Century Enka (CEL), part of Aditya Birla Group, manufactures industrial and textile yarn and fabric such as nylon tyre cord fabric (NTCF) and nylon filament yarn (NFY). The company produces nylon tyre cord fabric (NTCF) for the tyre industry, high tenacity yarn for technical textiles and NFY for the apparel industry. It is the leader in NFY and NTCF segments, with a market share of 25% and 23%, respectively.
NTCF is used as a reinforcement material in bias and cross-ply tyres. Some of the biggest tyre brands using NTCF include Apollo Tyres, MRF, Ceat Tyres, Goodyear, JK Tyres, Metro, and BKT Tires.
NFY is a long continuous lustrous fibre extensively used to produce a comprehensive range of textile fabrics such as sarees, draperies, furnishings and upholstery, sportswear, mosquito nets and for embroidery. The entry into the polyester tyre cord fabric (PTCF) segment was with commissioning of the PTCF plant in Q4 FY2024.
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