Birds Jute and Export Limited (BJEL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Jute Manufactures Corporation Limited, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.
It manufactures jute, cotton, viscose and blended fabric decoratives. BJEL has experienced net losses over the past fiscal years and has been virtually inoperable since 2002.
The company is in the process of restructuring and experienced a net loss of inr 554000000 in fiscal 2006.[1]
History
Established on 30 June 1904, as the Lansdowne Jute Company Limited, Birds Jute & Exports Ltd. (BJEL) was formed to take over the jute goods manufacturing business from the Arathoon Jute Mills Limited at its Dakhindari mill. It was renamed as Birds Jute & Exports Ltd. on 15 December 1971.[2][3]