Havells
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Havells India Ltd is a billion-dollar-plus organization with products ranging from Industrial & Domestic Circuit Protection Switchgear, Cables & Wires, Motors, Fans, Power Capacitors, CFL Lamps, Luminaires for Domestic, Commercial & Industrial applications, Modular Switches & Bathfittings covering household, commercial and industrial electrical needs.
Havells owns global brands like Crabtree, Sylvania, Concord, Luminance, Linolite & SLI Lighting. Havells has 91 branches / representative offices and over 8000 professionals in over 50 countries across the globe. Its 7 state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in India are located at Haridwar, Baddi, Noida, Faridabad, Alwar, Neemrana, and 8 manufacturing plants are located across Europe, Latin America & Africa. It has 20000 strong global distribution network.
The company has acquired a number of International certifications, like BASEC, CSA, KEMA, CB, CE, ASTA, CPA, SEMKO, SIRIUM (Malaysia), SPRING (Singapore), TSE (Turkey), SNI (Indonesia) and EDD (Bahrain) for various products. Havells and its brands have individuals and industrial consumers both in India and abroad.
Havells launched the consumer electrical products such as CFLs, Fans, Modular Switches & Luminaires in order to transform itself from an industrial product company to a consumer products company. The company has been promoting its brand through sponsorship of Cricket events like Champions Trophy, Champions League, IPL Season 2, IPL Season1, T20 World Cup. The company has also taken the initiative to reach directly to the consumers through "Havells Galaxy" – a one stop shop for all electrical and lighting needs.
Havells contributes to socially responsible activities, like providing mid-day meal in government schools in Alwar district, covering 15000 students per day. Besides this the company has acquired land for constructing a larger kitchen with all the modern facilities to serve freshly cooked food to 50000 students in the area. Havells runs a mobile Medical Van, equipped with a trained doctor and necessary medicines in the rural areas of Delhi & NCR for the very poor and needy villagers. They have also set up free medical check-up camps. In the past also, the company has also contributed to the society during various national calamities like the Bihar Flood, Tsunami and Kargil National Relief Fund etc.
The essence of Havells success lies in the expertise of its fine team of professionals, strong relationships with associates and the ability to adapt quickly and efficiently, with the vision to always think ahead.
History
1958: Commenced trading operations in Delhi
1971: Bought HAVELLS Brand
1976: Set up the first manufacturing plant for Rewireable Switches and Changeover Switches at Kirti Nagar, Delhi.
1979: Set up a manufacturing plant for HBC Fuses at Badli, Delhi.
1980: Started manufacturing high quality Energy Meters at Tilak Nagar, Delhi.
1983: Acquired Towers and Transformers Ltd. and turned it into a profitably manufacturing Energy Meters Company in one year.
1987: Started manufacturing MCBs at Badli, Delhi in a Joint Venture with Geyer, Germany.
1990: Set up a manufacturing plant at Sahibabad, UP for Changeover Switches.
1993: Set up another manufacturing plant at Faridabad, Haryana for Control Gear Products.
1996:
Acquired a manufacturing plant at Alwar, Rajasthan for Power Cables & Wires.
Entered into a Joint Venture with Electrium, UK for manufacturing Dorman Smith MCCBs and Crabtree Modular Plate Switches.
1997: Acquired Electric Control & Switchboards at NOIDA for manufacturing customized packaged solutions.
1998: Introduced high-end Ferraris Meters in Joint Venture with DZG, Germany.
2000:
Acquired controlling stake in Duke Arnics Electronics (P) Limited engaged in manufacturing of Electronic Meters-Single Phase, Three Phase, Multi Function, Tri-Vectors.
Acquired controlling interest in an industry major-Standard Electricals Ltd.
2001: Acquired business of Havells Industries Ltd, MCCB of Crabtree India Limited and merged ECS Limited in the company to consolidate its area of core competence.
2002:
Standard Electrical Company becomes a 100% Subsidiary of the company
Attained the IEC certification for Industrial switchgear and CSA certification for all manufacturing plants.
2003:
Set up manufacturing plant at Baddi (H.P.) for manufacturing of Domestic Switchgear.
Set up a manufacturing plant for manufacturing of CFL at existing manufacturing plant in Faridabad, Haryana.
2004:
Set up a manufacturing plant for manufacturing of Ceiling Fans at Noida, UP.
Set-up their own marketing office in London through their wholly owned subsidiary company Havells U.K. Ltd.
In December 2004, placed 235 fully convertible debentures of Rs. 10 lakhs on M/s. Shine Ltd., Mauritius and the debenture got converted in June, 2006 Attained the CE certificate for CFLs.
2005:
Set up manufacturing plant in Haridwar, Uttaranchal for manufacturing Fans.
Awarded the KEMA certification by The Dutch Council for Accreditation, making QRG the only group to attain this certification.
Set up of R&D Center in Noida H.O.
2006:
Crabtree India merged with Havells India.
Added CFL production unit in Haridwar manufacturing plant.
Expansion at Alwar manufacturing plant for increase of production capacity.
Expansion at Baddi manufacturing plant and set-up of an Export Oriented Unit.
2006:
First Company to get the ISI Certification for complete range of CFLs.
Started mid-day meal program at Alwar, Rajasthan caters to 10,000 students from 77 schools.
2007:
Set-up of Capacitor manufacturing plant in Noida, UP with the capacity of 6, 00,000 KVAr per month.
Acquired the Lighting business of a Frankfurt based company "Sylvania", a global leader in lighting business and now the company's turnover crosses US$ 1 Billion.