1931 – Arvind Mills Ltd was incorporated with share capital ₹165,000 in Ahmedabad. The products manufactured were dhoties, sarees, mulls, dorias, crepes, shirtings, lingerie, coatings, printed lawns and voiles cambrics, twills and gaberdine.
1987 – The company took up a modernisation program to triple the production of denim cloth and to produce double yarn fabrics for exports. The new product groups identified were the indigo dyed blue denim, high-quality two-ply fabrics for exports, and products such as butta sarees, full voiles and dhoties.
1991 – Arvind reached 100 million meters of denim per year, becoming the fourth-largest producer of denim in the world.
1992 – The company increased its production of denim cloth by 23,000 tonnes per day by modernising the plant at Khatraj of Ankur Textiles.
1994 – The company's operations were divided into textile, telecom and garments divisions.
1995 – The garment division launched ready to stitch jeans pack under the brand Ruf & Tuf.
1997 – The marketing and distribution network of the Newport brand was strengthened and the relaunched Flying Machine and Ruggers brand were strengthened.
* Arvind Mills set up an anti-piracy cell for the first time in India to curb large scale counterfeiting of their brands Ruf & Tuf and Newport jeans.
* Arvind Mills adopted the franchisee system for the manufacture and distribution of Ruf & Tuf jeans.
* Arvind Fashions doubled its capacity in the manufacturing facility in Bangalore to produce Lee jeans.
1998 – Arvind Mills emerged as the world's third largest manufacturer of denim.
* Arvind Mills went live with SAP R/3 ERP package in April 1997 in their new manufacturing units.
2003 – For the fourth quarter, Arvind Mills saw a 280% growth in net profit.
* Arvind Mills Ltd was assigned a "P1+" rating by CRISIL, which indicated a very strong rating for their commercial paper.
2005 – For the fourth quarter in a row, Arvind Mills posted a profit growth in excess of 80%.
* Arvind Mills bought the entire stake in Arvind Brands from ICICI Ventures.
2007 – Arvind expanded its presence in the brands and retail segment by establishing MegaMart, one of India's largest value retail chains.
2010 – Arvind launched the Arvind Store, a concept putting the company's best fabrics, brands and bespoke styling and tailoring solutions under one roof.
* Arvind launched its first major real estate projects.
* Arvind became one of India's largest producers of fire protection fabrics.
2012 – joint venture with PD Group, Germany, for manufacture of glass fabrics
2014 – joint venture with PVH Corp for Calvin Klein Businesses in India
* Launched formal suits with Goodhill Corporation Limited of Japan
2014 – joint venture with OG Corp, Japan, for manufacture and sale of non-woven fabrics, the project being spearheaded by Dr. Kunal Shah
2014 – forayed into the E-commerce segment with custom clothing brand Creyate
2014 – The company published its maiden Sustainability Report, 'Fundamentally Right'
2016 – The company completely entered online retailing with nnnow.com
2016 – GAP joins hands with Arvind to sell apparels through NNNow.com.
In the mid-1990s, the company undertook a massive expansion of its denim capacity even though other cotton fabrics were slowly replacing the demand for denim. The expansion plan was funded by loans from both Indian and overseas financial institutions. With the demand for denim slowing, the company found it difficult to repay the loans, resulting in an increased interest burden on the loans. In the late 1990s, the company encountered financial problems due of its debt burden, resulting in incurring significant losses. The company came up with a debt-restructuring plan for the long-term debts being taken up in February 2001. This complex financial restructuring exercise, which involved several domestic and international lenders, is considered to be the benchmark and a case study in India. The restructuring was overseen by Jayesh Shah, CFO, and advised on by a JP Morgan Hong Kong team, led by Ahmad Ayaz. In 2018, Arvind Ltd. demerged its branded apparel and engineering business into separate entities for enhanced focus and value addition for the shareholders of the Company. It got the nod from NCLT Ahmedabad bench for demerger in Oct 2018. Arvind Fashions, the branded apparel entity, will be scaling up existing brand portfolio and improve profitability across brands. Anveshan Heavy Engineering, earlier known as Anup Engineering, has laid down capex plans of ₹80 crore to double existing fabrication capacity of 15,000 tonnes per annum by implementing product mix. Out of the planned investment, ₹40 crore has already been invested.
