Lakshmi Mills Company is a major

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, India. The company was established by G.Kuppuswamy Naidu in 1910. It has two composite textile units in

: Avinashi Road and

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and one in

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. The promoters of the mill were also instrumental in starting various textile machinery companies notably LMW and medical and educational institutions. The unit in Coimbatore in Papanaickenpalayam is also a well known famous landmark of the city.

History

The founder G. Kuppuswami Naidu born in Papanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore was into cotton ginning and trading. Lakshmi Mills was incorporated in 1910 as a composite

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to produce cotton yarn and fabric cloth under ‘Lakshmi Mills’ label in Avinashi Road. In mid-1940s second unit was started at

, Tamil Nadu and in mid-1960s

unit commenced operations. In 1977, Coimbatore Cotton Mills, established in the 1930s as a composite textile unit

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was merged into Lakshmi Mills. This unit was under Lakshmi Mills management since the 1950s. By 1960s staple fibre production was added to the product line. The company had showrooms in prominent cities and town in South India to sell suiting, shirts, sarees and other textile products

Group expansion

Lakshmi Mills was also instrumental in the group's expansion into textile machinery companies like LMW, Lakshmi Automatic Looms, Lakshmi Card Clothing, Lakshmi Ring Travellers. The management along with R.Venkataswamy family set up the viscose staple yarn production unit South India Viscose with technology license from

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of Milan, Italy . Lakshmi Mills manufactures 100% combed cotton yarns in NE 50s to NE 120s, polyester cotton blended yarns in NE 40s to NE 100s. In addition, the Company manufactures 100% lenzing micro modal/modal/tencel yarns, micro modal/modal cotton blended yarns, 100% micro tencel yarn, tencel/cotton blended yarn.

Notable directors

Notable directors and founding family members include S.Karivardhan, a then Indian

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personality and founder's managing director, G. K. Devarajulu, then Managing Director and founder of LMW, G. K. Sundaram, a freedom fighter. The company was also instrumental in promoting various sports, notably

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References

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