Hastings Jute Mill

What Hastings Jute Mill does

Shaktigarh Textile & Industries Limited, doing business as Hastings Jute Mill, is a privately-held Indian jute manufacturer incorporated in 1965 and headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. The company operates four manufacturing units across West Bengal — Shaktigarh (Burdwan), Hastings Mill (Rishra), Gondalpara Mill (Chandannagar), and the Howrah Stitching Unit (Ghusuri) — and employs 12,000+ people across its corporate umbrella, making it one of the largest extant manufacturers of jute products in India. Its product portfolio spans the full value chain from raw jute fibre and yarn to intermediate goods (sacking cloth, hessian cloth, rope, rolled cloth, dyed fabric, wool pack) and finished products (sandbags, custom bags, nursery products, geo-textiles, agro-textiles, and shopping bags), serving industrial, agricultural, civil engineering, packaging, and consumer retail end-uses.

The company sells exclusively through a direct B2B export motion to customers in more than 60 countries, with no intermediaries and no disclosed digital marketing or e-commerce channel beyond its corporate website (jute-india.com). Its stated technology base comprises modern machinery, state-of-the-art infrastructure, and a multi-level standardized quality management system, supported by ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications. Revenue mechanics are based on hardware sales of manufactured jute goods under undisclosed contract pricing; no pricing models, subscription tiers, or per-unit economics are publicly available.

The business model is a vertically-integrated, export-led industrial manufacturer reliant on global trade flows in commodity jute products. The Kajaria family is associated with the company via its corporate email domain. No venture capital, private equity, or institutional ownership is disclosed, and there are no subsidiaries, recent M&A activity, or capital-raising events in the record. The company presents itself as an environmentally-positioned alternative to synthetic and plastic packaging through geo-textiles, agro-textiles, and reusable shopping bags, and operates an active CSR programme for its local communities.

Name

Hastings Jute Mill

Legal name

Shaktigarh Textile & Industries Limited

Website

https://jute-india.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Shaktigarh Textile & Industries Limited (DBA: Hastings Jute Mill) is a privately-held Indian jute manufacturer, founded in 1965, operating four manufacturing units in West Bengal with 12,000+ employees and exporting a diversified jute product portfolio to customers in 60+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Jute Manufacturing

NAICS

Textile Bag and Canvas Mills (314910), Textile Mills (313), Broadwoven Fabric Mills (31321), Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills (314994)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200), Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products (2390)

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging & Wrapping Technical Textiles (FIBCs/Big Bags/Industrial Sacks/Strapping Substrates) (IMAOADAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Fabric Mills (Performance/Protective/Medical Substrates) (IMAOABAH), Narrow Fabrics & Webbings (Tapes/Ribbons/Straps) (IMAOABAD), Elastic, Tapes & Webbing Manufacturing (Elastic Bands/Binding/Strapping/Webbing) (IMAOALAD)

Keywords

• Jute manufacturing
• Industrial jute products
• Jute textile exports
• Geo-textile production
• Agricultural jute bags

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolkata, West Bengal

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Jute Product Manufacturing and Export: Manufacturing and exporting a diversified portfolio of jute products including yarn, rope, sacking cloth and bags, hessian cloth and bags, specialty fabric, rolled cloth, dyed fabric, sandbags, wool pack, custom bags, nursery products, and raw fibre to customers worldwide

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Shaktigarh Textile & Industries Limited (operating as Hastings Jute Mill) manufactures and exports a diversified portfolio of jute products including yarn, rope, sacking cloth and bags, hessian cloth and bags, specialty fabric, rolled cloth, dyed fabric, sandbags, wool pack, custom bags, nursery products, geo-textiles, agro-textiles, shopping bags, and raw fibre. Products are produced across four manufacturing units in West Bengal, India, and shipped directly to industrial, agricultural, civil engineering, packaging, and retail customers in more than 60 countries.

Product overview

Shaktigarh Textile & Industries Limited operates as a diversified jute manufacturing company offering an extensive portfolio of jute-based products. The product line spans from raw fibre and intermediate materials (yarn, rope, cloth) to finished consumer and industrial products (bags, geo-textiles, shopping bags). Core offerings include sacking cloth and bags, hessian cloth and bags, specialty fabrics, rolled and dyed fabrics, sandbags, wool pack, custom bags, and nursery products. The company also produces agro-textiles and geo-textiles for agricultural and civil engineering applications. Products serve customers in over 60 countries across industrial, agricultural, retail, and environmental sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% customer satisfaction through standardized quality checks

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Andrew Yule & Company Limited: Andrew Yule is a Government of India-owned conglomerate with historical jute manufacturing operations alongside engineering and electrical businesses. Comparable as a legacy Indian manufacturer with jute mill operations in the same geography.
• Birla Corporation Limited: Birla Corporation is an Indian conglomerate whose operations include jute manufacturing alongside cement and other industrials. Comparable as a larger diversified player with overlapping jute product exposure and Indian manufacturing scale.

Direct peers

• Ludlow Jute & Specialities Limited: Ludlow Jute & Specialities is a Kolkata-headquartered jute manufacturer specializing in sacking, hessian, yarn, and industrial jute products with export focus. Directly comparable in product portfolio and regional manufacturing footprint.
• Cheviot Company Limited: Cheviot Company is a Kolkata-based jute and textile manufacturer producing sacking, hessian cloth, jute yarn, and diversified textile products for global export. Comparable to Hastings in legacy scale, West Bengal operations, and direct B2B sales model.
• Gloster Limited: Gloster Limited is one of the largest jute manufacturers in India, based in Kolkata with multiple jute mills producing yarn, sacking, hessian, and technical textiles. It is directly comparable to Hastings in product mix, geography, and B2B export orientation.
• Reliance Jute Mills (India) Private Limited: Reliance Jute Mills is an Indian manufacturer of jute sacking, hessian cloth, and related products serving domestic and export markets. Comparable as a same-industry West Bengal-based mill with overlapping product lines and customer segments.

Regional players

• Bengal Jute Mill / National Jute Manufactures Corporation: Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation and affiliated mills (e.g., Karim Jute Mills, Janata Jute Mills) are large regional jute producers in Bangladesh, the other major global jute-producing geography. Comparable in product mix but operating in a different national market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hastings-jute-mill

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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