Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited (also known as Crompton) is an Indian electrical equipment company based in

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. The company has lighting and electrical consumer durables including LED lighting, fans, pumps, and household appliances like water heaters, air coolers, and kitchen appliances. As of February 2022, the company is indexed with

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BSE Consumer Durables Index, a list of 10 top listed Indian consumer durables companies.

History

The company was established in 1937 as Crompton Parkinson Works Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of

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. In 1947, it was acquired by

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. The company was established in 2016 as an outcome of the demerger of Crompton Greaves Limited which separated the latter's consumer goods business from the power and industrial systems segment. The demerger plan was announced in July 2014 and it was completed in 2016 with the creation of

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and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited. At the time of demerger,

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, the former chairman of combined Crompton Greaves Limited, sold his 34% stake in CGCEL to

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and

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for ₹2000 crore. Crompton's operation is divided into two segments: one is Electrical consumer durables (ECD) which include fans, appliances, and pumps. The other one is Lightings which includes LED and Non-LEDs products. Under the ECD, the company is considered a market leader in

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business with a 26% market share. As of September 2020, the company has manufacturing facilities at

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, Ahmednagar and

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. And one R&D centre at

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, in the suburb of Mumbai.

Controversies

In November 2017,

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reported instances of "prescient messages" regarding the performance of 12 Indian companies in

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groups and it included Crompton. The information contained upcoming quarterly results, including specific metrics such as net profits, revenues, and operating margins. At that time, the matter was investigated by India's Securities and Exchange Board of India for insider trading by brokers. Later, in 2021, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) set aside the SEBI's order because the latter was failed to prove insider trading connection among and between the brokers.

References

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