A family-run filtration house, engineering the air since 1971.
Four generations, one manufacturing plant, one discipline: making the filter media that lets heavy industry meet ever-tighter emission limits, without sacrificing process throughput or bag life.
A 55-year arc from textiles to technical fabrics.
Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Bangalore, Masturlal Pvt Ltd grew out of India's textile tradition into one of the country's most engineering-driven nonwoven manufacturers. Today the group runs a stand-alone plant in Arekere (Bangalore) producing needle felts, scrim, hardware and finished filter bags in-house.
Production at the Bangalore plant began in December 2000 and the campus has been progressively expanded (major additions in 2003–2005, 2011 and 2013) to support growing exports and tighter customer specifications.
Five-plus decades, briefly told.
Masturlal is founded
A family business in Bangalore is established to serve India's emerging industrial economy.
Bangalore manufacturing begins
The Arekere campus opens in December 2000, a purpose-built needle-felt plant designed around European carding and needling machinery.
First major expansion
Phased additions through 2003–2005 bring in additional finishing capacity and dedicated sewing lines.
Capacity scale-up
New Dr. Fehrer (Austria) looms commissioned, increasing felt widths and output to meet growing export demand.
PTFE finishing & pleated elements
In-house PTFE impregnation and the launch of PleatMax pleated cartridges using ComPac® felt technology.
One plant, 40+ countries
Our Bangalore plant produces 100,000+ m² of needle felt annually; 30–35% of turnover comes from exports.
What 55 years of in-house manufacturing looks like.
Most filter-bag suppliers buy felt and sew it. We make our felt, weave our scrim, fabricate the hardware, finish the media, and assemble the bag, all within our walls.
Felt production
Carded and needled on Dr. Fehrer (Austria) looms: five units, widths from 1.2 m to 3.3 m, some customised for specific media.
Scrim & hardware
In-house weaving of carrier scrims and fabrication of bag-filter components (snap-bands, venturis, top & bottom rings) to spec for retrofits across baghouse OEMs.
Finishing
Thermo setting, super-calendering, anti-static fibre integration, PTFE liquid emulsion impregnation and flame-retardant finishing, selected per application.
Bag assembly
100% of needle felt is sewn in-house into dry dust collection filter bags. Continuous double-needle stitching, ultrasonic seaming options, and welded constructions for premium media.
Vertical integration is how we hit ≤5 mg/Nm³.
No second-hand felt
Most failures we see in the field trace back to the felt, not the bag. Making our own means we can guarantee consistency, structure, density and finish from the first carding pass.
Fibre flexibility
Polyester, PPS, meta-aramid (Nomex), para-aramid (Kevlar), P-84 polyimide, homopolymer acrylic, polypropylene, fibreglass, selected and blended per dust profile.
Short loops
When the application engineer, the felt designer and the sewing floor are in the same building, prototypes ship in days, not quarters.
Manufactured to ISO 9001& ISO 14001.
Come and see how it's made.
We open our works to customers and partners, from R&D and looms to finishing and final bag assembly. Walk the floor with us.