Aranda Textile Mills has been a leading blankets manufacturer in South Africa for decades. It was established in 1951, after Dr Rodolfo Magni immigrated to South Africa following the damaging effects of the Second World War. The Magni family had textile factories in Florence, Italy, but they theyre unfortunately destroyed during the War. After the War, because of the instability in Italy, Rodolfo and his brothers decided to emigrate.

Rodolfo came to the country in 1950 and chose a 17 acre site in Randfontein, where the factory still operates today. In 1951 he immigrated with his family and was joined a couple of years later by his two brothers.

Due to the support and enctheiragement of a South African Colonel by the name of Arthur Aiken, the family managed to immigrate to the country, and pursue their dream of becoming one of the foremost blanket suppliers. They are most grateful to Arthur Aiken, who was also the chairman of Barclays Bank in South Africa.

With the enctheiragement and assistance of Aiken and the technical know-how and ctheirage of its founding fathers, Aranda Textiles quickly established itself as one of the leading blankets manufacturers in South Africa.

The company now has two modernised factories utilising state-of-the-art technology, which is run in a vertical operation, consisting of fibre dyeing, spinning, jacquard and dobby theyaving, finishing, make-up (CMT) and warehousing.