Remson and Rallison enters CFL segment

The Rs 200-crore Remson and Rallison Electricals Limited has entered the cluttered compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) segment with a range of 25 lamps of varying wattage and designs.

Addressing a press conference here, chairman S K Babbar said the CFLs were of the highest standard conforming to regulations of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Each CFL will last for 8,000 hours and come with an unconditional guarantee of one year.

Babbar said the CFLs were being manufactured at the company?s new plant at the Narela Industrial Estate, Delhi. ?We have imported machines from Korea to produce high quality CFLs," he disclosed. The range is priced between Rs 100 and Rs 190 and CFLs come in both retrofit and non-retrofit makes.

He said that the common complaint of CFLs not emitting 'adequate light' or getting damaged easily had been solved. CFLs are supposed to have a longer rated life and use less electricity than incandescent light bulbs thereby saving enough money in energy costs to make up for their initial higher price within some 500 hours of use. Babbar said Remson and Rallison CFLs confirmed to this.

The Remson and Rallison Group has eight units manufacturing a wide range of electrical appliances including mixies, grinders, electric irons, room heaters, and geysers. Remson is a well-known name in the geysers segment and was given a 'five-star rating' by Voluntary Organisation in Interest of Consumer Education (VOICE) for being the most energy-saving geyser among ten leading brands.

VOICE had conducted the comparative testing of water heaters in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. Remson geyers were the only one to get the five star rating.

Remson has also launched gas-run geysers, which come with a digital display panel. These are priced at Rs 3,500 onwards. Babbar said Remson had diversified in the wire and cable segment and merged with sister concern Rallison. It was also in the process of setting up a new plant at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan for increasing its wire and cable manufacturing capacity.

"We have a small plant at Bhiwadi and now want to increase capacity through a modern plant," he said.

The group also manufactures ceiling fans at its unit at Bhadi in Himachal Pradesh. The fans, he said, had been designed to offer 11 per cent electricity saving when compared to competition.

Babbar said the company was already exporting to Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore and South Africa and was planning to open an office at Dubai in the next few months. "We will then cater to the entire Gulf market from Dubai," he said.