Thai Acrylic Fibre Co., Ltd.

A US$ *0 billion corporation, the Aditya Birla Group is in the League of Fortune **0. It is anchored by an extraordinary force of **3, **0 employees, belonging to *2 different nationalities. In the year ***9, the Group was ranked among the top six great places for leaders in the Asia-Pacific region, in a study conducted by Hewitt Associates, RBL Group and Fortune magazine. In India, the Group has been adjudged the best employer and among the top *0 in Asia by the Hewitt-Economic Times and Wall Street Journal Study ***7. Over *0 per cent of the Group's revenues flow from its overseas operations. The Group operates in *3 countries €“ Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, UAE, UK, USA and Vietnam. Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd. (TAF) Thailand, a unit of Aditya Birla Group started operations in the year ***9 with a modest capacity of *4, **0 TPA. Through a comprehensive quality approach and in house technological innovations, the company has reached a production capacity of **0, **0 TPA, registering a growth of more than 8.5 times. Driven by a compelling vision of becoming a world leader in acrylic fiber business, TAF is the 5th largest acrylic fiber producer globally. In ***7, we have expanded by setting up another unit, Alexandria Fiber Co. in Egypt with *6, **0 TPA capacity, producing high quality Gel Dyed and Raw white Tow, Top and Fiber for various end-uses such as Sweaters, Blankets, Carpets, Soft Toys and Awnings. With a strong focus on new value added product development, application development and technological innovations TAF has established a fully equipped R&D centre at its plant in Saraburi, Thailand. Manufacturing operations are supported by a fully equipped application development centre and a customer technical service team comprising experts in textile technology. TAF is one of the greenest, cleanest and the most environment friendly acrylic fibre plants in the world. The Company has a strong focus on systems improvement and has established comprehensive standards of ISO ***1:***0, ISO ****1, OHSAS ****0 and SA ***0. TAF has achieved the highest honor in Quality Management €“ "The Japan Quality Medal" from Deming prize Committee, Japan. The award is instituted by Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE). With this world-class recognition, Thai Acrylic has become the first company in the South East Asia, the third company in the world outside Japan and one of the eighteen companies in the world that have won this prestigious recognition in last *5 years since this award was instituted. TAF's superior product quality, ongoing process improvements and unmatched technical services have made the company the customer's first choice. Today the company exports *5% of its products to countries in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Middle East. Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd. produces more than *0 different varieties of acrylic fiber serving both the commodity and specialty high end markets. It is marketed under Birlacril®, an internationally renowned brand for *0 years. The Birlacril® brand enjoys worldwide reputation and recognition. The final products made out of Birlacril fibers are marketed by renowned brand names in Europe and America. Having a wide mix of products with varying deniers, cut-lengths, shrinkage, luster and finish to select from, Birlacril® fibers has solutions for the apparel - knitwear, sweaters, sportswear, household - beddings, carpets, blankets and upholstery sectors.