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scouted the international market for pioneering technologies to adopt in India. It set up joint ventures with reputed companies in India and abroad. These raised the company’s profile significantly.
YKK tied up with Saati of Italy, a leading global player in filtration and ballistic textiles. SaatiKusumgar India Pvt. Ltd.
was formed in March 2009 to cater to
the Asian markets for ballistic textiles. Saati’s field of prowess is the manufacture of Kevlar fabrics for DuPont which
uses SKIPL facilities for testing and warehousing.
multinational company in the fields
of chemicals, textiles, ceramics, etc. Japanese companies are famous for the rigorousness they apply to any decision they take. The fact that they tied up with Kusumgar Corporates speaks itself.
Toray Kusumgar Advanced Textiles (TKAT) manufactured airbag fabrics in India with an investment of US$ 20 million. Major customers include: Autoliv, Toyoda-Gosei, and Hyundai-Mobis to name a few.
Kusumgar Corporates now supplies everything from cordura fabrics, geo- synthetics, recreational fabrics, parachute
impression fabrics, and medical fabrics.
Pioneers like YKK are envied and admired after their success but not many realise what it takes to make a hitherto unmapped journey. That is one of the reasons his knowledge of this area is so concentrated. From being a weaver to specialising in technical fabrics, his is
the knowledge that can only come from immersion and experience.
What is noteworthy is that YKK’s success did not blunt his sensitivity and humane attitude as an employer. For instance, his response to the hire-and-fire policy of western origin: “We don’t have a system
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In September 2014, Kusumgar fabrics and protective fabrics to ballistic
Corporates tied up with Toray, a Japanese fabrics, filter fabrics, parasail fabrics, of firing. We know that the person will
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