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Waldies
has ISO
9001,
ISO 14001 &
OHSAS
18001
Certification.
It is
one of
the
largest
manufacturers
of Lead
Oxides
and Stabilisers
for PVC
Industry.
Its
factory
is
located
on the
bank of
River
Ganges
around
14 Kms
from
Kolkata.
It is
the most
respected
name in
the
industry
and is
well
known
for its
high
quality
products
which
are
unmatched
in
India.
Waldies
Griffin
Brand
products
conform
to
Indian,
British
&
American
specifications.
The
Beginning
Waldies
owes its
name to
Dr.
David
Waldie,
who was
born in
the
early
19th
century
in
Linlithgow,
Scotland.
He came
to India
and
established
in 1858
his
chemical
works to
produce
various
chemicals
including
Red
Lead, a
pigment
previously
not made
in
India.
Waldies
have
thus,
pioneered
the
chemical
industry
in India
and were
the
first,
in
India,
to
introduce
the
manufacture
of
pigments
on a
large
scale.
The
Consolidation
In the
30s with
the
technical
assistance
from one
of the
largest
manufacturers
of lead
and lead
compounds
in the
UK,
Goodlass
Wall &
Lead
Industries
Ltd.,
now
known as
Cookson
Group
plc,
modern
plants
were set
up and
the
following
four
companies
were
formed :
-
D.
Waldie.
& CO
(Lead
Oxides)
Ltd
-
The
Bangalore
White
Lead
Syndicate
Ltd
-
Waldies
Zinc
Pigments
Ltd
-
Waldies
Industries
Ltd
On 1st
November,
1967,
the
above
four
companies
amalgamated
under
the name
of D.
WALDIE &
CO (LEAD
OXIDES)
LTD. A
year
later
the name
was
changed
to
WALDIES
LIMITED.
On
December
2006,
the
company
was
amalgamated
with
Gillanders
Arbuthnot
& Co Ltd
with
retrospective
effect
from 1st
April
2005. It
is now
Waldies
Division
of
Gillanders
Arbuthnot
& Co
Ltd.
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