Pandesara GIDC Textile Processing Cluster

Pandesara GIDC: The Processing Heart of Surat's Textile Industry

Pandesara GIDC, in the south of Surat, is one of the city's main industrial estates and the centre of its textile processing: the dyeing, printing and finishing that turn grey cloth from the looms into the sarees, dress materials and fabrics sold in the markets.

The Estate

Government records list Pandesara GIDC at about 218 hectares (about 539 acres), divided into 547 plots, nearly all allotted, with around 780 units in production. A 100 MLD common effluent treatment plant (CETP), built at a cost of about ₹110 crore including its pipeline, treats waste water from the estate's processing units.

What Happens Here

• Dyeing and printing mills: grey polyester, viscose and blended fabric is dyed, printed (rotary, flat-bed and digital) and finished for traders and brands.
• Loom units: small loom factories also operate in the Pandesara industrial area.

The South Gujarat Textile Processors Association represents processors here. In January 2026, a deep-sea effluent disposal project covering more than 400 units in Pandesara, Sachin, Palsana and Kadodara GIDC estates was reported to be nearing rollout.

Who Should Come Here

Pandesara is not a market for finished goods. It is where fabric traders, saree and dress-material makers, and garment brands get their own fabric processed. Come here to:

• Place dyeing or printing job work on your own grey fabric.
• Develop new prints and colours with a mill.
• Source processed fabric directly from mills in bulk.

Working with a Processing House

• Bring a lab dip or strike-off approval: agree the shade on a small sample before bulk dyeing.
• Agree shrinkage and width loss: processing changes fabric dimensions, so agree the finished width.
• Ask about minimum lot size per colour or design.
• Check colour fastness to washing and rubbing on the first lot.
• Plan the lead time: processing slots fill up before festival seasons.

Surat's Textile Industry in Numbers

Surat is India's largest centre for man-made fibre textiles. Industry figures published in 2026 put the city at about 6 lakh looms, including about 95,000 water-jet, 40,000 rapier, 10,000 air-jet and 1,500 velvet looms. It has roughly 450 processing houses, about 2,000 warp-knitting and 3,500 circular-knitting machines, and an estimated 1–1.5 lakh embroidery machines. Output is around 6 crore metres of fabric a day. The industry employs an estimated 15 lakh or more people.