Everyone has a dream of buying a home of their own, designing it the way they want, put in all the gadgets that they have been aspiring to have for years - a home theatre system to watch movies on, fancy lighting, a 50-inch LED TV, among many others. All of these dreams, however, could go up in smoke if the equipment is poorly insulated, or the wiring in the home is faulty, leading to short-circuit.

What one needs is high-quality switchgear, the kind that vouches to protect all the occupants of the home and all the things one treasures so much, the kind that Havells makes. Essentially, switchgear equipment is required for maintaining continuous and reliable supply and to automatically isolate faulty equipment or circuit anywhere in the supply system.

Havells switchgears are top quality electrical devices that include Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCB), Distribution Boards, Residual Current Circuit Breakers (RCCB), Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Overload and Short Circuit Protection (RCBO), automatic changeovers, isolators, time switch and many other such devices that help avoid short circuits or electricity leakage, keep electricity bills in check, saves lives as well as increase the life of home appliances.

These electrical safety devices are specially designed to immediately switch off electricity within 10-50 milliseconds when there is a leak that could be harmful for devices at home. They also offer a high level of personal protection from electric shock. The sensitivity and speed of disconnection is very high so that any leakage of electricity will be immediately detected and automatically switched off before it can cause injury or damage.

Havells, founded in 1971, is now a US$ 1.3 billion company. It is India's fastest growing FMEG (fast moving electrical goods) company that has eleven state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in India located at Haridwar, Baddi, Noida, Sahibabad, Faridabad, Alwar, Neemrana and seven world-class plants located in Europe, Latin America and Africa that manufacture globally acclaimed products, synonymous with excellence and precision in the electrical industry. The company today not only manufactures domestic and industrial switchgear but many other products like cables and wires, motors, fans, modular switches, home appliances, electric water heaters, self-priming monoblock pumps, power capacitors, CFL lamps, luminaires for domestic, commercial and industrial applications.

The entire range of domestic switchgear is manufactured at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. The two plants are spread over an area of 20 acres and boast state-of-the-art tool room and high sophisticated machines to manufacture one of best quality switchgear products in the country.

Havells is the leader in MCBs in India and is the only company to introduce automation in assembly line to achieve good quality and quantity as well as avoid manual errors. Over the years it has earned a number of international certifications including CSA, KEMA, CB, CE, ASTA, CPA, SEMKO, SIRIUM (Malaysia), SPRING (Singapore), TSE (Turkey), SNI (Indonesia) and EDD (Bahrain) for various products highlighting its focus on manufacturing excellence.

One of the main reasons for the company's success is its mantra of "growth through quality, innovation and market consolidation". Havells has a simple rule on quality - if it doesn't exceed customer expectation, it's not quality performance. All products that it manufactures today are as per International Electro-technical Commission standards that are the best in the world. Havells owns prestigious global brands like Crabtree, Sylvania, Concord, Luminance and Standard.