Raymond

A rich fine blend of fine fabric and ideal vision that crossed nine decades

- Ganesh Kalidas

The Raymond Group was incorporated in 1925 and within a span of a few years, transformed from being an Indian textile major to a global conglomerate. In its endeavor to keep nurturing quality and leadership, Raymond always choose the path untaken - from being the first in 1959 to introduce a polywool blend in India to creating the world’s finest suiting fabric the Super 250s made from the superfine 11.4 micron wool.

Today, the Raymond group is vertically and horizontally integrated to provide customers total textile solutions. Few companies globally have such a diverse product range of nearly 20,000 varieties of worsted suiting to cater to customers across age groups, occasions and styles. Raymond manufactures for the world the finest fabrics - from wool to wool-blended worsted suiting to specialty ring denims as well as high value shirting.

Raymond is a brand name that reminds us of a textile culture so unique and great that it has been the top player in this industry since its inception in 1925. It has made its mark as a superior brand in the Indian textile industry and has also emerged as a global conglomerate.

The company started as a manufacturer of woollen items like blankets and jackets in the typical old woollen machinery-based set-up at Thane in Mumbai with a small capacity of 7,000 – 10,000 meters of fabric per day. But the ambition of the owners was much bigger. From the very beginning, they had a modern outlook and time and again they changed a lot of machinery in order to keep abreast of the ongoing globalization and modernization.