Our goal is to become $1 bn firm by 2020: Whirlpool of India's MD

Sunil D'Souza, managing director, Whirlpool of India, shares his plans and challenges in an interaction with BS

American appliances major Whirlpool is pushing aggressively in the Indian market at a time when the Chinese durables wave is growing. Sunil D’Souza, managing director, Whirlpool of India, shares his plans and challenges in an interaction with Arnab Dutta. Edited excerpts:

In the last few quarters, Whirlpool has seen double-digit topline growth, closing the 2017-18 financial year with revenues in excess of Rs 49 billion. Please highlight your future business strategy?

After initial glitches following the roll-out of the goods and services tax, business has been smooth. We saw over 20 per cent topline growth in the December quarter. Now, we are