Dinesh Aggarwal: Lighting is one of the high growth category for us

28 Mar 2022 CW Team

Here’s a company that is fast moving from being a product driven company to being led by solutions. With a product range that traditionally includes switches, switchgears, wires and cables, lighting, indoor air quality, it has added to its portfolio the solar EPC business, modular kitchens and many more. Panasonic Life Solutions has been gearing up to meet opportunities in the residential and commercial real-estate, public infrastructure, industrial spaces and smart cities. Dinesh Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director, elaborates upon the company’s future plans and focus in a virtual conversation with SHRIYAL SETHUMADHAVAN.

The company has an extensive portfolio of offerings. Where do you see the maximum revenue and business coming in from?
When Panasonic acquired Anchor in 2007, the flagship business was switches& other wiring accessories, constituting over 65% of its business.Today, Wiring accessories constitute less than 45 per cent of our business.....

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