This mill produced unfinished cloth for export to the U.K. In 1946 Karam Chand started textile business by starting the Jagatjit Cotton Textiles Mills Ltd. His ambition led him to acquire the Mahavir Insurance Co. After a quick succession of the sugar mills, he ventured into the business of insurance, dry ice, and refrigeration, starch and chemicals and paper. His 1936 acquisition of the Deoria Sugar Mills in the Gorakhpur District brought an associated electric supply company into his fold. In 1923 he made history of sorts by acquiring the rights to exploit Bird and Co.’s Sirka Coal mine in Hazaribagh. Soon he moved to Calcutta, an office was rented at 9, Dalhousie Square east, where the firms of Karam Chand Thapar and Co., Karam Chand Thapar & Bros., and Shyamlal Thapar & Bros. It was a mix of luck and acumen that propelled Karam Chand into the vortex of the coal industry. After his marriage, Shyamlal, a cousin who ran a coal depot in Ludhiana, introduced Sachhar to Karam Chand and in the course of their conversation, the young boy was offered a partnership, which enabled him to do business in the coal belt of Jharia, near Dhanbad in Bihar. He was a self-made man in the true sense of the word. Our founder Lala Karam Chand Thapar (1900 to 1963) was an ordinary man who went on to achieve extraordinary things. JCT Limited follows a balanced model for growth – corporate responsibility and contribution towards social causes such as literacy and environment, sports and sportspersons development areas important as innovations in production techniques Its Filament Plant is one of the largest in India with a capacity of 14000 MT per annum. in technical collaboration with Hitachi Ltd, Japan). The company’s other operations include Filament Yarn, JCT Limited was also the first to set up a Colour Picture Tube plant in India (manufactured by JCT Electronics Ltd. And this has been driven by the desire to excel in every sphere of its operations - spinning, weaving and processing, as well as stringent quality control at each stage of production. With integrated textile facility in Phagwara (Punjab), a daily production capacity of 63 million meters per annum, and a product range consisting of some of the finest cotton and blended fabrics, this division has made a mark both the domestic and international markets.
Over five decades, since it commenced production in 1946, the textile unit of JCT Limited has grown into one of the largest textile manufacturers in India.
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JCT Limited was the first textile manufacturer in the country to introduce eco-friendly fabrics made of organic cotton and its textile division was the first in the industry to be accredited with an ISO 9001 certification in 1996. It is this culture that has helped establish the company’s reputation as one of the finest in the country. With operations in two distinct businesses – cotton, synthetic & blended textiles and nylon filament yarn – JCT Limited is a market driven company fueled by good work ethic, values and a high standard of performance.
JCT Limited, one of the leading manufacturer of textilesĪnd filament yarn, is the flagship company of Thapar Group.