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Grasim Industries, an Aditya Birla Group company, has suspended production of staple fibre at its Nagda plant in Madhya Pradesh due to water shortage.
The production will remain suspended till the onset of monsoon, the company said in a statement on Friday.
The company's plant at Nagda is the largest unit producing a wide range of viscose staple fibre (VSF) to suit customer requirements in terms of length, denier and colour and also second and third generation fibres such as modal, excel and solvent spun fibres.
The Nagda unit is also the largest producer of spun-dyed specialty fibre in the world. Aditya Birla Group commands about 22 per cent global market share in VSF business.
The company has two other staple fibre plants at Kharach in Gujarat and Harihar in Karnataka which are being operated at their full capacity, the company said.
The Harihar unit houses facility to manufacture both VSF and rayon grade pulp, the basic raw material for VSF.
07 June, 2010 by admin