Benecore Private Limited, a joint venture between Germany’s TWE Group and India’s Obeetee Textiles, has begun commercial production of nonwoven material for baby diapers and sanitary napkins in Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav inaugurated the plant in the Acharpura Industrial Area virtually from New Delhi on 12 November 2026.
Speaking at the inauguration, Chief Minister Yadav said the foundation stone had been laid in August 2024. The Bhopal plant follows the announcement of the 50:50 partnership in 2023. At the time, TWE said the venture, originally named TWE OBT Private Limited, would set up an Indian manufacturing facility for nonwoven products used in healthcare and hygiene.
From imports to local production
The Bhopal facility has two production lines that use air-through bonding to make a soft nonwoven fabric, Benecore and Obeetee Group Chairman Rudra Chatterjee told Mint. Nonwoven fabrics are made by bonding fibres together. In diapers and sanitary napkins, the material can help distribute and retain liquid.
TWE previously supplied the material to Indian manufacturers from its plants in Germany and China. Mr Chatterjee said Benecore had begun working with customers from TWE’s existing network, including diaper and sanitary napkin brands in India. The Bhopal plant gives those manufacturers a domestic source for the material.
Investment and expansion plans
Chief Minister Yadav put first-phase investment at ₹160 crore, according to The Statesman. Separately, Mr Chatterjee told Mint that Benecore had invested more than ₹200 crore in the Bhopal plant. The available reports give no breakdown explaining how the two figures relate.
Benecore expects the first phase to generate about ₹300 crore in revenue and plans to double the facility’s production capacity by 2029, Mr Chatterjee said. He estimated that the expansion could raise the plant’s revenue potential to about ₹600 crore.
