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Our History
From a single textile trading venture in Gujarat to a diversified conglomerate serving millions of Indians - 140 years of milestones, eras, and the people who shaped Mafatlal Industries.
Mafatlal Gagalbhai, weaver Chandulal Mahadevia and mill manager Arthur Shorrock revive a defunct mill as The Shorrock Mill. It is the founding moment of the enterprise and the start of the 1st generation’s leadership.
A second mill in Nadiad becomes The New Shorrock Mill. By 1916 the group holds five mills spanning Nadiad, Surat and Bombay.
Mafatlal Gagalbhai founds his own company in Navsari, soon adding two Bombay units and a Jute Mill.
Grandson of the founder, Arvind Mafatlal joins as the 3rd generation and later leads the group as chairman for decades.
State of the art machinery is installed, significantly lifting production capacity as the group scales for a growing nation.
MIL founds IDI, the first Indian company to produce synthetic dyes, and imports the RUTI machine from Switzerland for yarn to fabric production.
National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd. brings naphtha based petrochemicals to India, a landmark of Arvind Mafatlal’s diversification drive.
Mafatlal philanthropy establishes the college in Navsari, the first of several lasting institutions the group builds for the community.
Mill workers volunteer for the civic Home Guard, extending Mafatlal’s culture of service beyond the factory floor.
Sick mill nationalisation brings units like India United Mills under the NTC, and the 1982 Bombay textile strike pressures every mill based house.
A dedicated baby care room inside the mill lets women balance careers with motherhood, well ahead of its time.
Son of Arvind, the 4th generation steers MIL into advanced quality labs, defence grade fabrics, and the Shalini brand’s Rubia Voiles, India’s top selling 2x2 blouse fabric.
MIL’s exports reach 60+ countries. Joint ventures with Tootal in the UK and Burlington Industries in the US add Swiss-voile, garment, yarn-dyed and denim lines.
During the severe Maharashtra drought, MIL distributes a nutritious ghee based snack and milk to workers from kitchens set up inside the mills.
Mafatlal Industries is officially listed, a landmark in its evolution into a major, publicly traded industrial force.
Monetisation of valuable mill land funds a renewed focus on textiles and heritage fabric brands.
The 5th generation extends the family into new sectors: Get Set Learn for education and Vrata Tech for technology, while the heritage fabric business continues.
Mafatlal Industries continues as one of India’s oldest surviving textile brands, five generations strong.
Join a team building India’s textile future for over 120 years. At Mafatlal, careers are chapters in a legacy.