Acknit Industries Ltd Summary
Acknit Industries Limited formerly known as Acknit Knitting Limited, incorporated in 1990, is an ISO 9001 - 2008 Public Limited Company, In a span of 35 years of operations, the Company engaged in the manufacturing and exporting of seamless hand gloves. Acknit has diversified its product range into divisions, namely seamless gloves division, leather division and other leather products division and industrial garments division. The name of the Company was changed to Acknit Industries Limited on November 16, 2007.
From a modest beginning Acknit has emerged as a leading producer and exporter of Seamless Gloves from India with an installed production capacity of over a million pairs a month with dotting, PU-coating and Nytrile Coating facilities for its Seamless range of Gloves. The Seamless Gloves Division is situated in Special Economic Zone (SEZ) manufacturing Seamless Gloves made of 100% Cotton, Poly / Cotton, Nylon, Kevlar, HPPE and other special cut resistant blended yarns etc., for cut lever 1 to 5., the Company is having 3 coating facilities which produces PU Coating, Nitrile Coating & Layex Coated Gloves.During FY 2025-26, the Company has initiated trial production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the industrial land at Falta Sector III. Further, expansion in the industrial land, procured from WBSIDCL at Banipur Integrated Textile Park, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal is under process.
The Company has started commercial production of helmets. From the very inception, the Companys main activity is concentrated in the production and export of Industrial Safety Gloves which are considered essential elements in minimizing health related risk at work places for over three decades. The Company gradually diversified its product range to include leather/cotton/synthetic, coated and dotted gloves, as well as industrial safety garments and childrens garments, safety shoes, helmets, safety belts, etc.