R R Kabel was originally incorporated as ‘Ram Ratna Agro-Plast Limited’ at Mumbai, Maharashtra as a public company under the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to the certificate of incorporation dated February 6, 1995, issued by RoC and commenced operations pursuant to a certificate of commencement of business dated June 29, 1995. Subsequently, the name of the company was changed to ‘R R Kabel Limited’ to align the name with the business activity of the company and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated November 8, 2000 was issued by the RoC.

The company is one of the leading companies in the Indian consumer electrical industry (comprising wires and cables and fast moving electrical goods (FMEG)), with an operating history of many years in India.  The company sells products across two broad segments - (i) wires and cables including house wires, industrial wires, power cables and special cables; and (ii) FMEG including fans, lighting, switches and appliances. The company’s product’s end use determines whether the sale is through a business-to-business (B2B) or B2C channel. The company undertakes the manufacturing, marketing and sale of (i) its wires and cable products under its ‘RR Kabel’ brand, and (ii) a variety of consumer electrical products, including fans and lights under the ‘RR’ brand, which is licensed by it. The company also manufacture, market and sell fans and lights under the ‘Luminous Fans and Lights’ brand, which is licensed by it. 

The company owns and operates two integrated manufacturing facilities which are located at Waghodia, Gujarat, being the Waghodia Facility, and Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Silvassa Facility) in India, which primarily carry out manufacturing operations in respect of wire and cables and switches. Additionally, the company owns and operates three integrated manufacturing facilities which are located at Roorkee, Uttarakhand (Roorkee Facility), Bengaluru, Karnataka (Bengaluru Facility) and Gagret, Himachal Pradesh (Gagret Facility) in India, which carry out manufacturing operations in respect of FMEG products. Its Waghodia Facility is one of the largest consumer electrical manufacturing facilities in India as of March 31, 2023, with an annual manufacturing capacity of 2.1 million CKM of wires and cables.

Business area of the company 

The company is primarily engaged in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of consumer electrical products across two broad segments - wires and cables and FMEG.

Products of the company 

Wires and cables 

• House wires
• Industrial wires Power cables
• Special cables

FMEG

• Fans
• Lighting
• Switches and switchgear
• Appliances 

Awards, accreditations and recognitions 

• 2017: Won the ‘POWER BRAND INDIA 2017’ award in ‘Industry Trendsetter’ category at the Power Brands Glam Summit held in London, UK on May 12, 2017.
• 2018: Won the ‘Marketing Campaign of the year 2018’ organized by ABP News Brand Excellence Award.
• 2022: Awarded the ‘Best Brand in Building Material & Fittings’ category at the ET Infra Focus Summit & Awards.

History and milestones 

• 1999: Establishment of the first manufacturing facility in Silvassa and commenced the operations.
• 2004: Commencement of in-house manufacturing of PVC compound.
• 2011: Establishment of manufacturing plant in the industrial belt of Vadodara.
• 2019: Acquisition of 21.01% shareholding by TPG Asia VII SF Pte. Ltd. in the company.
• 2019: Commencement of exports to USA.
• 2020: Amalgamation of Ram Ratna Electricals Limited with the company.
• 2019: Acquisition of LED business of Arraystorm Lighting Private Limited.
• 2021: Commencement of manufacturing of switch.
• 2022: Acquisition of home electrical business ‘Luminous Fans and Light’.