Wipro Ltd. is today among the top business conglomerates in the world. With a $ 5 Billion turnover, it has diverse interests ranging from Information Technology to Infrastructure Engineering and Consumer Care. Wipro has a presence across 50 countries and employee strength of over 94000 employees worldwide from over 50 nationalities.

Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting is today among the top 10 FMCG companies and amongst the Fastest Growing FMCG companies in India. It has a presence in over 40 countries with over 6500 employees worldwide. Wipro has 8 production plants in India and 5 overseas. The business segments within WCCLG include Consumer Care, Trade Lighting, Commercial and Institutional Lighting, Furniture, North West Switch Gear and with the acquisition of Unza in 2007, company has now acquired a global footprint.

Wipro’s organic growth has been led by growth in toilet soaps, domestic and institutional lighting and office furniture. Wipro has also gained from new launches Wipro Safewash, Santoor handwash, Santoor Facewash, Wipro Sanjeevini honey, Wipro Sweet N Healthy.

Amongst the acquired brands, Glucovita and Chandrika have shown excellent growth with new variants, brand extensions and brand enhancements. Acquisition in the institutional business segment includes North West Switches.

Focus on customer needs with distinctive offerings, supported by an able distribution system has contributed to the growth of Wipro.

 

Milestones

  • 1947 - Establishment of an Oil crushing unit at Amalner in Maharashtra
  • 1970 - Manufacture of Hydrogenated cooking (Vanaspati) medium at Amalner
  • 1982 - Introduced Flexi Packs for Hydrogenated cooking medium - a first in India
  • 1986 - Santoor soap launched
  • 1991 - Wipro Lighting established
  • 1991 - Wipro Baby Soft Products launched
  • 1999 - Launch of Wipro Active
  • 2003 - Launch of Wipro Safewash
  • 2003 - Glucovita acquired
  • 2003 - Chandrika Marketing Rights obtained
  • 2004 - Launch of Santoor Facewash and Cream
  • 2005-06 Amongst the fastest growing FMCG companies
  • 2006 -  Acquisition of North West Switches
  • 2007 – Acquisition of Unza, One of the leading companies of South East Asia, in personal care business.
  • 2009 – Relaunch of Santoor. WCCLG Revenues cross Rs. 2000 Cr.
 
 
   
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