Speaking to , V-Guard's Chief Operating Officer, V. Ramachandran Asaid, said that currently around 45-50 per cent of its production is done in-house, which is likely to increase to 60-65 per cent in the next two years.
"Three-four years back, 30-35 per cent of our business was in-house. In 12-24 months, it could grow to about 65 per cent. It will be about 45-50 per cent right now," he said.
"We are moving more and more into manufacturing in-house, particularly post GST. This has gained a lot of traction so that with manufacturing and sourcing we are able to drive margins," he said.
Ramachandran also said that the company would continue to expand its product portfolio and added that the company would add a new category every 12-18 months.
"We are continuously strengthening our product portfolio to compete in the market place and are expanding our range," he told .
Talking about the company's emphasis on smart and connected products, the COO noted that it has been about three years since the company first came out with smart water heater, inverters and fans and now the the electronics major plans to make the manufacturing more economical which would also make them cheaper for the buyers.
On the application of artificial intelligence (AI), he said along with the technological development in smart products, the company is also working with AI.
Ramachandran noted that over the past 3-5 years, V-Guard has invested in strengthening its research and development (R&D) segment and the company also has an internal industrial design team along with electronics R&D team and R&D for individual product categories.
The company would also focus on the geographical expansion of its operations, he said.
Currently, 60 per cent of its revenue comes from the south while 40 per cent comes from rest of India. He said the company's business is growing at the rate of 2-3 times than that of the business in south India.
"One of our focus is expanding our business from south to non-south, which is the journey we started 8-9 years back. Today our non-south business is about 40 per of the revenue, our non-south business is growing 2-3 times our south business."
( With inputs from IANS )