Ratilal Jethalal Salot founded Vijay Machinery Stores in Mumbai (then Bombay) and traded in fire extinguishers and machinery parts.
1960-69
His sons Khantilal and Jitendra joined the business and the business started growing. State-of-the-art factories and offices were opened in Mumbai and in Umbergaon, (Gujarat).
1970-77
Vijay Sourced the best technology from the West and was the first in India to design,manufacture an execute turnkey project in C02 fire extinguishers system,smoke detection system,fire alarm systems and BCF extinguishers.
1978
For the first time in India, 100% indigenous manufacturing of fire fighting vehicles commenced at the Umbergaon factory.
1979-85
Pradip and Harish Salot joined the business and Vijay become the acknowledged market leader in fire protection systems in India with a country-wide presence.
1987
Entered into a joint venture with Sabre Safety Ltd. of the UK for manufacturing safety systems.
1988-92
Acquired Ace Turnkey Fire Protection Pvt.Ltd. dealing in passive fire protection. Launched the effluent treatment division and entered into collaboration with world-renowned companies manufacturing fire and saftey systems.
1992-94
The third-generation Salot family joined the Vijay Group leading to accelerated growth.Vijay went in fore an IPO to generated the required capital to fund its growth initatives.
1994
Vijay was first in India to manufacture analogue addressable smoke detection system in partnership with Autronice of Norway.A state-of-the-art facility was built in Navi Mumbai.
1995-99
Diversified into the manufacture of surgical gloves and launched the security system division.
2004
2005 to the present:The Vijay group, the market leader in fire protection system for over 3 decades, is now geared to achieve similar distinction in other fields: fire vehicle, safety system, security system, building management system, passive fire protection system, medical equipments, trading in agriculture products and other related areas. The Vijay group Saga of success continue...
2007
Full-fledged operations started in Qatar and UAE to cater to the Middle East Market.
2015-Onwards
Diversified into other fields of business including manufacturing of state of matters, offering exotic fruits and today need for EV Charging Solutions