New Delhi, March 25 -- Indian air conditioner manufacturers face a significant production hurdle as a tightening supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) disrupts key manufacturing processes across the country.

Ongoing geopolitical tensions and supply-chain bottlenecks have led the government to prioritise household LPG consumption, leaving commercial users and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) firms to grapple with a shrinking pool of available fuel. This shortage is hitting the consumer durables sector at a critical time as the industry prepares for the peak summer demand, as per a Nuvama report.

Manufacturers rely heavily on LPG for heat exchanger brazing, a process widely considered the most efficient method for building air co...