Jaquar

1960–1985

1960

• Mehras started the business, Rajesh Mehra's father NL Mehra started the bath fittings company and brand Essco.

1972

• Essco started its first manufacturing plant in Haryana, and after three years rolled out a design range of bathroom fittings under the sub-brand Deluxe.

1975

• Launch of Delux, the first designed faucet by Jaquar in India.

1985

• Launch of Marvel, first collection of bathroom fittings from Jaquar in India.

1986–2009

1986

• Rajesh Mehra along with brothers Ajay Mehra and Krishan Mehra launched the Jaquar brand. It is named after Jai Kaur, the grandmother of the Mehra brothers.

1987

• Jaquar launched the advanced flush valve, making Jaquar largest selling brand in its category in India.

1993

• Introduced Victorian design ‘Queen’ brand.

2000

• Expands the range of offerings to whirlpools, shower panels, showers, steam cabins and spas.

2001

• Jaquar's first Orientation Centre opens its doors to the public – a retail place where company's latest bathroom and lighting products and concepts are showcased, and advice from the experts is also offered, in addition to estimation and design assistance. Jaquar is the only Indian bath brand that has live display and demonstration at its 21 Orientation Centers.

2006

• Launch of a separate division for shower enclosures from designing to installation.

2007

• Jaquar builds its first manufacturing fully integrated unit at Bhiwadi.

2008

• Jaquar Group builds its second manufacturing facility.

2009

• Forays into water heaters, the launch of ‘Artize’

2010–till date

2010

• The Group introduced a range of sanitaryware products. The third manufacturing plant was scaled up to 135,000 sq. m that becomes one of the largest plant in Asia

2013 Nielsen survey reports Jaquar as India’s most trusted bath fittings brand

2016

• Jaquar Group acquired a 51% majority stake in Joeyforlife—a South Korea-based luxury shower maker—in a deal worth US$1.2 million.
• The company has also entered the lighting industry and has launched a manufacturing unit for the same in Manesar.
• Jaquar makes a new global headquarter, (a Platinum LEED Certified Net zero-energy building by USGBC building in Manesar

2017

• Jaquar acquires sanitaryware manufacturing plant taking its production capacity to 1.8 million pieces.
• Jaquar Group's manufacturing units were spread over 3,29,000 sq. m, across 5 plants in India & 1 plant in South Korea.
• Jaquar expanded its manufacturing facility in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan by 30,000 square meters by investing 150 crore in new faucets manufacturing plant which helped the Group to achieve the production to 1,25,000 faucets a day. With the expansion of Bhiwadi plant it has become the world's largest faucet manufacturing plant in a single unit. Jaquar's Bhiwadi plant recycles 1.5 lakh litres of water every day

2018

• The Group announced the skill development and training of over 300 plumbers on World Youth Skill Day as a part of Skill India, an initiative by Government of India. The training will be imparted to the plumbers through 10 specialized training centres spread across India. The centres will train unemployed youth in specialized skill sets and develop them as trained plumbers.
• The Group closed the turnover of INR 3588 Crores in 2018-19 and aims to achieve $1 billion turnover by 2022 and open 15 stores globally.

2019

• Rajesh Mehra, Director, and Promoter of Jaquar Group was conferred the 'EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018' Award under the ‘Consumer Products & Retail’ category for Delivering luxurious experiences.
• Jaquar Group received the second Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for its bath fittings manufacturing facility in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, India.
• Mr. Rajesh Mehra was ranked 93rd in the Forbes India's list of 100 Richest People in 2019 Ranking.
• Jaquar group completed 60 years in manufacturing excellence.

2020

• Jaquar opens the 15th Jaquar World showroom in Moscow that is designed by the Danelon Meroni design studio and showcases product ranges from Artize and Jaquar.
• Opens in-house manufacturing for LED lighting with 900000 sq. ft plant in Bhiwadi.

2021

• Jaquar launches the Sonipat water heater facility with capacity to produce - manual and digital models - 4.5 lakhs pcs in a year.
• Jaquar Group unveiled Jaquar World store in Lagos, Nigeria.

2022

• Jaquar Group launches Laguna in collaboration with Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodrigues^{[citation needed]}
• Launch of ATELIER by Artize, a bath gallery at Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.^{[citation needed]}

2023

• Launch of Jaquar World in Dubai.
• Launch of large retail format showroom in Jaipur and plans to open in Indore and Delhi.^{[citation needed]}
• Jaquar successfully asserts rights in ARTIZE mark over Villeroy & Boch.
• Third edition of Canvas, an annual celebration of art, design and architecture, held in collaboration with Architectural Digest.

2024

• Jaquar Group IPA Neerathon 2024 was organized for the cause of water advocating water conservation in New Delhi on 4 February 2024.
• Court restrains a company from using 'Artize' and 'Tiaara' trade marks belonging to Jaquar.
• QLOUD, a thermostatic shower mixer launched for multi-mode showering.

2026

• The 3rd edition of the Jaquar IPA Neerathon - Run for Water, a large-scale water awareness festival, inspired by the vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on water conservation was concluded on April 19, 2026.

Faucets

Jaquar has in-house product design team, the Group has manufacturing capacity of producing 125,000 faucets per day.

Showers

Jaquar showers have overhead, hand and body showers systems.

Sanitaryware

Jaquar Sanitaryware ranges include wash basins, offering Wall Hung, Over Counter, Under Counter and Counter-top installations.

Wellness

Jaquar has range of whirlpools that are created by specialist designers from Europe and are manufactured at Jaquar’s manufacturing facilities.

Water heaters