Waldies
Waldies
Indian mining and chemicals company
Waldies Compound Limited (Waldies) (ISO – 9001; ISO – 14001 & OHSAS – 18001 certified) is Indian chemical company It is India's oldest manufacturer of lead oxides.[1] It is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.
| Company type | Public Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Chemical, metals & mining |
| Founded | 1858 |
| Founders | Dr. David Waldie |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal |
Key people | Dr. David Waldie (Founder) Deepak Ojha (Managing Director) Sameer Agarwal (Chairman) Sushil Ojha (CEO) |
| Products | Manufacturing of red lead, Manufacturing of PVC stabilizers |
Number of employees | 100-500 |
| Parent | Ananthaksha Chemical Products Ltd. |
| Website | www |
The company produces red lead, litharge, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) stabilizers and lubricants across India.
Waldies was established in 1858 by Dr. David Waldie, a Scottish chemist who moved to India.[2] It has been suggested that Waldie was responsible for the original formulation of chloroform.[3][4][5] Waldies were frontrunners in the development of the chemical industry in India and were the first to manufacture oxides of lead on a large scale.
On November 1967, the company was incorporated under the name D. Waldie & Company (Lead Oxides) Ltd'[1] renamed in 1968 to Waldies Limited. Previous to being purchased by Ananthaksha Chemical Products Ltd. in 2017 their parent company was Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co.
The company produces red lead, litharge, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) stabilizers and lubricants.[1] Waldies has offices in Rajasthan, New Delhi, West Bengal and manufacturing facilities in West Bengal and Odisha.[6][7] The company has been praised several times over the years for its role in the development of the industrial chemicals industry in India.[6][8]
Waldies is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.[9] The managing director is Deepak Ojha, who succeeded D.K. Sharda of Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. Ltd.[2] The company owns Griffin and Ducatus and recently launched D'Wall, a brand aimed at the construction industry.[10]
- "Waldies Griffin Brand products conform to Indian, British & American specifications". Gillanders Arbuthnot.
- Menon, Shailesh (20 September 2018). "Waldies Compound remains the only supplier of a critical component used for making glass panels in nuclear reactors". The Economic Times.
- "Credit due over chloroform find". The Scotsman. 18 January 2002.
- "David Waldie - From Chloroform to Calcutta". Annet House Museum. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
- "The Discovery of Chloroform: Has David Waldie's Role Been Exaggerated?". ASA Publications. April 2011.
- "ACharya Prafulla Chandra Ray - ISICAL" (PDF). ISICAL. p. 235.
- "ACharya Prafulla Chandra Ray - ISICAL" (PDF). ISICAL. p. 235.
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