Waldies plans an independent Virichem facility and new capacity
Wire & Cable India reports Waldies' plans for new capacity and an independent Virichem facility, focused on performance products for wires and cables.
Kolkata, West Bengal, 27 December 2022: Waldies Compound Limited, the makers of specialty chemicals including Griffin® red lead oxide and grey lead oxide, today announced that it has received the Exide Quality Award, presented in November 2022.
The award was presented to Waldies by Mr Pan, Unit Head, Exide Haldia Plant, at Exide Quality Month 2022 in Haldia, West Bengal. The event brought together Exide's suppliers and business partners from the eastern region to review the latest developments in quality across their companies.
The focus of the event was on quality tools and implementation techniques such as 5S and Kaizen.
Waldies was represented by Mr Pintu Nandi, Chief General Manager, Production, Konnagar Works, and Mr Debajit Guha, Manager, Quality & Policy. Their presentation showed how Waldies uses modern quality techniques and methods to eliminate product quality issues.
We have always set ourselves apart by the quality of what we make. Established in 1858, the brand has long been recognised in the industry for quality manufacturing, and we continue to contribute to improving the quality monitoring tools and systems our industry follows.
“We are very pleased that Waldies has been recognised as best of breed in the chemical industry at the Exide Quality Event 2022. It is a great pleasure and an inspiration when industry leaders recognise your efforts. We will continue to improve our systems and technology,” said Mr Rajib Sengupta, Assistant Vice President.
“We are glad that our production and quality teams worked together and did justice to a brand name that has existed since 1858,” added Mr Mahendra Subkewal, Chief Financial Officer.
Waldies now plans to expand its market reach by setting up state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in the north-west of the country over the next two years.