Apparel & knitwear startups in Ludhiana
Hosiery, woollens, winterwear and the garment brands built on the city's knitwear cluster.
6 companies building in Apparel & knitwear here.
Burger Bae
Gen-Z streetwear D2C brand that grew from a viral Instagram page into a fast-fashion label (hoodies, tees, track pants, winterwear for men & women). Founded 2019 by Rohan Kashyap (with Ojasvee Kashyap and Ja...
Rudra Ecovation (fmr Himachal Fibres)
Cleantech / circular-economy player recycling PET bottle waste into recycled polyester (rPET) fibre, yarn and fabric — capacity cited at 88M+ bottles/day-class processing, among India's top-10 plastic recycl...
Octave Apparels / Octave Clothing
Apparel retail brand (woollen & cotton garments, men & women) run by the Arora family — notably includes several women directors (Pallavika, Sanjana, Kritika Arora). Retails via 190+ EBOs/MBOs (Shoppers Stop...
Duke Fashion (Duke Fashions India)
One of Ludhiana's best-known homegrown apparel/knitwear brands (T-shirts, sweaters, winterwear, footwear), led by MD Kuntal Raj Jain; ~4 factories in Ludhiana producing ~70 lakh garments/year. **FLAG:** esta...
Neva Garments
Thermal-wear and innerwear/knitwear brand (~$5.4M tracked funding per Radar); a long-standing Ludhiana winterwear label. **FLAG:** established manufacturer/brand, listed as an ecosystem anchor in the knitwea...
Cotton County
Ludhiana casualwear/T-shirt retail brand (Sportking group lineage), ~$19.9M tracked per Radar, with a retail + business-services footprint. **FLAG:** established brand (roots ~2001), included to round out th...
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