Zen Linen commences trial runs of ₹100- cr. expanded unit

Zen Linen International expands with a ₹100 crore investment, increasing production capacity and creating job opportunities in Sri City.

Zen Linen International has started the trial runs of its ₹100 crore expanded unit at Sri City’s SEZ. The which is set to go on stream by November.

“It is a ₹100 crore expansion programme. We have already invested ₹80 crore and trial production with training for the newly-recruited is going on,” said Director and Founder Milind Mungikar during an interaction.

For the expanded capacity, the company is going to recruit 250 workers taking the total to 600, of which majority are women. It currently operates from 7 lakh sqft and two lakh sqft have been added to it.

Started in 2017 with three lines, the company makes home technical textiles products such as polyester filled pillows, cushions comforters, mattress pads, sanitised duvets and incontinence underpads from imported materials.

“We have added three more lines – one each for pillows, mattress pads and quilts. The automatised machines are getting ready and the production will be done on hanger system,” he said.

Post expansion, the production capacity of pillows will double to 60,000 per day, pads from 2,500 to 3,500 and quilts from 6,500 to 11,500.

According to him, Zen Linen caters to the needs of core sector such as healthcare, hospitals, hotels, retail and e-com sector. About 95% of production is exported to 12 countries including U.S. and Europe under the brand name Zinnia and Bein Living.