Orient Electric

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Orient Electric
Type Public
ISIN INE142Z01019
IndustryElectrical equipment | Home Appliances | FMEG
Founded1954;69 years ago (1954)
Founder C. K. Birla
Headquarters,
India
Area served
Worldwide [2]
Key people
Desh Deepak Khetrapal (Vice Chairman & Managing Director)
Products [3]
Number of employees
900

[4]

Orient Electric Limited is an Indian multinational electrical equipment manufacturer, based in New Delhi and part of CK Birla Group. It makes fans, lighting, home appliances and switchgears. Orient Electric has manufacturing facilities in Kolkata, Faridabad and Noida. It exports fans from India to over 35 international markets. [5]

Orient Electric was a division of Orient Paper & Industries, until its demerger in 2018. [6]

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References

  1. "Corporate Office". orientelectric.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. "Orient Electricals is Orient Electric now; name change aimed at new business consolidation plan". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. "About Orient Electric". orientelectric.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. "Orient Electric MD & CEO Rajan Gupta Resigns, Desh Deepak Khetrapal Named New MD". BW BusinessWorld. pp. 1–2.
  5. "Orient Electric Ltd - Compliance Certificate In Terms Of Regulation 40 (9 & 10) Of The SEBI (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 As On September 30, 2018". @businessline. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. "Orient Electric hits upper circuit". 14 May 2018.