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Singer India Ltd

NSE: SINGER BSE: 505729

₹69.50

(-3.10%)

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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.

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