V-Guard Industries Limited based in Kochi, Kerala is a multi-product company catering to the mass consumption market. The Company is engaged in manufacturing, trading and selling of a wide range of Electronics, Electrical and Consumer Durables. Its manufacturing facilities are located at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; at Kashipur and Roorkee, Uttarakhand; at Kala Amb, Himachal Pradesh; at SIPCOT Industrial Growth Center, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu and at Majitar, Rangpo and Mamring in Sikkim.
The foundation of V-Guard Industries was laid with the formation of a partnership concern viz. Priemere Electronics by Mr. Kochouseph Chittilappilly in the year 1977 which was engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing voltage stabilizers under the brand name 'V-Guard'. In the year 1992, Premier Electronics, the partnership concern was dissolved and Chittilappilly continued the business as a proprietary concern. In the year, 1985, Chittilappilly started another proprietorship concern by the name of M/s Prompt India for marketing of the products under the brand name of V-Guard. Subsequently, M/s Prompt India changed its name to M/s V-Guard Industries.
On 12 February 1996, V-Guard Industries Limited was incorporated. With effect from 1 April 1996, V-Guard Industries took over the business of the proprietary concern i.e. M/s V-Guard Industries on going concern basis for a lump sum consideration of Rs.234 lakhs and carried on the business of the firm namely manufacturing and marketing of electronic and electro mechanical appliances. In 1996, the company launched electric water heaters. In 1998, the company launched UPS (Online & Offline).
In 1999, the company launched digital stabilizers. During the year under review, the company's cable manufacturing unit was inaugurated at Coimbatore.
In 2001, the company launched compressor pumps. With effect from 15 November 2001, V-Guard Industries was converted into a private limited company. In 2002, the company launched sola