Bombay Dyeing

Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited (Bombay Dyeing) is the flagship company of the Wadia Group, engaged primarily in the business of Textiles. Bombay Dyeing is one of India's largest producers of textiles.[1]

The Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Ltd

Type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 500020 NSE: BOMDYEING
Industry	Textiles
Founded	1879 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Headquarters	Neville House, J.N. Heredia Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai-400 038, India
Key people	Nusli Wadia – Chairman, Jeh Wadia
Products	Bed linen, Towels, Furnishings
Parent	Wadia Group

Its current chairman is Nusli Wadia.[2] In March 2011, Jeh Wadia (36), the younger son of Nusli, was named the managing director of Wadia Group's flagship, Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company, while the elder son, Ness (38) resigned from the post of joint MD of the company.[3] Ratan Tata, the ex-chairman of Tata group was on the board of directors till 2013. He resigned and Cyrus Mistry took over.[4]

Bombay Dyeing was often in the news, apart from other things, for various controversies surrounding its tussle with the late Dhirubhai Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited and with Calcutta-based jute baron late Arun Bajoria.[5]

See also

• XSTOK
• Grasim Industries

References

1. "Bombay Dyeing – Bombay Dyeing India – Bombay Dyeing Group Profile – History of Bombay Dyeing". Iloveindia.com. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
2. "Wadias-raise-Bombay-Dyeing". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
3. "Nusli springs Jeh elevation surprise". The Times of India.
4. "Ratan Tata steps down as Director of Bombay Dyeing, Cyrus Mistry steps in". The Financial Express. Press Trust of India. 20 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
5. "Dhirubhai Ambani rewrote India's corporate history". rediff.com. 7 July 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2010.