The Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Ltd
Company typePublic
BSE: 500020
NSE: BOMDYEING
IndustryTextiles
Founded1879; 145 years ago (1879)
HeadquartersNeville House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai, India
Key people
Nusli Wadia (Chairman)
Jeh Wadia
ProductsBed linen, Towels, Furnishings
ParentWadia Group
Websitebombaydyeing.com

Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited 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]

Its current chairman is Nusli Wadia.[2] In March 2011, Jehangir Wadia, the younger son of Nusli, was named the managing director of Wadia Group's flagship, Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company, while the elder son, Ness Wadia 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]

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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.
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