Hawkins Cookers

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Hawkins Cookers Limited
TypePublic company
BSE: 508486
IndustryConsumer Product Manufacturers
Founded1959
FounderH. D. Vasudeva[1] in partnership with L. G. Hawkins & Co. Ltd. (founded in 1921 by Lawrence George Hawkins [2])
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people
Mr. Brahm Vasudeva(Chairman)
Subhadip Dutta Choudhury(CEO & VC)[3]
ProductsPressure Cookers and Futura Cookware.
BrandsHawkins
ServicesUtensils
Revenue₹4.57 billion (US$61 million)[4]
₹570 million (US$7.6 million)
₹382.8 million (US$5.1 million)
Total assets₹1.695 billion (US$23 million)
Total equity₹548 million (US$7.3 million)
Number of employees
969[5]
Websitehttp://www.hawkinscookers.com

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]

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.[8]

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References[]

  1. ^ "About The Company". Hawkinscookers.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. ^ "LG Hawkins". teasmade. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. ^ "About The Company". Hawkinscookers.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/AnnualReport/508486/5084860313.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/AnnualReport/508486/5084860313.pdf
  6. ^ "Contact us". Hawkinscookers.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Chandramouli (2015). The Brand Trust Report India Study 2015. TRA. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-81-920823-8-7.
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