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| 1955 |
Set
up a small family business in fabric dyeing under registered
name
of " YONG TEX LONG " in Photharam District,
Ratchaburi Province,
Thailand. The nature of business involved dyeing gray
fabrics with
indigo and natural black colors using traditional dyeing
methods.
The dyed fabrics were sold under the " LOCK "
trademark. |
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| 1971 |
The
factory was moved to present location of Kangwal Textile
Co.,Ltd.
Business activities were expanded to undertake yarn dyeing
and weaving under the name " Kangwal Weaving Factory
". The
weaving factory manufactured yarn dyed fabrics for lady
skirts
(Sarong) and sold the products under " LOCK "
brand. The products
were most popular amongst Thai ladies at that period and
had a
good reputation in the market because of their consistent
high quality.
The weaving factory continued to expand and a spinning
mill was
set up to produce yarn for its own use in the year 1984.
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| 1984 |
The
establishment of the spinning mill was the most significant
turning
point. The demand for sarong lady skirts declined. The
Thai textile
industry started developing high quality products for
ever-growing
textile and garment exports from Thailand. Spun yarn became
a
a primary raw material and the demand for yarn increased
rapidly. |
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| 1987 |
Kangwal
Textile Co., Ltd. Was incorporated. The plant was to
manufacture yarn and fabrics for exports. Modern textile
machineries
were inported under BOI privileges to produce high quality
products
for export purpose. Since then the company continued to
expand
its production capacity periodically. |
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| 1995 |
Kangwal
Polyester Co., Ltd. Was founded to produce polyester fiber,
which was a raw material for Kangwal Textile Co., Ltd.
with BOI's
promotion privileges. The plant was built at Khaoyoi district,
Phetchaburi province. |
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| 1998 |
Kangwal
Polyester plant, equipped with modern German technology,
began producing high quality polyester at word scale production
capacity in May, enabling it to compete on equal terms
the world
market. |
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| 2001 |
Kangwal
Textile Co.,Ltd. started major consolidation in terms
of
investing in various new machineries in the process in
order to
bring adequate quality to meet international standard.
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| 2002 |
Kangwal
Polyester Co.,Ltd. expanded capacity of polyester staple
fibre production (DOUBLE) to remain cost effective and
to meet
growing international market demand. |
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| 2003 |
Kangwal
Textile Co.,Ltd. expands its capacity in spinning and
weaving considerably to cater to diversified markets with
adequate quality and cost.
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