Anandhi Texstyles

What Anandhi Texstyles does

Anandhi Texstyles Private Limited is a Tirupur, India-based vertically integrated sustainable textile manufacturer founded in 2005 by textile technologist R S Balagurunathan. It operates across the full sustainable fibre-to-garment value chain — from farm-level cotton cultivation (organic, BCI, biodynamic/DEMETER, and Fairtrade programmes covering roughly 8,000 farmers across Tamil Nadu and Telangana) through ginning (legacy 3 MT/day unit plus a new 10-MT/shift automated facility at Mallasamudaram), spinning (LR6 ring frame with 20,000 spindles, the first in South India to run recycled fibre on ring spinning), fabric production (woven and knitted, greige and dyed), and finished garments sold under the ECOELATE, KADHALI WEAVE, and RECCA sub-brands. The company is differentiated by its proprietary commercial-scale banana fibre extraction and conversion process, broad sustainability certifications (GOTS, GRS 4.0 via Control Union Netherlands, BCI, Fairtrade/FLO, DEMETER, Organic 100, Textile Exchange), and a yarn count range of Ne 10s to 200s covering organic, recycled, fairtrade, vortex-spun, slub, gassed, and mercerised varieties.

The business model is B2B supply-chain partnership with global apparel brands. Disclosed revenue is approximately US $9.5 million (Rs. 70 crore) per the company's own About page, and named enterprise customers include C&A, Walmart, H&M, Levi's, Li & Fung, Marks & Spencer, Decathlon, Arvind Denim/Weaving/Knitting, Toad & Co, The North Face, Diesel, LUR, and unidentified Japanese fabric buyers. Distribution is primarily through direct enterprise sales (with fabrics exported to Japan and Levi's T-shirts distributed via Levi's stores in India), supplemented by a direct-to-consumer e-commerce channel at ecoelate.com for the ECOELATE baby-garment brand. Marketing is relationship-driven — trade events such as Lakme Fashion Week (2017, 2018), Weaves 2019, FINE2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and CII Top 25 Innovative Organisation recognition — alongside digital presence via the corporate site at anandi.co.in. The company is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped with no external investors, parent, or subsidiary entities.

Name

Anandhi Texstyles

Legal name

ANANDHI TEXSTYLES PRIVATE LIMITED

Website

https://anandi.co.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Anandhi Texstyles is a Tirupur, India-based vertically integrated sustainable textile manufacturer producing certified organic, recycled, BCI, fairtrade, and natural-fibre (including proprietary banana fibre) yarns, fabrics, and garments, supplying global apparel brands such as C&A, Walmart, H&M, Levi's, and Decathlon via B2B enterprise supply-chain partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Textile Manufacturing

NAICS

Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills (31311), Knit Fabric Mills (31324), Fabric Mills (3132), Apparel Knitting Mills (3151)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200), Knitting Mills (2250), Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300), Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton (2211)

akta.pro primary industry

Threads, Yarns & Sewing Notions (Sewing Thread/Embroidery Thread/Bobbins/Needles) (IMAOALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Knitted Fabric Mills (IMAOABAB), Knitwear & Sweaters Manufacturers (CRAAAAAJ)

Keywords

• Sustainable textile manufacturing
• Yarn and fabric production
• Organic cotton supply
• Recycled textile materials
• Natural fibre processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tirupur

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sustainable Yarn Sales: Production and supply of 100% cotton yarns and blends (Ne 10s to 200s), including Organic, BCI, Recycled Cotton, Recycled Polyester, Fairtrade, Vortex Spun, Slub, and Gassed Mercerised yarns. Primary revenue stream sold directly to global retail brands.
2. Fabric Sales: Supply of superior quality woven and knitted fabrics in greige and dyed form. Finished/ready to cut fabrics including yarn dyed shirting fabrics, home textile products (bed spreads, pillow covers, table linens, window panels). Exports fabrics to Japan.
3. Garment Sales: Sale of finished garments under owned brands ECOELATE (herbal-dyed organic baby garments), KADHALI WEAVE (natural fibre garments), and RECCA (recycled fibre garments). ECOELATE is the only baby garment carrying GOTS certificate; distributed through ecoelate.com e-commerce platform.
4. Fibre Sales: Supply of pure white recycled cotton fibre (PCW - Post Consumer Waste and Pre Consumer Waste/cotton clips waste) and coloured fibre with GR3 Certification. Also supply of BCI cotton fibres with traceability.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Anandhi Texstyles is a vertically integrated sustainable textile manufacturer that produces and supplies cotton yarns (Ne 10s to 200s), woven and knitted fabrics, and finished garments made from certified sustainable raw materials including organic, BCI, biodynamic, Fairtrade, and recycled cotton, as well as natural fibres such as banana, aloe vera, hemp, and areca nut. The company operates ginning, spinning, fabric production, and garment manufacturing facilities, and supplies directly to global apparel brands and retailers such as C&A, Walmart, H&M, Levi's, Marks & Spencer, and Decathlon.

