Louvers panels demand has grown exponentially and has taken over Charcol share. The different markets of North India such as Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Tri-city, Haryana, Rajasthan, Western Uttar Pradesh show a glorious rise of louver demand thus retailers are getting into this product. The approach to find new suppliers at Ply Reporter is surprisingly huge.
This is a pre finished decorative panel, which is being installed easily and the aesthetical outcome is very different hence interior contractors prefer to use this material. The most vital part of this application is its very very quick installation and least wastage. Its aesthetic look and colors are adding value to the interior wall, and give a fresh look. These panels are reported to be widely used in offices, dining rooms, TV cabinets, ceiling etc.
Mr Yash Agarwal, Shubhnen Impex from Delhi, a leading supplier of Louvers panels in North India, says that North India continues to be the biggest buyer of louver panels. Volume generated here is more than twice what other parts of India generates. One of the biggest reasons is that consumers are largely from bungalow and stand alone houses instead of high rise buildings hence they have appetite for large volume and they are not much concerned on prices if they like the product.
The Ply reporter finds that North based trade is fussy and focused on the per panel price but they NORTH INDIA: RISE OF LOUVER PANELS consume more. However in the South, the architect involvement and design pattern involves varied material uses according to design. Since turnkey projects are in common practice in North India, its easy for a contractor to use louvers to cover up walls or ceiling as compared to past times when they had to use grill or veneers or wall paper base or MDF and cut grooves.
Louvers saves a lot of labour cost as it's mainly an overnight installation time. Shubhnen Impex offers 11 catalogues of louver panels ranging from 8 feet to 9.5 feet with width from 4.5 inches to 6 inches from the houses of Treelam, Vivre, Cosmic and Mann Infra. They have more than 300 plus designs in the louvers panels range.
Delhi based Ventura International also offers Ventura Planks - the quality of foil used is European feel. Mr. Prashant Maheshwari of Ventura says that due to high quality foils, there is no difference in different batches of material. This is a very common complaint in other companies. “North India is very important to Ventura just like the rest of India. It’s Ventura’s strongest market for all products. Here the customer values the importance of brand and quality”, adds Mr Prashant.
Pre finished decorative panel, which is being installed easily and the aesthetical outcome is very different hence interior contractors prefer to use this material. The most vital part of this application is its very very quick installation and least wastage. Its aesthetic look and colors are adding value to the interior wall, and give a fresh look.
The rise of Louver panels is still growing and the product seems to stay for another 3 to 4 years as more domestic producers are joining this line. The louver panel market is certainly hitting some areas where veneer, laminate, many other highlighter wall panel materials were being used. The primary survey shows a whopping volume in louver panels that is double the Charcol panel size. A detailed report with facts will be published in the next issue of Ply Reporter.