Ador Welding

Ador Welding Limited was formerly known as Advani–Oerlikon Ltd. and traces its history back to 1908 and five men, all originally from Karachi: Kanwalsing Malkani, Vasanmal Malakani, Jotsing Advani, Bhagwansing Advani, and Gopaldas Mirchandani. In 1951 to meet India's growing demand for welding electrodes, JB Advani & Co formed a joint venture with Oerlikon-Buhrle of Switzerland to manufacture them. The resulting company, Advani–Oerlikon Ltd., helped build India's welding industry, which at the time was in its infancy.[3]

In early 1970s, the company began expanding into other sectors in India, such as electronic equipment, metal reclamation solutions for industrial components, energy solutions and cosmetics. During this decade, a separate entity, Ador Powertron, was established for manufacturing electronic power equipment.[4] The 1970s also saw the formation of Ador Fontech, a company providing metal reclamation and surfacing solutions for industrial components.[5] Within ten years, Ador Fontech had become the number two company after Larsen and Toubro in the metal reclamation sector.

In 1986 JB Advani & Co launched an initial public offering and ceased to be the holding company of Advani-Oerlikon Ltd. In 2003 the joint Advani–Oerlikon association came to an end and the company changed to its current name Ador Welding Limited.[6]

One of Ador Welding Ltd.'s Equipment plants

One of Ador Welding Ltd.'s Consumables plants

Milestones

• 1989: Project Engineering Business got established
• 1994: Enlisted as LSTK contractor for Flare systems
• 1998: awarded ISO 9001 Certification for entire plant
• 1999: ventured on their own as Ador Technologies Ltd.
• 2001: Merged with Ador Welding Ltd as PEB – a division of AWL
• 2002: Registered in Oman for flare systems
• 2005: Awarded OHSAS 18001 Certification for entire plant
• 2007: Established Fabrication Unit for Process Equipment for Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Reactors
• 2008: Awarded ASME approval in "U", "R" and "NB" Stamp for Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers
• 2008: Registration in UAE for Flares
• 2011: Re-certification of ASME approval in "U" and "R"

• A distributor and sales network of over 125 outlets throughout India
• Four manufacturing units located in Silvassa, Coimbatore, Raipur, and Pune[7] (India). (The units are ISO 9001:2000 certified for quality management systems and ISO 14001:2004 standard for environment management systems and are audited by NCC Abu Dhabi and PDO Oman.)[8]
• Eleven area offices in India and one overseas office in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)
• Distributor bases in the Persian Gulf/Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa
• Two Research and Development Centers in India at Pune and Silvassa[9]
• The Ador Welding Academy (AWA) for training welders in welding techniques and procedures. The AWA (Formerly AIWT) has trained over 60,000 welders in India[10]

The following are the key executives of the company as of 2011:[11]

• N Malkani Nagpal, Director
• R A Mirchandani, Director
• A T Malkani, Director
• D A Lalvani, Director

Ador Welding's services to clients have included:

• Providing welding service applications and consumables to the Navaratna Companies.
• Developing special electrodes for welding of the penstocks at the Bhakra Dam, as well as those at Hirakud, Nagarjuna Sagar, and Koyna.
• Assisting in the erection of plants and the introduction of rutile based electrodes and orbital welders for Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, National Thermal Power Corporation, and Neyveli Lignite Corporation.
• Providing solutions for welding high-alloy austenitic materials, high-temperature materials and capillary tubes for Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, and nuclear power plants ar Kalpakkam, Narora, and Kaiga.
• Developing a high productivity welding process for Suzlon, NEPC Group, and Wescare (India) Limited.
• Providing technical knowhow and consumables for the erection of plants at Bhilai, Salem, and Durgapur.
• Developing special welding applications and consumables for ONGC, GAIL, and Bharat Petroleum.
• Helping to set up the structure and mining process operations for Coal India, Nalco, Bharat Gold Mines, and Indian Rare Earths Limited.
• Providing technology and consumables for maintenance of worn out rail track points and crosses for Indian Railways.