Singer India Ltd
NSE: SINGER BSE: 505729
₹75.55
-0.74 (0.97%)
Fri, 23 Oct 2026, 00:43 pm
Market Cap (in Cr)474.17
PE Ratio25.86
Dividend0.52
Consumer Durables
Electronics/Appliances
24.5KSinger India Ltd Company History
1977
- The company was incorporated on 19th October.
1978
- The company obtained the Certificate of Commencement of Business on 13th March.
1980
- The business and undertaking of the Indian branch became vested in the company.
- The company allotted 8,00,000 fully paid equity shares to The Singer Company, U.S.A.
1981
- The Singer Co., U.S.A. made technical assistance available to the company free of any fee or royalty.
- The Singer Co., U.S.A. appointed the company as Registered user of its trade mark in India.
- The company received a letter from The Singer Co., U.S.A. to maintain commercial relations and provide technical support.
1982
- 11,99,993 shares were issued at par.
- 5,00,000 shares were offered to the public in February.
1984
- The company received a letter of intent for the manufacture of 1,00,000 Zig Zag Sewing machines.
1987
- The company introduced a new automative sewing machine, Singer Fashion Maker.
- A new line of food processor was launched.
- The company set up an electrical appliance division.
- A speciality store was started in New Delhi and Calcutta.
1989
- 20,00,000 bonus equity shares were issued.
1991
- The company issued 14% non-convertible debentures for Rs 100 lakhs to PNB Mutual Fund.
1993
- The name of the company was changed from Indian Sewing Machine Company Ltd to Singer India Ltd.
- 10,60,900 shares and 1,56,550 shares were issued to Singer VII B.U. and The National Small Industries Co. Ltd. respectively.
1994
- New products like water purifiers and Black & White TVs were introduced.
1995
- New products introduced were washing machines, refrigerators, power tools and furniture.
- The company introduced new models such as cobra-world class sewing machine, classic-N and Multipurpose-N.
- Mahavir Founders & Engineers Ltd. was amalgamated with the company.
- 26,08,725 shares were issued as bonus shares.
1996
- The amalgamation of Mahavir Founders & Engineers Limited with the company was approved by the Delhi High Court.
1997
- Sewing products remained the core business of the company.
- The company introduced more versatile models of sewing machines.
- The company operated through 200 retail stores.
- Singer India entered into a marketing alliance with Baron International.
- Singer launched colour televisions under its own brand name.
1998
- The company gave more thrust to zig-zag sewing education to promote high end sewing machines.
1999
- Singer India Ltd entered the microwave market.
- The company introduced an imported iron.
- The company added two state of art models of microwaves to its range.
- The company launched two more models of contemporary mixer grinders.
2004
- Singer forayed into the industrial machine segment.
2005
- Mr. K K Gupta was appointed as Manager.
- Mr. Samya Sarkar joined the company as a Director and Managing Director.
2007
- Mr. Theo Noel Renard was appointed as an Additional Director of the company.
2008
- Mr. P N Sharma was appointed as the Additional Director of the company.
- Mr. Rajiv Bajaj was appointed as an Alternate Director.
- Mr. P R Nandanan was appointed as an Alternate Director.
2009
- Mr. Ajit Kumar was appointed as the Additional Director of the company.
2013
- The company restarted manufacturing facilities at its Jammu factory.
- The company recommended a dividend of Rs. 1.50 per share.
2014
- The company recommended a dividend of Rs. 1.50 per equity share of face value of Rs. 10.
2018
- The company split its face value from Rs. 10 to Rs. 2.
2019
- Singer India was selected and awarded with INDIA'S MOST TRUSTED BRAND 2019 for sewing machine category.
