Wendt (India) Limited (WIL) was incorporated in 1980 as a Joint Venture between Wendt GmbH ( www.wendtgroup.com ) and The House of Khataus. In 1991, Carborundum Universal Ltd (CUMI), 5.3 billion USD Billion Murugappa Group Company ( www.murugappa.com ) acquired the Khatau’s stake in the business. Since then WIL has been a 40 – 40 Joint Venture between Wendt GmbH and CUMI. The public holds the balance 20% equity.
Wendt India is ranked among the Top 25 successful Indo-German JVs by the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC).
Our Vision
- A dream to become a Multinational Company, Operating manufacturing plants and Sales offices in Asia / Pacific.
- A dream to assume Global Leadership in Wheels / Tools / Hones manufacture in the Wendt Group.
- A dream to become The Company with the highest market capitalization in the CUMI sub-group.
- A dream to become The Company that will be the bench mark for all ratios in the Wendt / Murugappa Group.
Our Mission
WIL aims to be a Customer Intensive, Innovative Company with a strong Total Quality Management Approach, leveraging the parental association to become a World class company in the field of Super abrasives product, Machinery and Precision Components in the Geographies it operates.
- A dream to become a Multinational Company, Operating manufacturing plants and Sales offices in Asia / Pacific.
- A dream to assume Global Leadership in Wheels / Tools / Hones manufacture in the Wendt Group.
- A dream to become The Company with the highest market capitalization in the CUMI sub-group.
- A dream to become The Company that will be the bench mark for all ratios in the Wendt / Murugappa Group.
Wendt India seeks to become a Significant Global Player in Offering Customized, Functionally Superior Products / Services for Grinding & Machining Hard-to-Process Material.
Wendt India draws its Technological Superiority from Wendt GmbH which is a part of Winterthur Technology Group (WTG ) Switzerland (now Part of 3M, USA) and Sound and Ethical Management practices from Murugappa Group.
While Wendt GmbH-the pioneers in Super abrasive tooling solutions and high precision grinding machines for Insert grinding and Steel industries for over 8 decades, the 100 year Murugappa Group is the market leader in diverse businesses such as Engineering, Abrasives, Finance, General Insurance, Cycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs, Fertilizers, Plantations, Bio-products and Nutraceuticals having 29 companies with manufacturing facilities spread across 13 states in India. The group is among the fastest growing diversified business houses in India.
Wendt India known for its diversified and impressive Product Portfolio , Innovation strategy, strong Product Development, Personalized technical services and providing Technology Solutions in Grinding to its 750+ direct customers in the domestic market.
Wendt India believes in direct sales to its customers who are serviced through highly trained application oriented sales engineers located in all major Industrial cities across India.
Exports constitute over 30% of Wendt India’s total business
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Mr. Shrinivas G Shirgurkar
Chairman -
Mr. N Ananthaseshan
Director -
Mr. K. S. Shetty
Independent Director -
Mr. Lakshminarayan
Independent Director -
Ms. Hima Srinivas
Independent Director -
Mr. Rajesh Khanna
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
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Mr. Srikanth C
CEO Designate -
Mr. S. Sundariya
Unit Head -
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Hamirwasia
Chief Financial officer -
Mr. Uday RB
Manufacturing Head – SA -
Mr. Santosh P Kulkarni
Marketing Head – SA [Domestic & Exports] -
Mr. Praveen Jaduvanshi
Head of Operations – Thailand -
Mr. Satheesh C
AGM – HR -
Mr. Pasith Meeran M
AGM – IT -
Dr. Prabhu Ramanujam
AGM – R&D -
Ms. Janani TA
Company Secretary
- Integrity : We value professional and personal integrity above all else. We achieve our goals by being honest and straightforward with all our stakeholders. We earn trust with every action, every minute of every day.
- Passion : We play to win. We have a healthy desire to stretch, to achieve personal goals and accelerate business growth. We strive constantly to improve and be energetic in everything that we do.
- Quality : We take ownership of our work. We unfailingly meet high standards of quality in both what we do and the way we do it. We take pride in excellence.
- Respect : We respect the dignity of every individual. We are open and transparent with each other. We inspire and enable people to achieve high standards and challenging goals. We provide everyone equal opportunities to progress and grow.
- Responsibility : We are responsible corporate citizens. We believe we can help make a difference to our environment and change lives for the better. We will do this in a manner that benefits our size and also reflects our humility.
- One Vision, One goal
- One team, One dream
- Keep Up Commitment
- Speed of Action
- Open to Dialogue
- Follow Code of Conduct in all our dealings
- Respect for the individual
- Performance and Result orientation
- Positive Attitude
- Open Communication & Information sharing
- Concern for Environment
- Concern for Safety and Cleanliness
- Concern for Health
- Faith and Trust
- Common Uniform
- Common Canteen, Washroom
- No separate secretaries
- Operational Flexibility
- Multi Skilling
- Self Directing Teams
- 10 Minutes 5S
Wendt Grinding Technologies Limited (WGTL)
To address the South East Asian markets, Wendt (India) Limited has established it’s 100% owned subsidiary during the year 2005 – Wendt Grinding Technologies Limited., in Thailand.
Key Management
Mr. Praveen Jaduvanshi – Head of Operations
Wendt Middle East FZE( WME)
Extrapolating the success of WGTL, to address Middle East market, the second subsidiary company was put up in the year 2008 – Wendt Middle East FZE, Sharjah in UAE.
Key Management
Mr. Santosh P. Kulkarni – Head of Operations