Hawkins Cookers
{{Short description|Indian pressure cooker manufacturer}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Hawkins Cookers Limited
| logo = Hawkins Cookers.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| type = Public company
| traded_as = {{BSE|508486}}
| founded = 1959 as Pressure Cookers and Appliances Ltd. Changed to Hawkins Cookers Ltd in 1986.
| founder = H. D. Vasudeva{{cite web|url=http://www.hawkinscookers.com/3.1.aboutthecompany.html |title=About The Company |publisher=Hawkinscookers.com |access-date=23 November 2010}} in partnership with L. G. Hawkins & Co. Ltd. (founded in 1921 by Lawrence George Hawkins {{cite web |url=http://www.teasmade.info/l-g-hawkins/ |title=LG Hawkins |publisher=teasmade |access-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809095905/http://www.teasmade.info/l-g-hawkins/ |archive-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead }})
| location = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| key_people = {{Unbulleted_list|Brahm Vasudeva
{{small|(Chairman)}}|Subhadip Dutta Choudhury
{{small|(CEO & VC){{cite web|url=http://www.hawkinscookers.com/3.1.2.and_now.html |title=About The Company |publisher=Hawkinscookers.com |access-date=23 November 2010}}}}}}
| industry = Consumer Product Manufacturers
| services = Utensils
| products = Pressure Cookers, Futura Cookware
| brands = Hawkins
| revenue = {{INRConvert|4.57|b}}http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/AnnualReport/508486/5084860313.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
| operating_income = {{INRConvert|570|m}}
| net_income = {{INRConvert|382.8|m}}
| assets = {{INRConvert|1.695|b}}
| equity = {{INRConvert|548|m}}
| num_employees = 969http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/AnnualReport/508486/5084860313.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.hawkinscookers.com/}}
}}
Hawkins Cookers Limited Inc and formerly known as Pressure Cookers and Appliances Ltd, is an Indian company which manufactures pressure cookers and cookware.{{cite web|url=http://www.hawkinscookers.com/6.0.contact.html |title=Contact us |publisher=Hawkinscookers.com |access-date=23 November 2010}} 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.{{cite book |title=Enterprise Resource Planning: Concepts and Practice |last=Garg |first=Vinod Kumar /Atibal Singh|author2=Venkitakrishnan, N. K. |year=2004 |publisher=Prentice Hall of India |isbn=81-203-2254-1 |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mNjGObvTaAC&dq=%22Hawkins+Cookers%22&pg=PA138 }}
History
Hawkins Cookers was started in 1959 by H. D. Vasudeva as Pressure Cookers and Appliances Ltd, in technical collaboration with L G Hawkins & Co Ltd of England.{{cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/brahm-vasudeva-the-man-who-made-brand-hawkins-synonymous-with-core-focus-5541211.html |title=Brahm Vasudeva: The man who made brand Hawkins synonymous with core focus|author=M Saraswathy |publisher=moneycontrol.com |date=11 September 2020}} L G Hawkins and Company Limited was founded by Leonard George Hawkins in 1913 and manufactured home appliances.{{cite web|url=https://www.pye-story.org/companies/consumer-products/domestic-appliances |title=Consumer Products Domestic Appliances|publisher=pye-story.org|access-date=5 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pye-story.org/companies/research-section/l-g-hawkins-ltd |title=LG Hawkins & Co Ltd|publisher=pye-story.org|access-date=5 January 2022}}
The company was initially known as Pressure Cookers and Appliances Ltd and manufactured and marketed of Hawkins pressure cooker under agreement with L G Hawkins & Co Ltd of England. In 1986, the company acquired the present name.{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/company/hawkins-cookers-451/information/company-history|title=Hawkins Cookers History|publisher=business-standard.com |access-date=6 January 2022}}
L G Hawkins and Company Limited was bought by Pye Ltd. in 1939.{{cite web|url=https://www.pye-story.org/history/commercial-growth |title=Commercial Growth|publisher=pye-story.org|access-date=5 January 2022}} 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. Pye was later acquired by Philips in 1986.{{cite web |title=Commercial Growth. Acquisition by Philips |url=https://www.pye-story.org/history/acquisition-by-philips |access-date=5 January 2022 |publisher=pye-story.org}} 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. The Hawkins Universal trademark was acquired by Hawkins Cookers Ltd in 1986{{cite news|url=https://www.teasmade.uk/l-g-hawkins/ |title=L Hawkins|newspaper=Teasmade |date=October 2015 |publisher=teasmade.uk|access-date=6 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/hawkins-cookers-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-13632.cms |title=Hawkins Cookers History|publisher=economictimes.indiatimes.com |access-date=6 January 2022}} and company name was changed from Pressure Cookers & Appliances Ltd to Hawkins Cookers Ltd.
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 110 million pressure cookers worldwide. Today, it makes 88 different models of pressure cookers in 13 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.{{Cite book|title = The Brand Trust Report India Study 2015|last = Chandramouli|publisher = TRA|year = 2015|isbn = 978-81-920823-8-7|pages = 156–157}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.hawkinscookers.com Official Website]
- [http://invest.economictimes.indiatimes.com/newequity/jaycomphistory.jsp?ticker=haco&exchange=n The Economic Times – Hawkins Cookers Limited – Company History (Data Source: Asian CERC IT Ltd.)]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Category:Cooking appliance brands
Category:Home appliance manufacturers of India
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Mumbai
Category:Indian companies established in 1959
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1959