Kajaria Ceramics to expand Capacities

Kajaria Ceramics Limited (KCL), the largest manufacture  of ceramic glazed floor and wall tiles is all set to make foray in manufacture of vitrified tiles at its one of the existing manufacturing location at Sikandrabad in Uttar Pradesh.The company is setting up 2.40 msm per annum capacity of vitrified tiles at an approximate cost of Rs. 36 crore.

Currently, the Sikandrabad  plant has the manufacturing capacity of 6.9 sq mtr of ceramic glazed floor tiles. With this expansion, this plant capacity shall become 9.30 msm per annum and the aggregate capacity of both the plant shall be 23.40 msm per annum.

Presently the company is importing the vitrified tiles from China and selling through its dealer network and showrooms.

The project is proposed to be complete in mid-january 2010. 

Mr Ashok Kajaria, CMD said, “The tiles industry in India has been growing at a steady pace of  CAGR of around 15% historically  except for the year ended March 2009  where it grew hardly because of slump in the real estate sector. However Kajaria ceramics’ turnover has grown by 31%  in the year ended March 2009 over the corresponding  previous year. We are  targeting a turnover of Rs. 780 crore in FY 2009-10 and Rs. 950 crore in 2010 -11  as the full impact of this plant shall come in FY 2010-11.”

About Kajaria Ceramics Limited
Kajaria Ceramics is the largest manufacturer of ceramics tiles in India. It has an annual capacity of 21 mn.sq.mtr. Distributed across two plants – Sikandrabad in Uttar Pradesh and Gailpur in Rajasthan. The company has received the ISO 9001 (for quality management), ISO 14001 (environment management), OHSAS 18001 (for safety and health management) and SA-8000 (for commitment to society) certifications across its plant.