Jaquar
The Jaquar Group, established in 1960, is a growing multi-diversified bathroom and lighting solutions company with 17% CAGR over 10 years in a row, offers faucets, showers, shower enclosures, sanitary ware, flushing systems, wellness products, concealed cisterns, water heaters, and varied lighting products. It employs over 12,000 people including 1200 service technicians and runs 7 manufacturing facilities in India and 1 in South Korea. Currently, it manufactures 39 million bath fittings every year for nearly 2.4 million bathrooms every year, delivering 3 million sanitary ware pieces annually and 9.9 million lighting products yearly. The company has 22 orientation  centres in India and 22 Jaquar World stores globally at London, Milan, Singapore, Dubai, Kuala Lampur and other locations. Jaquar Group has global headquarters spread across 48,000 sq. meters (a Platinum LEED Certified Net zero-energy building by USGBC) in Manesar, Haryana, India and presently operates in over 70 countries in Europe, Middle East, South East Asia, Africa, and SAARC region. History. 1960–1985. 1960 1972 1975 1985 1986–2009. 1986 1987 1993 2000 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010–2015. 2010 2013 Nielsen survey reports Jaquar as India’s most trusted bath fittings brand 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Products . Jaquar Group targets its products to various socio-economic segments, such as brand Artize (luxury category), brand Jaquar (Premium category) and brand Essco (value category). Artize. Artize is a luxury bathroom shower and faucets brand from Jaquar Group. In July 2018, the Tailwater faucet, manufactured by the Jaquar Group's luxury brand Artize, and designed by the London-based product design consultancy DanelonMeroni Design Studio received Red Dot Design Award for 2018 for product design. Turnover figures (INR) Jaquar. Jaquar brand dominates Indian bathroom fittings market in the premium segment. According to the latest research report, shower enclosure and cubicles  market is booming worldwide along with key trends through the company sections, countries and regions, one of the leading players is Jaquar Group. Under the Group umbrella the range of products includes faucets, showers, sanitary ware and wellness, shower enclosures and water heaters. Jaquar in collaboration with Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez, one of Europe’s best known hospitality and architecture design studio, launched Laguna, a bathroom brand based on aesthetic durability and timeless simplicity on December 16, 2021 by Rajesh Mehra. Turnover figures (INR) Faucets. Jaquar has in-house product design team that has won global recognition and awards , the Group has manufacturing capacity of producing 125,000 faucets per day. Among the contactless faucets there are two types which cater to either the ‘sensor’ or ‘sensibility’ ranges, as per their styles of function and technology. The retrofit and new-age pressmatic faucets (Pillar tap, Bib tap and foot-operated valve with plug) from the ‘Sensibility’ range are made of simple components that are easy to install and operate, requiring no-palm contact with them as they are elbow/foot operated. Jaquar introduced Blush Sensor faucet range that incorporates intelligent sensor technology, promotes touch-free and germ-kill functionalities that  pave the way for reduction of energy and water consumption. Showers. Jaquar showers have overhead, hand and body showers systems that cater to different showering habits, design needs of bathroom and installation requirements. In the self-cleaning shower there is no uneven spray of water spray, no deposits in shower nozzles and retards the growth of germs on the shower head. Sanitaryware. Jaquar Sanitaryware ranges include wash basins, offering Wall Hung, Over Counter, Under Counter and Counter-top installations that are well coordinated with Jaquar’s range of faucets. The products has two push-button activated dual-flush technology that  ensures that the water closets with single piece, coupled and wall mounted options, exactly fits into the coordinated design and installation parameters. Wellness. Jaquar has range of whirlpools that are created by specialist designers from Europe and are manufactured at Jaquar’s manufacturing facilities. Shower enclosures. The shower enclosures ensures the separation of wet and dry areas and helps in making the bathroom dry, hygienic and safe by restricting the water inside the wet room only, thus keeping it clean and making it bacteria free. Essco. Essco by the Jaquar Group offers taps, sanitaryware and accessories, has a retail footprint  of over 4000 in the country and an annual turnover of over Rs 300 crores. For over six decades Essco the bathroom brand has been in the bath industry in India. Essco, the brand is built on the pillars of quality and affordability in designing and delivering products that are functional, aesthetics at an easy–to-own price. Essco has expanded its footprint in tier-II, III & IV cities across India, Essco has a total retail presence across 4000+ stores and the Jaquar Group aims increase the retail strength to 5000+ outlets by the year 2022. Essco unveiled  digital campaign Hashtag EsscoNaBhoolPaoge highlighting the values of quality and trusted service. Turnover figures (INR) Jaquar lighting. The group is investing Rs 150 crore in a new lighting manufacturing facility where many of lighting components would be produced in-house. Jaquar's capacity to make LED drivers is about 1.2 million a month. It currently produces around 750,000. The company first invested into lighting 15 years back when it identified a vacuum in good quality lighting. Since then, it has focussed on designer lighting such as chandeliers. The company also manufacturers bulbs and tube lights - it has automated bulbs assembly  at its factory in Manesar. Jaquar Group announced the Indian film actress Deepika Padukone as the brand ambassador of their lighting segment. Turnover figures (INR) Corporate Social Responsibility. Jaquar Group aims to train over 10,000 more plumbers by 2020. Group's existing plumber training and customer service initiative; 63,000 plumbers have been trained through PAD (Plumber Associated with Dealers) and 2,000 unskilled personnel have been trained through Jaquar Group skill development centres. Design Confab. This is a knowledge sharing platform for Industry's best Architects, Builders & Interior Designers, it is an event that celebrates design by Jaquar group. Jaquar group  is working on a white paper on smart living spaces.