The textile operations of JCT Limited are spread over two sites. The larger composite mill is at Phagwara in Punjab, which is in the northern part of India and the second composite mill at Sriganganagar in Rajasthan in the northwestern part of India.
      Modernization of the plants has resulted in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Spinning, Weaving and Processing. The mills manufacture a wide range of 100 per cent Cotton and Blended, Woven Grey and Processed fabric in varieties of weaves and finishes in weights ranging from 110 gsm to 425 gsm in single as well as plied yarns. The mills manufacture up to 44 million metres of fabric per annum.
      The entire requirement of yarn is produced in-house with a count range of OE NE 6s to 20s and Ring Spun yarn NE 10s to 100s.
     The fabric is woven on Sulzer Shuttle looms in a wide range of weaves and weights.
     The processing takes place on the latest generation processing machines giving a wide range of finishes and textures.

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Some of the significant machine installations are:
Spinning
    •  Ring Spinning
       • Total 50,000 Spindles from LMW.
       • Blow Room Lines are from Trumac while the Cards,
         Combers, Drawframes, Simplex and Ring Frames are          from Lakshmi Machine Works.

    •  Open End Spinning
       • Blow Room Lines and Carding Machines are from          Crosrol.
       • Drawframes from VOUK and Open End Machines from
         Schlafhorst.

    •  Post Spinning
       • Autoconers from Schlfhorst; and
       • T.F.O.s from Star Volkman.
 
Open End Spinning
Lakshmi Reter Ring Frames
Auto Coners
Weaving
    •  Preparatory
       • Warping Machines, Sectional Warping and Sizing          Machines are from Benninger, Stormac and Zell.

    •  Looms
       • 214 Sulzer looms and 598 Shuttle looms.
Sulzer Looms
Processing
       • The processing machines include a Singeing &          Desizing machine from Pyrex.
       • Pre-Treatment Range, Chainless Merceriser          and Continuous Dyeing Range from          Benninger/Monforts.
       • The Rotary Printing machine is from Stormac.
       • Sueding machine from Sucker Muller.

Pre Treatment Range
Continuous Dyeing Range
Benninger Merceriser
Testing
      • The mills have a very strong infrastructure for testing fabric at all
        stages. This includes Lab dipping machine from Roaches, Lab         testing equipment from James H. Heal and Spectrophotometer from         Data Color.


Modernization and Expansion Programme
The Textile division at Phagwara is in the process of further modernizing its facilities and expansion. This includes the addition of latest generation Cards and Spindles. The company is also replacing its shuttle looms with latest Airjet looms. In order to meet the growing demand, another Continuous Dyeing Range from Benninger/Monforts is also being added.

Research and Development
Centre
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