Leather industry in India holds an important position in contributing towards the economy of the nation as it is one of the oldest manufacturing industries. The industry not only contributes towards the development of the country’s economy by way of production, but also by the way of offering a wide range of employment opportunities. The industry has employed nearly 2.5 million people in the nation and the annual turnover the industry is approximately US 50 lakh dollars.

The industry is showing a massive potential of offering more exports, growth and employment opportunities in the near future. Recently, the export of leather products and leather itself has gained a great momentum and the export of Indian leather goods have registered a marginal growth. This is because of the best planning made by the industry for optimum utilization of available raw materials and resources.

Recent growth of leather industry in India:

Over several years of its existence, the leather industry in the nation has undergone drastic changes from being a mere exporter of raw materials in the early 60’s and 70’s. Now, the country has become one of the largest exporters of value-added leather products and finished goods due to the contribution made by the big and small companies in this industry. One of the main reasons behind the development of leather industry in the nation is because of the various policy initiatives taken by the Indian Government. Due to the efforts made by the government, leather industry has grown as one among the top industries in the nation that brings in lots of foreign exchange to the nation. Like any other industry, leather industry is also dominated by some of the top players and the names of these top players are given below:

Top four leather companies in India:

• A V Thomas Leather and Allied Products Limited

• Bhartiya International Limited

• Chemcrown Exports Limited

• Acknit Industries Limited

Explore more details about these top leather companies from the content given below:

A V Thomas Leather and Allied Products Limited:

A V Thomas Leather and Allied Products Limited is shortly is operating from the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a professional managed organization compliant with all social audit norms and with strong technical infrastructural for manufacturing wide range of leather products. They are offering quality leather goods for a number of brand names in the countries like Australia, Europe and the United States.

Bhartiya International Limited:

Bharatiya International Limited came into existence in the year 1989 and they are operating from the city of New Delhi. The company holds the pride of being one among the top 25 leather manufacturers in the world. It is complemented by strong product development capabilities and they are dealing with manufacture of leather apparels rather than any other products of leather.

Chemcrown Exports Limited:

Chemcrown Exports Limited is operating from the city of Chennai and it is one among the group companies of the Chemcrown Group. The group calls themselves as  a composite group with exceptional solutions and as per their statement, they are offering the best leather products that are frequently forecasted by them in several exhibitions.

Acknit Industries Limited:

Ackniit Industries Limited began its operations in the name of Acknit Knitting Limited and the company came into existence in the year 1990. Initially, they were dealing only with manufacture of hand gloves and now they have developed as one of the largest exporters of leather in the nation. The company has three divisions namely gloves division, leather division and industrial garment. Through their leather division, they are offering the best quality water repellant leather, heat resistance, water repellant leather etc…

There are also several other top players in Indian lather industry like BPS Industries, Crew BOS, etc…