Jaquar

1960

• Mehras started the business, Rajesh Mehra's father NL Mehra started the bath fittings company and brand Essco.[8]

1972

• Essco started its first manufacturing plant in Haryana, and after three years rolled out a design range of bathroom fittings under the sub-brand Deluxe.[9]

1986

• Rajesh Mehra along with brothers Ajay Mehra and Krishan Mehra launched the Jaquar brand. It is named after Jai Kaur, the grandmother of the Mehra brothers.

1987

• Jaquar launched the advanced flush valve, making Jaquar largest selling brand in its category in India.

2001

• Jaquar's first Orientation Centre opens its doors to the public – a retail place where company's latest bathroom and lighting products and concepts are showcased, and advice from the experts is also offered, in addition to estimation and design assistance.[10] Jaquar is the only Indian bath brand that has live display and demonstration at its 21 Orientation Centers.[11]

2007

• Jaquar builds its first manufacturing fully integrated unit at Bhiwadi.[12]

2008

• Jaquar Group builds its second manufacturing facility.[13]

2010

• The Group introduced range of sanitaryware products. The third manufacturing plant was scaled up to 135,000 sq. m that becomes one of the largest plant in Asia [14]

2016

• Jaquar Group acquired a 51% majority stake in Joeyforlife—a South Korea-based luxury shower maker—in a deal worth US$1.2 million.[15][16]
• The company has also entered lighting industry and has launched a manufacturing unit for the same in Manesar.[17][18]

2017

• Jaquar Group's manufacturing units were spread over 3,29,000 sq. m, across 5 plants in India & 1 plant in South Korea.[19]
• Jaquar expanded its manufacturing facility in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan by 30,000 square meters by investing 150 crore in new faucets manufacturing plant which helped the Group to achieve the production to 1,25,000 faucets a day.[20] With the expansion of Bhiwadi plant it has become the world's largest faucet manufacturing plant in a single unit.[21] Jaquar's Bhiwadi plant recycles 1.5 lakh litres of water every day[22]

2018

• The Group announced the skill development and training of over 300 plumbers on World Youth Skill Day [23] as a part of Skill India, an initiative by Government of India. The training will be imparted to the plumbers through 10 specialized training centres spread across India. The centres will train unemployed youth in specialized skill sets and develop them as trained plumbers.[24]
• The Group closed the turnover of INR 3588 Crores in 2018-19 and aims to achieve $1 billion turnover by 2022 and open 15 stores globally.[25]

2019

• Rajesh Mehra, Director and Promoter of Jaquar Group was conferred the 'EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018' Award under the ‘Consumer Products & Retail’ category for Delivering luxurious experiences.[26]
• Jaquar Group received the second Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for its bath fittings manufacturing facility in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, India.[27]
• Mr. Rajesh Mehra was ranked 93rd in the Forbes India's list of 100 Richest People in 2019 Ranking.[28]
• Jaquar group completed 60 years in manufacturing excellence.[29]

2020

• Jaquar opens the 15th Jaquar World showroom in Moscow that is designed by the Danelon Meroni design studio and showcases product ranges from Artize and Jaquar.[30]

Artize is a luxury bathroom shower and faucets brand from Jaquar Group. In July 2018, the Tailwater faucet, manufactured by the Jaquar Group's luxury brand Artize, and designed by the London-based product design consultancy DanelonMeroni Design Studio received Red Dot Design Award for 2018 for product design.[34]

Jaquar brand dominates Indian bathroom fittings market in the premium segment.[35]

Essco by the Jaquar Group offers taps, sanitaryware and accessories, has a retail footprint of over 4000 in the country and an annual turnover of over Rs 300 crores.[36]

The group is investing Rs 150 crore in a new lighting manufacturing facility where many of lighting components would be produced in-house. Jaquar's capacity to make LED drivers is about 1.2 million a month. It currently produces around 750,000. The company first invested into lighting 15 years back when it identified a vacuum in good quality lighting. Since then, it has focussed on designer lighting such as chandeliers. The company also manufacturers bulbs and tube lights - it has automated bulbs assembly at its factory in Manesar.[37] Jaquar Group announced the Indian film actress Deepika Padukone as the brand ambassador of their lighting segment.[38]