There is a glorious history of weaving in Bangladesh. The art of weaving has developed over the course of thousands of years, through discovery and experimentation. It involves the production of fabric or cloth by interlacing two distinct sets of yarns or threads in a right angle. The tradition of weaving cloth by handloom constitutes one of the valuable aspects of Bangladesh culture and heritage. From British colonial rule weaving industry is famous in Bengal. Hand-woven Muslin, Jamdani, raw silk as well as refined silks, a wide range of Khadi, Katan, Benarashi and extremely fine cotton have earned a place of honor for the artisans of Bengal all over the world.
The growth of mill weaving loom age capacity was slow that was 2% annually during 1947-56 but was faster and around 4.6% annually during 1957-72. Loom age capacity was more or less the same until 1983 when privatization of nationalized mills was undertaken. Loom age capacity reduced to 3.9 thousands in 1999 from 6.3 thousands in 1983 as the old obsolete looms went out of operation.
Now Bangladesh is the second largest readymade garments exporter country in the world after China. For fulfilling the demand of huge fabrics for garment industry have to import from China, India, and Pakistan etc. If those fabrics can produce in this country then can remove huge raw material costs. Now, the scenario has changes quietly. A lot of weaving mills are come out to solve that problem and they are now producing a vast amount of fabrics for our readymade industry. Maximum weaving mills are located in Dhaka, Narayongonj, Narshingdi, Gazipur, Mymensingh, Tangail, Comilla, Chittagong and handloom in Sirajgonj. Other fabric manufacturing factories are located in different parts of the country.
According to Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), there are 828 fabric manufacturing / weaving mills in Bangladesh. Among those 328 are general members and 500 are associate members of BTMA.
In this article, I have given a Google Drive file which is prepared by Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA). After completing loading page then you will see the list of weaving mills in Bangladesh.
List of Fabric Manufacturing / Weaving Mills in Bangladesh
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