Lohia Group

What Lohia Group does

Lohia Corp Limited (operating as part of Lohia Group) is an India-based, family-controlled manufacturer of machinery for the plastic woven fabric (woven raffia) industry, headquartered in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and founded in 1981 as a joint venture with Austria's Starlinger & Co. GmbH (which exited in 2013). The company designs and builds end-to-end production equipment — tape extrusion lines, winding machines, circular looms, coating and laminating lines, flexographic printing presses (Prismaflex ST, Soloprint, Prismaflex CI), conversion lines (BCS, Valvomatic, Hemmomatic, Blokomatic, LM 650, FIBC), multifilament spin-draw-wind lines, monofilament equipment, strapping machinery, and recycling systems (ReclaMax, ReclaPro). It holds 90+ active patents and operates 180,000+ m2 of manufacturing capacity across India, with cumulative installations of 95,000+ circular looms, 460,000+ winders, 2,300+ tape lines, and 2,500+ conversion machines worldwide — enabling approximately 76 billion meters of woven fabric production per year and 8.1 MMT of accumulated processing capacity.

The company generates revenue primarily through one-time capital equipment sales to packaging producers, cement manufacturers, agro/food-grain processors, and technical textile companies across 100+ countries, supplemented by an aftermarket ecosystem of over 20,000 spare parts, 115+ service technicians, scheduled maintenance, retrofits, training through the TTRC academy, and an emerging IoT-enabled Digital Innovation Center offering predictive maintenance and remote diagnostics on a subscription/recurring basis. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales from Kanpur, wholly-owned subsidiaries (Leesona Corp, J.J. Jenkins Inc. in the US; LDB Importacao in Brazil; Lohia Global Solutions FZE in Dubai), an Italian joint venture with OMGM Extrusiontechnik, regional sales offices in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, and Bengaluru, and authorized sales agents in major woven-sacks producing countries. The company has 2,000+ employees, serves 2,500+ customers (including 1,500+ repeat accounts), and is preparing for an IPO following its August 2025 DRHP filing with SEBI.

Lohia operates in a horizontal segmentation model, addressing primary use cases in flexible packaging (cement, fertilizer, food grain, FIBC/jumbo bags), construction & infrastructure (tarpaulins, scaffolding fabric), agriculture & horticulture (agrotextiles, crop covers), and civil engineering/geotextiles, with secondary applications in industrial textiles, medical monofilaments, and sports/recreation. Its customer base is geographically diversified and serves the global woven raffia value chain.

Name

Lohia Group

Legal name

Lohia Corp Limited

Website

https://lohiagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Lohia Corp Limited is an India-based, family-controlled manufacturer of end-to-end machinery for the plastic woven fabric industry, serving 2,500+ packaging, construction, agriculture, and technical textile customers in 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machinery for Plastic Woven Fabric Manufacturing

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555)

akta.pro primary industry

Wrapping & Bundling Equipment (Shrink/Stretch) (IMAHAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Form-Fill-Seal (VFFS/HFFS) Machines (IMAHAOAA), Capping, Sealing & Closing Machines (IMAHAOAG), Packaging & Wrapping Technical Textiles (FIBCs/Big Bags/Industrial Sacks/Strapping Substrates) (IMAOADAN)

Keywords

• Woven raffia machinery
• Circular looms
• Tape extrusion lines
• Flexographic printing machines
• Plastic woven fabric machinery

Headquarters

HQ city

Kanpur

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Machinery Sales: Sale of manufacturing machinery including tape extrusion lines, circular looms, coating lines, printing machines, conversion lines, and recycling machines for the woven raffia and plastic woven fabric industry.
2. Spare Parts: Precision-engineered spare parts for their machinery, with over 20,000 parts available through warehouses in US and Dubai and authorized stockists globally.
3. After-Sales Service: Comprehensive customer services including installation, technical support, training, scheduled maintenance, system upgrades, retrofits, and remote services through 115+ service technicians globally.
4. Digital Services: IoT-enabled digital services for smart manufacturing including real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, remote assistance, and energy audits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lohia Group designs and manufactures complete machinery lines for the woven raffia (PP/HDPE plastic woven fabric) industry, including tape extrusion, winding, circular looms, coating, flexographic printing, and bag conversion equipment, plus multifilament, monofilament, recycling, and strapping machines. The company supplements its machinery with IoT-enabled digital services (Digital Innovation Center), a raffia-focused training academy (TTRC), spare parts supply, and 24/7 after-sales support for customers producing cement bags, fertilizer sacks, FIBC/jumbo bags, geotextiles, agrotextiles, and technical textiles.

