Wipro Enterprises Private Limited (stylized as Wipro Enterprises) is a

privately held A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...

Indian company whose main activities are in the

fast-moving consumer goods Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), also known as consumer packaged goods (CPG), are products that are sold quickly and at a relatively low cost. Examples include non-durable household goods such as packaged foods, beverages, toiletries, cand ...

lighting Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylig ...

hydraulic cylinder A hydraulic cylinder (also called a linear hydraulic motor) is a mechanical actuator that is used to give a unidirectional force through a unidirectional stroke. It has many applications, notably in construction equipment (engineering vehicles ...

industrial automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...

3D printing 3D printing or additive manufacturing is the Manufacturing, construction of a three-dimensional object from a computer-aided design, CAD model or a digital 3D modeling, 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is ...

and aerospace component manufacturing and

industrial water treatment There are many uses of water in industry and, in most cases, the used water also needs treatment to render it fit for re-use or disposal. Raw water entering an industrial plant often needs treatment to meet tight quality specifications to be of use ...

business. It is almost entirely owned by

Azim Premji Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman, investor, engineer, and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as ...

, his associates, and his charitable associations. Revenues of the company stood at US$1.44 billion in 2020–21. The company was founded in 2013 as a spin-off of

Wipro Limited Wipro Limited (formerly, Western India Palm Refined Oils Limited) is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consulting and business process services. Thierry Delaporte is serving as CEO and managing directo ...

's non-IT businesses.

Subsidiaries

Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting

Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting (WCCLG) caters to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) segment dealing in personal care, home care, lighting and seating solutions. Established as Western India Vegetable Products in 1945, its first product was vegetable oil, later sold under the brand name "Sunflower Vanaspati." Later the company also launched laundry bars under the brand name "787". It has gone on to sell personal care products like

Santoor The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut and has 25 bridges. Each bridge has 4 strings, making for a total of 100 strings. It is a ...

, Chandrika, Aramusk and Yardley, which are its toilet soap brands. It also owns the Wipro Safewash, Softouch, Maxkleen and Giffy range of home care products. The firm also sells lighting products that include Garnet

LED light An LED lamp or LED light bulb is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LED lamps are significantly more energy-efficient than equivalent incandescent lamps and can be significantly more efficient than mos ...

s. and Smartlite

CFL The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

. In April 2019, Wipro Consumer Care acquired Filipino personal care company

Splash Corporation Splash Corporation is a Philippines, Filipino personal care company based in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. It is a subsidiary of Wipro Enterprises. Brands Current brands * Flawlessly U (formerly Extract) * Hygienix * Kolours * Maxi-Peel * Sha ...

. Through product sales and acquisitions, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting has grown steadily in the FMCG segment in Asia. Its turnover as of March 2022 was Rs. 8634.6 Crore (US$1.16 billion)

Mergers and acquisitions - Consumer Care Business

2003 - Glucovita brand from HLL. 2003 - Chandrika Soap 2006 - Northwest Switches for Rs. 102.2 crore. 2007 - Singapore-based Unza Holdings for ₹1,010 crore. 2009 - Yardley India and Middle East business (undisclosed sum). 2011 - Aramusk 2011 - Yardley global business 2013 - L D Waxsons, Singapore Rs.790 crore 2016 - Zhongshan Ma Er, China 2019 - Splash Corporation, Philippines 2019 - Canway Corporation, South Africa

Wipro Consumer Care Ventures

In September 2019, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting launched Wipro Consumer Care Ventures, a venture fund to invest in startups in India and Southeast Asia. The company has invested in 7 companies in India including a few D2C brands. In March 2022, Consumer Care Ventures invested in a Singapore-based VC fund.

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN)

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering is the

hydraulics Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counter ...

business division of the firm and has been in the business of manufacturing

s, truck cylinders, and their components since being established in 1976 as part of Wipro. It also includes the company's

business. This division delivers hydraulic cylinders to international OEMs . In 2006, Sweden-based Hydrauto Group AB was acquired by Hydraulics business for ₹142.6 crore. In 2011 acquired Brazil-based hydraulic cylinder manufacturer RKM Equipamentos Hidraulicos. In the same year entered a joint venture with Kawasaki Precision Machinery Pvt. Ltd. to manufacture hydraulic pumps for excavators in 2011. 2013 SC Hervil SA in Romania was acquired. In 2016 the business acquired Israel-based Gijon HR in Aerospace business. In 2021, the Aerospace business set up a new manufacturing facility in

Bengaluru Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. 2017 - tied up with

Israel Aerospace Industries Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ''ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el'') or IAI (תע"א) is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both mi ...

to manufacture composite

aerostructure An aerostructure is a component of an aircraft's airframe. This may include all or part of the fuselage, wings, or flight control surfaces. Companies that specialize in constructing these components are referred to as "aerostructures manufacturer ...

parts and assemblies. Wipro 3D, which is also a part of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, is India's largest fully integrated metal additive manufacturing facility. In 2018, WIN set up Industrial Automation business as a new venture. The business acquired Incite Cam's automation business in 2019 In 2020 the business acquired Pune-based Precision Automation and Robotics India (PARI).

Social initiatives

In 2020, during the pandemic, Wipro Enterprises along with Wipro Limited and the Azim Premji Foundation committed Rs 1,125 crore to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Wipro Enterprises’ Santoor Scholarship Program contributes to girl education among the underprivileged in

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

and

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. Wipro Cares is the social contribution arm of Wipro Enterprises. It is engaged in areas such as education,

primary healthcare Primary health care, or PHC, refers to "essential health care" that is based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology. This makes universal health care accessible to all individuals and families in a community. PHC in ...

, environment and disaster

rehabilitation Rehabilitation or Rehab may refer to: Health * Rehabilitation (neuropsychology), therapy to regain or improve neurocognitive function that has been lost or diminished * Rehabilitation (wildlife), treatment of injured wildlife so they can be retur ...

Awards and recognition

In 2010, Wipro Lighting won Design for Asia award in the product design category for its LED streetlights. In 2016, Wipro Lighting won India Design Mark for Certified Excellence in Product Design. In 2017, Wipro Lighting won International Diamond Prize for Excellence in Quality by European Society of Quality Research. In the same year, it won, Red Dot Design award for outstanding design, Global SSL Showcase Top100, India Design Mark for certified excellence in Product Design, and Frost & Sullivan award for LED lighting visionary innovation leadership. In 2019 Wipro 3D won Frost & Sullivan Automotive Additive Engineering and Manufacturing award

References

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