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shashtri laid down its foundation stone. Shri Moraji Vaidya of Vaidya Group started this company with production capacity of 4 TPD in collaboration with Von-Kohorn international U.S.A. In 1966 it was taken over by Aditya Birla Group former chairman Late Shri Aditya Vikram Birla an since then it has been a part of the Aditya Birla Group. Indian Rayon, the VFY unit of Aditya Birla Nuvo, is a major player in the Indian viscose filament yarn business. The unit enjoys a 38 per cent domestic market share, making it the second largest producer of viscose filament yarn in India. Branded 'Ray One', the viscose filament yarn is available in more than 600 shades. The yarn comes in a wide array of colours, including natural whites. It ranges from the purest tints, through medium tones to vibrant deep shades in fine to coarse deniers ranging from 75 to 1200. With a capacity of 17,520 tonnes per annum (tpa), Indian Rayon is the first in the country to adopt the most advanced VFY technology with 88 pot spinning machines (PSY) and 17 continuous spinning machines on parallel yarn. It also accounts for 50 per cent of VFY exports from India making it the largest exporter of VFY from India.