Product overview

Lohia Corp Limited, the flagship company of Lohia Group, is a global machinery provider for the plastic woven fabric industry offering end-to-end solutions for packaging systems (for cement, fertilizer, food grains, FIBC/jumbo bags, leno/ventilated bags) and infrastructure applications (geotextiles, tarpaulins, agrotextiles). The product portfolio is organized as an integrated platform of manufacturing equipment spanning the entire production value chain: tape extrusion lines (Extrusion), winding machines (Winding), circular looms (Weaving), coating and laminating lines (Coating), flexographic printing machines (Printing: Prismaflex ST, Soloprint, Prismaflex CI), and conversion lines (Conversion: BCS, BCS Liner, Valvomatic, Hemmomatic, Blokomatic, LM 650, FIBC Conversion). Supporting these core production lines are spin-draw-wind lines for multifilament yarn, recycling machines (ReclaMax, ReclaPro), monofilament equipment, and strapping machinery. The company complements its machinery offerings with Digital Innovation Center (IoT/Industry 4.0 services), Technical Training & Research Centre (TTRC), spare parts supply, and comprehensive customer services including 24/7 technical support and remote assistance. Recent acquisitions include US-based J.J. Jenkins Inc. and a joint venture with Italy's OMGM sas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Circular Looms (Weaving) Complete range of circular looms for weaving light to heavy weight tubular or flat PP/HDPE fabrics, serving as the core weaving equipment for the woven raffia industry. 95,000+ units installed globally.
• Tape Extrusion Lines Comprehensive range of tape extrusion lines for producing high-quality PP/HDPE tapes as the foundational raw material for woven fabrics. 2,300+ lines installed worldwide.
• Winding Machines Wide range of precision and step precision winding machines for winding flat or fibrillated PP/HDPE tapes. 460,000+ units installed worldwide.
• Coating Lines Extrusion coating and laminating lines for precise coating operations on tubular or flat woven fabric, used to enhance barrier and surface properties.
• Printing Machines (Prismaflex ST, Soloprint, Prismaflex CI) Flexographic printing machines for woven fabric substrates: Prismaflex ST (roll-to-roll up to 12 colours), Soloprint (4 or 6 colour high-speed printing), and Prismaflex CI (central impression type for film and woven substrates with Industry 4.0 readiness).
• Conversion Lines (BCS, BCS Liner, Valvomatic, Hemmomatic, Blokomatic, LM 650, FIBC Conversion) Converting lines for producing sacks tailored for different industries: BCS for open-mouth pillow bags, BCS Liner for liner insertion, Valvomatic for valve bags, Hemmomatic for top-hemmed bags, Blokomatic for block bottom bags, LM 650 for back-seam BOPP-laminated sacks, and FIBC Conversion for jumbo bags. 2,500+ conversion machines installed worldwide.
• Multifilament Spin-Draw-Wind Lines Spin-draw-wind lines for producing high and medium tenacity PP multifilament yarns, enabling production of high-quality multifilament for sewing threads, webbings, industrial textiles, ropes, and other textile applications. 350+ spinning lines installed.
• ReclaMax Recycling Machine Single-step recycling solution with shredder-extruder combination that converts industrial plastic waste (raffia bags/tapes, jumbo/FIBC bag fabrics, films, start-up lumps, slit film tapes, loom waste, straps, coated/laminated bags) into high-quality recycled pellets.
• ReclaPro Recycling System Innovative integrated recycling system with cutter-compacter technology that eliminates pre-cutting, ensures compact footprint, reduced energy consumption while delivering high-quality pellets from flexible packaging materials.
• Monofilament Machinery Machinery for producing monofilaments used in filter fabrics, safety belts and harnesses, fishing nets, fishing lines, surgical sutures, brushes, artificial grass, sports nets, paper machine clothing, and industrial applications.
• Strapping Machinery Machinery for producing strapping products used in packaging and bundling applications.
• Digital Innovation Center (IoT Services) Smart manufacturing services leveraging IoT, automation, and advanced analytics for Industry 4.0, including real-time plant monitoring, predictive maintenance, remote assistance, energy audits, and digital twins for woven raffia production lines. Supported by Lohia IoT mobile apps on iOS and Android.
• Technical Training & Research Centre (TTRC) World's first raffia-focused academy on a 10-acre campus, providing end-to-end training solutions and registered as a training partner with the Textile Sector Council under NSDC. Includes the NABL-accredited Plastics Woven Bag Testing Laboratory (PWTBL). Over 3,500 students trained.
• Spare Parts Supply Precision-engineered spare parts for Lohia machinery, with over 20,000 parts available through warehouses in the US and Dubai and authorized stockists in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Turkey, Vietnam, Thailand, and Brazil.
• Customer Services (After-Sales Support) Comprehensive after-sales services including 24/7 technical support, machine installation, upgrades and retrofits, customized service contracts, customer training, and remote services. Supported by 115+ experienced service technicians in 12 cities across India and 12 countries worldwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• 76 billion meters of woven fabric produced annually using their machines
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, historical and minor.

