Jaquar Group to start production at two new factories in October

Despite a revision in revenue forecast thanks to slow sales after the lockdown, Jaquar Group will start production at two new factories in October, making household LED lighting systems and water heaters. 

The firm, which invested around Rs 200 crore in capex for the units, expects additional employment to range between 1,500 and 2,000 workers at full production, adding that overall sales are back to healthy levels in the last two months. The lighting unit is at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, with 50,000 square meters of manufacturing space, and the water heater factory will open in Kundli, Haryana. The new sites will take