Product overview

Anandhi Texstyles operates as a comprehensive sustainable textile manufacturer offering yarn, fabrics, and garments with full supply chain integration from raw materials to finished products. The company produces and supplies 100% cotton yarns and blends (Ne 10's to 200's range), specialty woven and knitted fabrics in greige and dyed forms, and finished garments under sub-brands ECOELATE (herbal-dyed baby garments), KADHALI WEAVE (banana fiber blends), and RECCA (recycled materials). Raw material offerings include organic cotton (GOTS-certified Surabi, Suraj, Suvin varieties), BCI cotton with traceability, biodynamic Demeter-certified cotton, Fairtrade cotton through farmer associations, and recycled cotton with GRS certification. The company operates ginning, spinning, and recycling facilities with an LR6 ring spun machine of 20,000 spindles capacity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Recca: Brand for Recycled Cotton and polyester yarns and fabrics. First company in South India to run recycled fibre in ring spun with GRS certification.
• ECOELATE
• KADHALI WEAVE

Products and services

• Yarn Cotton and specialty yarns in count range from Ne 10s to 200s, including organic, BCI, recycled, and virgin cotton varieties in single, double, gassed, and mercerised forms, supplied to global apparel brands and textile manufacturers.
• Special Yarn Specialty yarn types including BCI cotton, organic GOTS-certified, GRS recycled, vortex spun, fair trade, slub, multi-count, and various blended yarns supplied to apparel brands.
• Fabrics Woven and knitted fabrics in greige and dyed forms, including organic, BCI, and recycled options, available as finished/ready-to-cut and home textile products such as bed spreads, pillow covers, table linens, and window panels, supplied to apparel brands with exports to Japan.
• Garments Finished garment products under ECOELATE (herbal-dyed baby garments), KADHALI WEAVE (banana fibre blends), and RECCA (recycled material) brands, manufactured from certified sustainable materials.
• Natural Fibres Farm-recycled natural fibres including banana fibre, aloe vera fibre, Indian hemp fibre, and areca nut fibre as sustainable alternatives to cotton and linen, supplied as raw materials to textile manufacturers and converted into apparel-grade yarns and fabrics.
• Organic Cotton GMO-free authentic organic cotton including Surabi, Suraj, and Suvin varieties with GOTS certification, sourced from 2,517 project farmers across 1,753 hectares in Salem, Namakkal, and Tiruvannamalai districts.
• BCI Cotton Better Cotton Initiative certified cotton with full traceability, implemented through farm projects with 3,500 farmers in Warangal district.
• Biodynamic Cotton DEMETER-certified biodynamic cotton grown using holistic farming methods that eliminate chemical inputs and improve soil conditions in Salem District.
• Fairtrade Cotton Fairtrade-certified cotton through farmer associations (ANANDI FARMERS ASSOCIATION - PALAMEDU and PICHAMPALAYAM, each with 1,000 farmers) providing fair prices and community development premiums.
• Recycled Cotton GRS 4.0 certified recycled cotton fibres and yarns from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, available as ring spun and OE varieties, including recycled cotton blends up to 34s count.

