Universal Textile is one of Taiwan’s oldest manufacturers of textiles. The company specializes in synthetic woven fabrics and yarns. It has developed a range of linen fabrics using synthetic yarn. This fabric is easy to handle, does not pill after wash and, more importantly, comes at half the cost of linen. On the lines of the linen look, the company has also developed a jute look fabric from synthetic yarn. Universal has two weaving factories with a capacity of three million yards and one yarn factory with a capacity of 2,500 tons per month. Universal currently has 300 looms out, of which 192 are Picanol air jet looms and 72 Tsudakoma water jet machines. In the spinning unit, the company has machines from Muratec and TMT.

The company exports 90 per cent of its products to the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Its current turnover is 75 million dollars. Universal has been supplying key customers in India, including Gokaldas, and many others in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It believes that India will become a huge market in the future and is eager to cater to a country with a GDP growth rate of 7.5 per cent and a young population.