Somany Ceramics to focus on south Indian market in coming years

Somany Ceramics (SCL), tiles and sanitary-ware major is planning to concentrate on the south Indian market in the coming years, which already has two manufacturing units one each in Haryana and Gujarat.

The company has acquired 68,000 sq mt of land in Karnataka, where it has decided to set up a Greenfield plant. The company is also planning to add 3-4 million sq mt capacity in Gujarat through the acquisition route. It has annual production of 19.5 million sq mt.

SCL, a flagship company of the H L Somany group has 87 stores across the country and plans to add another 20-25 stores by the end of this fiscal year. It has two manufacturing facility one in Kassar, Haryana and other in Kadi, Gujarat. It has also taken up stake in two companies based in Morbi, Rajkot.