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{{short description|Indian mining and chemicals company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Waldies Compound Limited
| logo =Waldies Compound Limited Logo.png
| type = [[Public Company]]
| industry = [[Chemical]], [[metals]] & [[mining]]
| founded = 1858
| founders = Dr. David Waldie
| location      = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]]
| key_people = Dr. David Waldie<br />([[Organizational founder|Founder]])<br />Deepak Ojha<br />([[Managing Director]])<br />Sameer Agarwal<br />([[Chairman]])<br />Sushil Ojha<br />([[CEO]])
| num_employees= 100-500
| products = Manufacturing of [[red lead]],<br />Manufacturing of [[Polyvinyl Chloride|PVC stabilizers]]
| parent = Ananthaksha Chemical Products Ltd.
| website = {{URL|www.waldies.com}}
|}}
'''Waldies Compound Limited''' (Waldies) ([[ISO]] – 9001; [[ISO]] – 14001 & [[OHSAS 18001|OHSAS – 18001 certified]]) is Indian chemical company It is India's oldest manufacturer of [[Lead oxide red|lead oxides]].<ref name="gillandersarbuthnot">{{cite news|url=http://gillandersarbuthnot.in/chemical.php|title=Waldies Griffin Brand products conform to Indian, British & American specifications|work=Gillanders Arbuthnot}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Kolkata, West Bengal]].
The company produces [[red lead]], [[litharge]], [[polyvinyl chloride]] (PVC) stabilizers and [[lubricants]] across [[India]].
==History==
Waldies was established in 1858 by Dr. David Waldie, a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[chemist]] who moved to [[India]].<ref name="economictimes"/> It has been suggested that Waldie was responsible for the original formulation of [[chloroform]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Credit due over chloroform find |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/credit-due-over-chloroform-find-1-940223|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=January 18, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=David Waldie - From Chloroform to Calcutta|url=http://annethousemuseum.org.uk/permanent-exhibits/from-chloroform-to-calcutta|work=Annet House Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181847/http://annethousemuseum.org.uk/permanent-exhibits/from-chloroform-to-calcutta|archive-date=29 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Discovery of Chloroform: Has David Waldie's Role Been Exaggerated?|url=http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=1930768|work=ASA Publications|date=April 2011}}</ref> Waldies were frontrunners in the development of the chemical industry in [[India]] and were the first to manufacture [[Lead oxide red|oxides of lead]] on a large scale.
In November 1967, the company was incorporated under the name D. Waldie & Company (Lead Oxides) Ltd'<ref name="gillandersarbuthnot"/> renamed in 1968 to Waldies Limited. Previous to being purchased by Ananthaksha Chemical Products Ltd. in 2017 their parent company was [[Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co.]]
==Operations==
The company produces [[red lead]], [[litharge]], [[polyvinyl chloride]] (PVC) stabilizers and [[lubricants]].<ref name="gillandersarbuthnot"/> Waldies has offices in [[Rajasthan]], [[New Delhi]], [[West Bengal]] and manufacturing facilities in [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]].<ref name="moneycontrol">{{cite news|title=Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company's board meeting On March, 9Th 2017|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/announcements/gillanders-arbuthnotcompanys-board-meeting-on-march-9th-2017-1060841.html|work=[[Moneycontrol.com]]|date=March 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ACharya Prafulla Chandra Ray - ISICAL|url=https://www.isical.ac.in/~amartya/apc4reprint.pdf|work=ISICAL|page=235}}</ref>  The company has been praised several times over the years for its role in the development of the industrial chemicals industry in India.<ref name="moneycontrol">{{cite news|title=Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company's board meeting On March, 9Th 2017|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/announcements/gillanders-arbuthnotcompanys-board-meeting-on-march-9th-2017-1060841.html|work=[[Moneycontrol.com]]|date=March 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ACharya Prafulla Chandra Ray - ISICAL|url=https://www.isical.ac.in/~amartya/apc4reprint.pdf|work=ISICAL|page=235}}</ref>
Waldies is headquartered in [[Kolkata, West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Outcome of Board Meeting|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/announcements/others/outcome-of-board-meeting/article21921494.ece|work=[[Business Line]]}}</ref> The managing director is Deepak Ojha, who succeeded D.K. Sharda of [[Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co.]] Ltd.<ref name="economictimes">{{cite news|last1=Menon|first1= Shailesh |title=Waldies Compound remains the only supplier of a critical component used for making glass panels in nuclear reactors|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/waldies-compound-remains-the-only-supplier-of-a-critical-component-used-for-making-glass-panels-in-nuclear-reactors/articleshow/65850536.cms|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=September 20, 2018}}</ref> The company owns Griffin and Ducatus and recently launched D'Wall, a brand aimed at the construction industry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scheme of Arrangement - Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. Ltd.|url=https://www.cse-india.com/upload/announcement/Gillanders%20Arbuthnot%20&%20Co.-Scheme%20of%20Arrangement.pdf|work=[[Calcutta Stock Exchange]]}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Chemical industry]]
* [[List of companies of India]]
* [[Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals]]
* [[Vivimed Labs]]
* [[Pescafresh]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.waldies.com/}}
* [https://www.ducatus.in Ducatus – Lubricants & Additives]
* [https://www.dwall.co.in DWALL – Paints & Emulsions]
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