Hawkins Cookers

Hawkins Cookers Limited is an Indian company which manufactures pressure cookers and cookware.[6] The company is based in Mumbai and has three manufacturing plants at Thane, Hoshiarpur and Jaunpur. It manufactures under brand names of Hawkins, Futura, Contura, Hevibase, Big Boy and Ventura. Hawkins is one of the largest pressure cooker manufacturers in India and exports its products to more than 40 countries.[7]

Hawkins Cookers Limited

Type	Public company
Traded as	BSE: 508486
Industry	Consumer Product Manufacturers
Founded	1959
Founder	H. D. Vasudeva[1] in partnership with L. G. Hawkins & Co. Ltd. (founded in 1921 by Lawrence George Hawkins [2])
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people	Mr. Brahm Vasudeva(Chairman) Subhadip Dutta Choudhury(CEO & VC)[3]
Products	Pressure Cookers and Futura Cookware.
Brands	Hawkins
Services	Utensils
Revenue	₹4.57 billion (US$64 million)[4]
Operating income	₹570 million (US$8.0 million)
Net income	₹382.8 million (US$5.4 million)
Total assets	₹1.695 billion (US$24 million)
Total equity	₹548 million (US$7.7 million)
Number of employees	969[5]
Website	http://www.hawkinscookers.com

The company is traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange under the symbol HWKN. It has raised funds through "fixed deposits", a term for high-interest term deposits issued by industrial companies rather than banks.[8]

Hawkins has sold over 72 million pressure cookers worldwide. Today, it makes 65 different models of pressure cookers in eight different types. All Hawkins pressure cookers are listed by Underwriters Laboratories Inc., USA, an independent institution testing products for public safety. Hawkins pressure cookers feature an inside-fitting lid, which cannot be opened until the steam pressure inside the cooker falls to a safe level. Hawkins was listed as India's most trusted kitchen appliances brand by The Brand Trust Report 2015.[9]