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual revenue of US $ 9.5 million (Rs. 70 crore)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BCI (Better Cotton Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnandhi Texstyles is a registered BCI member with a direct implementing partnership with 3,500 farmers at Warangal for BCI cotton production. The company supplies BCI cotton fibres, yarns, and fabrics with full traceability. BCI project includes village-level motivation programs, border crop seed distribution, and Farmer Field School (FFS) launches.
• India Plus – Fairtrade Network of Asia, Pacific ProducercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFairtrade programme implementation with the support of India Plus – Fairtrade Network of Asia, Pacific Producer. Madam Rohini Chandrasekaran serves as Programme Officer providing training to farmers and labourers on fair-trade standards, organic farming, biodiversity conservation, labour welfare, child labour prevention, and health and safety.
• ISCOP and Control UnioncoreTechnology or IntegrationOrganic cotton project implemented on ICS (Internal Control System) basis as per guidelines of Certifying Agency ISCOP and Control Union. Control Union provides GOTS certification and organic certification services. Control Union Certifications (Netherlands) also provides GRS certification for recycled products.
• ANANDI FARMERS ASSOCIATION – PALAMEDUcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFairtrade society of 1,000 farmers registered under Section 10, Certificate of Registration of Societies, Tamil Nadu. The society receives Fairtrade Premium from Anandi Enterprises – Tirupur (Rs. 80.60 lakhs received till March 2021). Development activities funded include smart school construction, battery sprayers provision, hearing aids, potable water systems (RO), soil testing, and seed distribution.
• ANANDI FARMERS ASSOCIATION – PICHAMPALAYAMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecond Fairtrade society of 1,000 farmers registered under Section 10, Certificate of Registration of Societies, Tamil Nadu. Operates as Contract Production (CP) under Fairtrade programme.
• Govt. Cotton Research Station CoimbatoreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSource of GMO-free cotton breeder seeds (Suvin, Surabhi, Suraj varieties) for organic cotton project. Seeds are multiplied in fields of project farmers with due certification from government department and distributed to project farmers.
• CHOLA DesignersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFashion design collaboration for Lakme Fashion Week participation (2017 & 2018). Anandhi Texstyles provided recycled woven fabric for fashion collections presented by CHOLA Designers at Lakme Fashion Week.
• Leading Fashion Designers and Apparel BrandsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with leading fashion designers and apparel brands to popularise adoption of banana fibre-based apparel and new commercially viable eco-friendly fibres.
• Control Union Certifications, NetherlandscoreTechnology or IntegrationGRS (Global Recycled Standard) certification body. Anandhi Texstyles was among the first units in South India to receive GRS certification by Control Union Certifications for recycled products.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sateri: World's largest producer of viscose staple fibre with sustainability programmes (Canopy, EU-BAT) supplying apparel brands. Comparable on the fibre-level sustainable supply model feeding into brand ESG commitments.
• Lenzing AG: Austrian producer of TENCEL, LENZING ECOVERO, and other sustainable cellulosic fibres used in apparel and home textiles. Comparable as a global sustainable fibre/yarn supplier serving the same brand sustainability mandates.
• Birla Cellulose (Aditya Birla Group): Global leader in man-made cellulosic fibres including Liva and Birla Viscose, serving apparel brands with sustainable fibre portfolios. Comparable as a fibre/yarn supplier pursuing sustainability certifications and traceable supply chains at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Trident Group: Indian textile major spanning yarn, towels, bed linen, and paper with vertically integrated cotton operations. Comparable in the integrated yarn-to-home-textile model and global B2B customer mix.
• KPR Mill: Vertically integrated Indian textile manufacturer producing yarn, knitted fabric, and readymade garments with significant Tirupur-area presence. Direct overlap with Anandhi's yarn-and-garment vertical in the same regional cluster.
• Welspun India: One of India's largest textile manufacturers with home textiles, terry towels, and flooring. Vertically integrated cotton-to-product model and large enterprise customer base (Walmart, Target, IKEA) makes it directly comparable on B2B scale and sustainability positioning.
• Arvind Limited: Indian textile conglomerate with denim, woven, and knit operations that also sources recycled cotton yarn from Anandhi. Operates large-scale spinning, weaving, and garment units across India and is a comparable vertically integrated textile platform.
• Vardhman Textiles: Large Indian yarn and fabric producer with cotton, blended, and specialty yarn capabilities supplying global apparel brands. Comparable on yarn count range, B2B apparel customer mix, and sustainability programmes.

Emerging players

• Recover Brands: Spanish-Indian producer of recycled cotton fibre and yarns supplying global apparel brands with post-consumer recycled content. Direct comparable on the recycled-cotton yarn/fabric value proposition Anandhi sells into Levi's, North Face, and DIESEL.

Regional players

• Indo Count Industries: Indian home textiles exporter (bed linen, sheets, pillows) supplying major US and EU retailers with vertically integrated operations. Comparable in cotton/yarn/fabric B2B apparel and home-textile supply to global brands.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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