Home Textiles Today - January 30, 2006

Mumbai, India — Alok Industries has set its sights on the towel business. The 25-year-old integrated apparel mill jumped into the sheeting business in 2004 and quickly became one of the leading off-shore exporters of sheets to the United States market. This summer, the company plans to begin construction of terry towel facilities.

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