Hawkins Cookers Limited is an Indian company which manufactures pressure cookers and cookware.[6] The company is based in Mumbai and has three manufacturing plants at Thane, Hoshiarpur and Jaunpur. It manufactures under brand names of Hawkins, Futura, Contura, Hevibase, Big Boy ,Miss Mary and Ventura. Hawkins is one of the largest pressure cooker manufacturers in India and exports its products to more than 65 countries.[7]
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| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| BSE: 508486 | |
| Industry | Consumer Product Manufacturers |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founder | H. D. Vasudeva[1] in partnership with L. G. Hawkins & Co. Ltd. (founded in 1921 by Lawrence George Hawkins [2]) |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Key people | Mr. Brahm Vasudeva(Chairman) Subhadip Dutta Choudhury(CEO & VC)[3] |
| Products | Pressure Cookers and Futura Cookware. |
| Brands | Hawkins |
| Services | Utensils |
| Revenue | ₹4.57 billion (US$55 million)[4] |
| ₹570 million (US$6.8 million) | |
| ₹382.8 million (US$4.6 million) | |
| Total assets | ₹1.695 billion (US$20 million) |
| Total equity | ₹548 million (US$6.6 million) |
Number of employees | 969[5] |
| Website | http://www.hawkinscookers.com |
Hawkins Cookers was started in 1959 by H. D. Vasudeva, in technical collaboration with L G Hawkins & Co Ltd of England[8]. L G Hawkins and Company Limited was founded by Leonard George Hawkins in 1913 and manufactured home appliances.[9] [10].
L G Hawkins and Company Limited was bought by Pye Ltd. in 1939 [9] [11].In 1962, Pye acquired Ekco & Co Ltd and L G Hawkins was merged with similar Ekco activities to form Ekco Hawkins and later Ekco Hastings[9]. Pye was later acquired by Philips in 1986 [12]. Ekco-Hawkins later became Philips Small Domestic Appliances Product Division and products were rebadged as Philips, but was closed down in the late 1998, due to overseas competition and Philips global rationalization [10]. The Hawkins Universal trademark was acquired by Hawkins Cookers Ltd in 1986[13][14].
The company is traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange under the symbol HWKN. It has raised funds through "fixed deposits", a term for high-interest term deposits issued by industrial companies rather than banks.
Hawkins has sold over 72 million pressure cookers worldwide. Today, it makes 65 different models of pressure cookers in eight different types. All Hawkins pressure cookers are listed by Underwriters Laboratories Inc., USA, an independent institution testing products for public safety. Hawkins pressure cookers feature an inside-fitting lid, which cannot be opened until the steam pressure inside the cooker falls to a safe level. Hawkins was listed as India's most trusted kitchen appliances brand by The Brand Trust Report 2015.[15]
External links
References
- ^ "About The Company". Hawkinscookers.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "LG Hawkins". teasmade. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "About The Company". Hawkinscookers.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/AnnualReport/508486/5084860313.pdf
- ^ http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/AnnualReport/508486/5084860313.pdf
- ^ "Contact us". Hawkinscookers.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ Garg, Vinod Kumar /Atibal Singh; Venkitakrishnan, N. K. (2004). Enterprise Resource Planning: Concepts and Practice. Prentice Hall of India. p. 138. ISBN 81-203-2254-1.
- ^ M Saraswathy (11 September 2020). "Brahm Vasudeva: The man who made brand Hawkins synonymous with core focus". moneycontrol.com.
- ^ a b c "Consumer Products Domestic Appliances". pye-story.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b "LG Hawkins & Co Ltd". pye-story.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Commercial Growth". pye-story.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Commercial Growth". pye-story.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "L Hawkins". teasmade.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Hawkins Cookers History". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Chandramouli (2015). The Brand Trust Report India Study 2015. TRA. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-81-920823-8-7.
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