Titan Company Ltd

Titan Company Limited, formerly known as 'Titan Industries Limited' was incorporated in 1994. The Company changed its name from Titan Industries Limited to Titan Company Limited on August 5, 2013. Titan Company is the world's fifth largest wrist watch manufacturer and India's leading producer of watches. The Company is engaged in manufacturing and sale of Watches, Jewellery, Precision Engineering, Eyewear and Other accessories and products. They produce watches under the brand name 'Titan, Fastrack, Sonata, Nebula, RAGA, Regalia, Octane & Xylys'.

Titan Company established leading positions in the Jewellery, Watches and EyeCare categories led by trusted brands and superior customer experience. It has diversified into Wearables, Indian Dress Wear and Fragrances & Fashion Accessories as well. They manufacture precious jewellery under the Tanishq brand name.

As on 31 December 2020, Titan's retail chain (including CaratLane) stands at 1,854 stores, with a retail area crossing 2.4 million sq.ft. for all its brands covering 292 towns.

The Company is structured into four verticals namely Watches and wearables, Jewellery, Eyewear and Others where 'Others' include Accessones, Fragrances and Indian dress wear. Accordingly, the Company has presented its segment results under these business segments.

The Company launched its operations as a joint venture between the esteemed Tata Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO). The Company commenced their business in the year 1986. It set up an integrated watch manufacturing facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu in the year 1987 with initial technical know-how from Europe and Japan. In October 1992, they came with a right issue to the part of finance for its expansion programmes. In the year 1995, they diversified into Jewellery under the brand name of Tanishq to capitalize on a fragmented market operating with no brands in urban cities. Apart from the domestic market, the company started the manufac