Three Decades of Building Things That Don't Fail.
From a two-room office in Delhi to three IATF-certified manufacturing facilities — Blackcat has spent 30+ years earning OEM trust the only way that works: one tested, working part at a time.
It Started With One Question: Why Isn't Anyone in India Making This Properly?
In 1993, a 31-year-old mechanical engineer walked away from a comfortable job at Godrej to find out. With two years of savings and a two-room office on the ground floor of his own house, Praveen Bajaj built India's first indigenously developed code-operated car security system — and launched it at Auto Expo '93 in New Delhi that December. Bajaj Communications Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated on 25th July 1993. What followed was three decades of the same instinct: build it properly, test it harder than anyone asks, and never let a customer walk away unhappy.
One of our earliest customers had a security system that wouldn't settle — going off at midnight for no reason, locking him out at a red light, alarming the moment he tried to get out of his own car. After several failed fixes, he asked one simple question:
"aap meri jagah hote to kya karte?"
"What would you do, if you were me?"
We refunded him in full. When the next version shipped, we called to tell him — and he came back, this time recommending us to three of his friends.
— The philosophy that still runs Blackcat's customer service today.
To Become the Leading Electronics Parts Player in the Indian Automotive Industry.
OEM-grade testing since day one — the same standard we set entering Volvo-grade testing in 2003.
India's first code-operated car alarm, first microprocessor home security system, first indigenous remote car alarm — three decades of building it before someone else does.
We learned the hard way in 2005–07 that more features isn't the same as solving the right problem. Every product since is built around what the user actually needs.
The refund story above isn't an exception. It's the rule.
Milestones, in order.
Bajaj Communications Pvt. Ltd. incorporated; India's first code-operated car security system launched at Auto Expo '93.
Entered OEM supply with Eicher Motors — our first Tier-1 relationship.
Became Tier-1 supplier to Mobis (Hyundai).
Commissioned our first in-house SMT line.
Commissioned our current integrated facility at Udyog Vihar, Gurugram.
Certified to IATF 16949:2016.
India's first motorcycle alarm system and first indigenously-made remote-operated car alarm.
India's first indigenous microprocessor-based power window module; ISO 9001 accreditation.
Became exclusive India distributor for Waeco; commissioned our first dedicated factory, Mayapuri.
Became Tier-1 supplier to GM, Ford and JCB.
Became Tier-1 supplier to Mahindra and ACGL; commissioned our second factory, Bawana.
Launched our first reverse camera with monitor.
Commissioned our Uttarakhand facility; launched India's first auto-dimming rear-view mirror monitor.
Upgraded to a dust-free SMT line running at 20,000 units/hour.
Commissioned our third facility, in Delhi NCR.
The People Running It
40+ years in electronics and heavy equipment. Winner, Udyog Rattan Award.
16+ years in management consulting and start-ups, including Paytm and A.T. Kearney.
14+ years in business management and sales. Nottingham Trent University, UK.
30+ years of production and electronics manufacturing experience.
Three Facilities. Built and Tested In-House.
Every Blackcat product is designed, assembled, and tested across three facilities in the Delhi-NCR region — not imported and rebadged.
R&D and sourcing partnerships extend to Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Our products run across passenger cars, trucks, buses, construction and earth-moving equipment, and specialty vehicles including ambulances and defence.
Our integrated production facility: R&D, manufacturing and testing under one roof. 12,000+ sq. ft. Houses our SMT line for all PCBs, mobile chargers and lighting, plus assembly, testing and warehousing for mobile chargers, tyre inflators, vacuum cleaners and central locking systems.
10,000+ sq. ft. dedicated to injection moulding, sunshades and wiring harness production.
Embedded in Delhi's supplier ecosystem — rapid prototyping, tool-room work and moulding support.
On the floor.
Every product line is put through 32 quality tests across 8 categories before it ships.
Certified. Verified. On File.
Trusted Across Passenger, Commercial and Construction Vehicle OEMs.
Consistently rated top-bracket on delivery and quality by OEM partners, including JCB and VE Commercial Vehicles.
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