Empire Industries Ltd was founded by Mr.S.C.Malhotra.With a naval background, and business experience of running the Kohinoor Mills Division of Killicks Industries Limited as its CEO – he acquired Empire Dyeing Co Ltd in the year 1963. The company then was a very small process house having operations limited to only bleaching, dyeing and finishing of cotton products. Soon, processing of man made and synthetic fibers began and the company came to be known as India’s largest, leading textile processing house. This was the beginning of Empire Industries Ltd.