Kusumgar was originally incorporated as ‘Kusumgar Finstocks Private Limited’ as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation dated June 15, 1990, issued by the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra at Mumbai.

Kusumgar is a manufacturer of woven, coated and laminated synthetic fabrics, referred to as engineered fabrics. It offers engineered fabrics and solutions focusing on polyamides and polyester filaments and polyurethane chemistry that cater to the high-performance requirements of its customers. Its expertise is manufacturing fabrics where critical performance parameters include tensile strength, tear strength, abrasion resistance, comfort, airpermeability, and water proofing, among others. 

The company has leveraged its process knowledge and product development expertise to manufacture unique fabric configurations to build a niche around synthetic functional and performance fabrics, addressing growing demand in the aerospace and defence, industrial and automotive, and outdoor and lifestyle segments. The engineered fabrics industry is an industry that requires precision and a high level of technical know-how. It leverages its technical strengths and partnerships to focus on high-technology applications. Its business model drives profitable growth, and it is poised for continued growth, driven by exports, global supply chain shifts, modernisation and indigenisation of military equipment, expanded product lines and technological innovations. It manufactures products primarily for four market segments: (i) Aerospace and Defence Fabrics; (ii) Aerospace and Defence Solutions; (iii) Industrial and Automotive Fabrics; and (iv) Outdoor and Lifestyle Fabrics, each of which has high entry barriers.

Business area of the company

Kusumgar, along with its Subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the business of manufacturing, marketing, and supplying a diverse range of technical textile fabrics, offering innovative and high-performance solutions to meet evolving customer requirements.

Awards, accreditations or recognitions

• 1995: Received the National Award for Indigenisation by the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence for excellence in indigenisation of defence equipment in the category of textile, chemical and rubber technology.
• 2022: Received a certificate of membership from the Parachute Industry Association.
• 2023: Received the IATF 16949 certification for its quality management system for manufacturing of woven fabric
• 2024: Received the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification for its woven fabrics made of polyamide and polyester
• 2024: Received AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system for manufacturing and supply of woven fabric.
• 2025: Received Global Recycled Standard certification for its greige fabrics and dyed fabrics and the processes carried out for such certified products for its facility at Karanj.
• 2026: Received ISO 45001:2018 certification for manufacture of woven, dyed, finished, coated and printed fabrics.

History and milestones

• 2010: Established capabilities at the Vapi facility for manufacturing of technical textiles, parachute fabrics, geo synthetic and textile performance fabrics.
• 2017: Established a weaving facility at Kosamba.
• 2017: Entered into a licensing agreement with a defence research and development organisation for the transfer of technology of the recovery parachute system.
• 2021: Entered into a licensing agreement with a defence institute and a defence research and development organisation for transfer of technology and subsequent utilisation of extreme cold weather clothing system.
• 2021: Supplied recovery system parachutes with deployment bag to the Indian government.
• 2022: Received a transfer of technology certificate from a defence institute and a defence research and development organisation for successfully absorbing the technology for manufacturing the combat free fall parachute system.
• 2025: Entered into a licensing agreement with a defence institute and a defence research and development organisation for the transfer of technology of the military combat parachute system.
• 2025: Entered into a licensing agreement with a research and development organisation for the transfer of technology of the synthetic multispectral camouflage net.