journey to excellence, maps its emergence as a major industrial force in the country and abroad.
| 1958 : | Commenced trading operations in Delhi. |
| 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 1 year. |
| 1987 : | Started manufacturing MCBs at Badli, Delhi in 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, UP 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.
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| 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.
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| 2004 : | - Set up manufacturing plant at Baddi , HP for manufacturing of Domestic Switchgear.
- Set up a manufacturing 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 Rs. 10 Lacs on M/s. Shine Ltd., Mauritius and the debenture will be converted in June, 2006
- Attained the CE certificate for CFLs
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| 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.
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| 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.
- 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.
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| 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.
- 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.
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| 2008 : |
- We are the first Indian CFL manufacturers to have adopted RoHS, European norms on Restriction of Hazardous Substances in CFLs.
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