About Us

Committed to philanthropy and socio-environmental development, Loyal Group is a multifaceted organization, providing an array of products and services for textile and apparel industries. In more than its seven decades of establishment, the Group has created several benchmarks and established milestones for the forthcoming generations. Loyal Group comprises of three composite mills, one spinning mill, one dye house, four garment manufacturing units, one trading cum retailing company and a Joint Venture trading company in Italy. Besides, the Group has in its fold the 162 year-old watch trading company P Orr & Sons, which has 9 operational stores in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry (India). An ISO 9002:2000 accredited, The Loyal Group follows a strict ethical code of conducts in its business operations. The Group's annual turnover is Rs.10 billion (US$ 225 Million), out of which, Rs.8 billion (US$ 180 Million) revenue is generated from exports. Loyal Group exports products to various countries which includes Israel, Egypt, Turkey, U S A, EU Countries, United kingdom, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia,Mexico, Taiwan, Vietnam, Iran, Israel, China and Indonesia. In recognition of its continual improvement in export performance, the Government of India has awarded Group with "Trading House" status. Over the years, the group has been credited with several accolades and awards in recognition of its consistent export performance.

Vision

With a strong commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, our vision encompasses the following: To be one of the most admired textile companies which follows and supports sustainable environmental friendly processes right from cotton cultivation to Product distribution; practices high level of integrity and fairness in dealing with all the stake holders. To remain focused on developing Speciality and Technical products for safety and functional wear.

MISSION
Our quest is to become the most admired group by all our stakeholders i.e., Customers, Employees, Share holders and Society at large. We shall pursue world- class standards in our People, Products, Processes and Performance. We seek quantum growth to lead in the International and domestic market and enhance our international presence by encouraging Innovation and Nurturing Intellectual Processing. We will be always conscious of the path we take to ensure highest ethical and moral compliance even as we remain totally focused on our goals.

Our Founder

The Loyal Group was founded by Late Kalaithanthai Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar (1891 - 1974). He founded the group in the year 1956. He started business from a small Spinning and Weaving mill using second hand machines and handloom. The company was primarily started to provide work to laid off workers of a larger mill and with the passage of time it became the largest spinning mill in India.

Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar

Karumuthu Manickavasagam Chettiar

From a rich trading family, Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar rose to become the doyen of South Indian Textile industry with several firsts to his credit. With an extensive experience and in-depth knowledge, he promoted several other companies in sugar and insurance banking sector. . He started several educational institutions to offer subsidized or free education to the people from primary schools to Engineering colleges and Management schools. Because of his endeavor and visionary skills, after his demise, Loyal Textiles Mills Ltd. has emerged to be an independent group.

The Group has seen three generations of entrepreneurship in Textiles and Trading. Kalaithanthai's second son Sri Karumuthu Manickavasagam Chettiar carried the torch from the place left by his illustrious father and was the architect in modernization of Loyal Textiles. Presently, the Group is managed by the third generation members of the founding family headed by Mr.Manikam Ramaswami as its Chairman cum Managing Director.

Future Initiatives
Loyal is poised to achieve leadership in the market and extend its reach to clients by rapid business expansion within the country. It aims to become a renowned name in super-fine count yarn, knitted fabrics and corporate and technical garments. The Loyal Group is endeavoring to establish long term business relationships with leading companies of Europe and Asia for setting up dedicated manufacturing base for INTERNATIONAL BRANDS in India. In its efforts to realize its vision further, Loyal has now drawn up a plan to set up a state-ofthe-art ginning facility in the state of Andhra Pradesh with a view to have better control over the incoming quality of the cotton. Through In-house R & D efforts Loyal Group engages in developing speciality fabrics including anti-microbial, anti static, Thermal resistance and convert them as work wear garments for International Markets. As a part of moving towards environ friendly products, Loyal Farm division has plans to enlarge its organic products cultivation base substantially in the coming years.

Awards / Recognition

TEXPROCIL AWARDS Bronze Trophy for the year 1997-98 for being third largest exporter of cotton fabrics in the country Silver trophy for the year 1998-99 for being second largest exporter of cotton fabrics in the country

Bronze Trophy for outstanding export performance in yarn amongst mill exporters for the year 2001-02 Bronze trophy for the year 2004-05 for being third largest exporter of cotton fabrics in the country Gold Trophy for four years in a row, viz., 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 for being the largest exporter of cotton fabrics in the country

AEPC AWARDS Silver Trophy for being fourth largest exporter of garments under non-quota category for the year 1999 Gold Trophy for highest unit value exporter for the year 2006-07

OTHER AWARDS ABK-AOTS Trophy winner for 5 S competition 2010-11

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