Milestones

Launch of Personal grooming business

Acquired the Consumer Durables Business of Lloyd Electric and Engineering Limited thereby entered the business of Air conditioners, LED TV and washing machines

Built over 1250 bio-toilets in about 150 schools in Alwar district of Rajasthan

Re-launch of brand Standard

Launched home automation & control in Crabtree brand

Transfer of brand rights to Havells India Limited

Entered the Solar business with streetlight, consumer products and rooftop generation solutions

Built 800 eco-friendly bio-toilets in about 100 schools in Alwar district of Rajasthan

Havells pledges to build eco-friendly and sustainable toilets in over 300 Schools

Havells introduced India's First Brightest LED Lights 'LUMENO'

Havells reached a milestone of 300 Galaxy's

Havells Launched the world's most modern electric water heater plant in Neemrana

Introduced Premium Fans Category under the Standard Brand

Became the only company to manufacture entire range of Ceiling, Table, Pedestal and Wall (TPW) range of Fans in-house

Started in 2005, Mid-Day Meal scheme now stands extended to over 55,000 school children across 656 schools in Alwar district of Rajasthan

More than 270 Galaxies across the country

First private cable & wire testing facility set up at Alwar plant

Entered the business of Self Priming Monoblock Pumps

Introduced first Sustainability Report

Transfer Brand Rights to the Company

Set up India's first and only large scale Lighting Fixtures plant in Neemrana

Launched Copper Flexible Cables under the Standard brand

Launched Crabtree XPRO Switchgear

Entered new segment, Kit Kat switches, under Brand REO

Expanded Baddi plant for manufacturing of Kit Kat Switches

Launch of new range of Control Gear Cosmic Star series

Set up of new Industrial Switchgear Plant in Sahibabad

Launch of Domestic Appliances

Standard Electrical merged with Havells

Entered into a Joint Venture with Shanghai Yaming Lighting,China

Set up 2nd unit for Fan manufacturing at Haridwar

Set up world's first new generation CMH Lamp Plant at Neemrana

Acquired 100% interest in Standard Electricals

Entered Electrical Water Heaters business

Launched Havells brand in US & Mexico

Set up fully automatic 2nd unit for Switchgear manufacturing at Baddi

Global consolidation of CFL manufacturing plant at Neemrana for domestic and export purposes

Launch of India's 1st HPF CFL

Launch of India's 1st BEE 5* Rated Fan

Setup of fully automatic plant for Motors in a J.V. with Lafert of Spain in Neemrana

First Indian CFL manufacturers to have adopted RoHS, European norms on Restriction of Hazardous Substances in CFLs

Set up Global Corporate office, QRG Towers in Noida

Investment of `50 crores in Global Center for Research and Innovation (CRI)

Change in Corporate Brand identity

Set up Capacitor manufacturing plant in Noida, U.P., with capacity of 6,00,000 kVAr per month

Acquired the Lighting business of Frankfurt-based company "Sylvania", a global leader in lighting business; Company's turnover crossed US$ 1 billion

Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm and one of the largest investors in India, invested US $110 million in Havells India Ltd.Havells issued fresh shares to Warburg Pincus, representing approximately 11.2% of the fully diluted share capital of the company

QRG Group entered healthcare business by acquiring a majority stake in Central Hospital and Research Centre, Faridabad

Added CFL production unit in Haridwar manufacturing plant

Expansion at Alwar manufacturing plant for increase of production capacity

Expansion at Baddi manufacturing plant and installation of an Export Oriented Unit

Crabtree India merged with Havells India

First company to get the ISI Certification for complete range of CFLs

Set up manufacturing plant in Haridwar, Uttaranchal for manufacturing Fans

Set up R&D Centre at Noida H.O.

Started Mid-Day Meal programme at Alwar, Rajasthan with 1,500 students

Awarded KEMA certification by The Dutch Council for Accreditation, making QRG the only group to attain this certification

Set up manufacturing plant at Baddi, HP, for manufacturing of Domestic Switchgear

Set up a plant for manufacturing of CFL at existing manufacturing plant in Faridabad, Haryana

Set up a manufacturing plant for manufacturing of Ceiling Fans at Noida, UP

Set up our own marketing office in London through our wholly owned subsidiary company Havells U.K. Ltd.

In December 2004 placed 235 fully convertible debentures of ` 10 Lacs on M/s. Shine Ltd., Mauritius

Attained CE certificate for CFL

Launch of Fans, CFL and Lighting

Standard Electrical Company becomes a 100% Subsidiary of the company.

Attained the IEC certification for Industrial switchgear and CSA certification for all manufacturing plants.

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.

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.

Introduced Ferraris high-end meter in joint venture with DZG, Germany

Acquired Electric Control & Switchboards at Noida, UP, for manufacturing customized packaged solutions.

Havells journey in wires and cables sector started in 1996 when they acquired a manufacturing plant of wires and cables at Alwar, Rajasthan from Surya Cables.

Set up another manufacturing plant at Faridabad, Haryana, for Control Gear Products

Listed on both, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE)

Set up a manufacturing plant at Sahibabad, UP, for Changeover Switches

Started manufacturing MCBs at Badli, Delhi in Joint Venture with Geyer, Germany.

Acquired Towers and Transformers Ltd. and turned it into a profitably manufacturing Energy Meters Company in 1 year.

Started manufacturing high quality Energy Meters at Tilak Nagar, Delhi

Set up a manufacturing plant for HBC Fuses at Badli, Delhi

Set up the first manufacturing plant for Rewirable Switches and Changeover Switches at Kirti Nagar, Delhi

Bought Havells brand

Commenced trading operations in Delhi.