• J.J. Jenkins Inc.coreTechnology or Integration · 26 August 2024Lohia Corp Limited acquired US-based J.J. Jenkins Inc. to expand its product offerings and market presence in North America. The acquisition strengthens Lohia's position in the US market for plastic woven fabric machinery.
• OMGM sascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2024Lohia Corp formed a joint venture with Italy's OMGM sas (OMGM Extrusiontechnik) to expand into European markets and strengthen product offerings through collaborative technology development.
• Leesona CorporationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSubsidiary of LCL based in Burlington, NC, USA. Serves North American customers with sales and service support for Lohia machinery products.
• OMGM ExtrusiontechnikcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture with LCL in Italy (Caronno Pertusella, Varese) for extrusion technology solutions in European markets.
• Starlinger & Co. GmbHhistoricalTechnology or IntegrationOriginal joint venture partner from 1981 for manufacturing of Circular Looms. Starlinger exited as shareholder in March 2013, after which the company was renamed to Lohia Corp Limited.
• Pelican Rotoflex Pvt. Ltd.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology collaboration for Soloprint high-speed printing machines, combining expertise in flexographic printing technology.
• Mamata MachineryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for LM 650 back seam sack making machine, combining expertise for efficient production of back-seam woven sacks.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Karl Mayer Group: German manufacturer of warp knitting and technical textile machinery. Adjacent peer to Lohia in technical textiles and woven fabric production machinery, particularly in multifilament and specialty applications.
• Mamata Machinery Pvt. Ltd. Indian manufacturer of plastic processing and packaging machinery (pouches, bags, woven sacks). Direct competitor in India's woven sack and FIBC conversion machinery market and existing technology collaboration partner of Lohia (LM 650 back-seam sack machine).
• Itema S.p.A. Italian weaving machinery manufacturer producing rapier and air-jet looms for technical and industrial textiles. Comparable to Lohia's circular looms in industrial fabric weaving, though focused on different weave formats.
• Pelican Rotoflex Pvt. Ltd. Indian manufacturer of flexographic printing and converting machinery. Existing co-development partner of Lohia for the Soloprint printing machine and a peer in printing machinery for woven and flexible packaging substrates.

Broad incumbents

• Reifenhäuser Group: German family-owned machinery group specializing in extrusion and converting lines for films and nonwovens. Competes with Lohia in tape extrusion technology and downstream converting, serving overlapping flexible packaging customers.
• Windmöller & Hölscher: German manufacturer of machinery for flexible packaging (extrusion, printing, converting). A broad incumbent in flexible packaging machinery that competes with Lohia in extrusion, printing, and conversion for plastic woven and film substrates, with a wider product portfolio.
• Sulzer Ltd: Swiss industrial engineering company with significant exposure to polymer processing, extrusion, and component manufacturing. Comparable to Lohia in industrial-scale machinery serving chemical, packaging, and polymer-processing customers.

Regional players

• Bandera (Luigi Bandera S.p.A.): Italian manufacturer of extrusion lines for films, sheets, and specialty packaging. Comparable to Lohia in extrusion technology for plastic woven packaging, primarily serving European converters.
• Picanol Group: Belgian-based weaving machine manufacturer with strong presence in industrial fabrics and technical textiles. Adjacent peer to Lohia's circular looms for industrial woven fabric production, primarily serving European markets.

Direct peers

• Starlinger & Co. GmbH: Austrian-based global leader in woven plastic packaging machinery (circular looms, tape extrusion, conversion, recycling). Direct competitor and former JV partner of Lohia from 1981 until exit in 2013, with overlapping product portfolios and customer base in the woven raffia industry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments1 record

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