At one stage in its global operations, Electrolux was acquiring new companies at the rate of 30 a year. In India, it acquired majority stakes in Maharaja International and Intron last April and December respectively, paying $18 million for the two companies. In 1982-83, it had acquired a 40 per cent stake in Eureka Forbes. Apart from this, the TNC will spend $20 billion to $25 billion in refurbishing the two factories. The Maharaja factory in Shahjahanpur, Rajasthan, currently has a capacity of 2 lakh refrigerators per annum, which will be increased to 6 lakh per annum. On the other hand, the Electrolux technical team has just finished evaluating the Intron factory which will initially produce 50,000 washing machines a year. Within a five-year period, Electrolux aims to capture 50 per cent of the washing machine market, apart from a major chunk of the refrigerator market.