Ador Welding
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| Company type | Public (NSE: ADORWELD) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Industrial Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founder | JB Advani |
| Headquarters | Mumbai,Maharashtra |
Area served | Pan India,Middle East Asia,Africa,Gulf |
Key people | Nilesh Unarkat,Head-Marketing and Services |
| Products | Welding Equipment and Consumables |
| Services | Project Engineering Solutions |
| Revenue | 450 crores tunrnover |
Number of employees | 500+ |
| Website | http://www.adorwelding.com |
Ador Welding Limited (NSE: ADORWELD, BSE: 517041)is a company headquartered in Mumbai; Maharashtra, India. The company manufactures welding products - welding consumables (electrodes, wires & fluxes), welding and cutting equipments, technologies and services. They have over 30 percent market share in the organized welding market. The company is one of the major players in Indian Welding Industry. The company has 60 years of experience in Metal Joining Processes and Solutions including welding, cutting and allied applications for different kinds of metals and industry applications.
They have an established Project Engineering Business in the area of Combustion and Thermal Engineering Technologies based in Pune; Maharashtra, India which gives customized solutions to multi-disciplinary projects to the Government of India in the Bharat Nirman Program.
History:
Ador Welding Limited was formerly known as Advani – Oerlikon Ltd. The journey began in 1908 by 5 men i.e. Kanwalsing Malkani, Vasanmal Malakani, Jotsing Advani, Bhagwansing Advani and Gopaldas Mirchandani all originally from Karachi; Pakistan. To meet the growing demands of welding electrodes in India, In 1951 JB Advani & Co formed a joint venture with Oerlikon-Buhrle of Switzerland to manufacture electrodes in India. This venture helped to built India’s Welding Industry in its most primitive years. The joint venture company was named as Adavni – Oerlikon Ltd. In early 70s the company started taking business initiatives to explore other segments like electronic equipments segment, metal reclamation solutions for industrial components, Energy solutions and Cosmetics in India. During 1970s the group entered into manufacturing of power electronic equipments and formed a separate entity Ador Powertron. This company currently has a turnover of more than 150crores in India. During the same period Ador Fontech company was formed to cater the metal reclamation and surfacing solutions for industrial components in India. In less then a decade Ador Fontech became number two company after Larsen and Toubro in the metal reclamation space.
In 1986 JB Advani & Co launched IPO and ceased to be the holding company of Advani-Oerlikon, Ltd. However in 2003 the Advani – Oerlikon association came to a halt and the company changed to its current name Ador Welding Limited.
Facilities
- A wide range of distributors and sales network of over 350 outlets throughout India.
- 4 manufacturing units located in Silvassa, Chennai, Raipur and Pune (India). These units are ISO 9001:2000 certified for quality management systems and ISO 14001:2004 standard (for environment management systems).
- They have 20 Area Offices all over India & 1 overseas office at Sharjah, UAE.
- A strong market presence and distributors base in the Gulf/Middle East, South East Asia and Africa.
- They have 2 Research and Development Centers in India
- Technology and Development Centre at Pune and Silvassa in India.
- Ador Institute of Welding Technology (AIWT) for training welders in welding techniques and procedures.
Leadership:
The following are the Key Executives of the company:
- A B Advani,Executive Chairman
- Mr. Raman Kumar,Managing Director
- Mr.Satish Bhat,President
- N Malkani Nagpal,Director
- R A Mirchandani,Director
- A T Malkani,Director
- D A Lalvani,Director
Achievements:
- Ador Welding Limited Provides Welding services application and consumables to the Navaratna Companies.
- Through Ador Institute of Welding Technology they trained more than 60,000welders in India.
- Ador Welding Limited developed Special electrodes for welding of the Penstock at Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud, Nagarjuna Sagar, Koyna
- Ador was instrumental in the Plant erection, introduction of Rutile based electrodes and orbital welders for easy welding at BHEL, NTPC, NEYVELI LIGNITE
- Welding solutions for welding high-alloy austenitic materials, high-temperature materials and Capillaries tubes at BARC, Kalpakkam, Narora, Kaiga
- Ador developed special high productivity welding process for Suzlon, NEPC, Wescare
- Ador provided technical knowhow and consumables for the erection of the plant at Bhilai, Salem, Durgapur
- Ador developed special welding applications and consumables for welding for ONGC, BP, GAIL, HP
- Ador was instrumental in setting up the structure and process operation for mines for Coal India, Nalco, Bharat Gold Mines, Indian Rare Earths
- Ador provided the Technology and consumables for maintenance of worn out rail track points and crosses, thus improving the productivity and profitability of the Indian Railways
- Ador Welding Ltd holds Quality certifications like ISO, KOSHER, ISO 14000.
- Their Manufacturing Facility are audited by NCC Abu Dhabi, PDO Oman Qatar Petroleum