Grindwell Norton (GRINDWELNOR) is a manufacturer of abrasives and industrial ceramics. It was incorporated as Grindwell Abrasives on Jul. 31, 1950 and got its present name on Jun. 23, 1971. The company is one of the subsidiaries of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (Saint-Gobain), a transnational group headquartered in Paris, with over 1,200 companies in 50 countries and having business interests in building distribution, construction products, flat glass, high performance materials, and packaging. Other group companies in India include Saint Gobain Glass India, Saint Gobain Sekurit India, Saint Gobain Vetrotex India, Saint Gobain Crystals and Detectors India, SEPR India, Saint Gobain Weber India, Saint Gobain Seva Engineering India, and India Gypsum.
The ISO 9001:2000 certified company operates mainly in the segments of bonded abrasives in the form of wheels, segments, sticks and other forms; coated abrasive products designed for material removal and surface generation available in various shapes like discs, belts, rolls; ceramics and plastics including silicon carbide, high performance refractories, and selling a range of performance plastics products. These products find application in lapping, honing, super finishing, grinding, fluting, and other areas. Refractories are used for processing ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as kiln furniture to fire ceramic wares, and as filtering media.
Manufacturing units are located at Mora near Mumbai, Nagpur in Maharashtra, Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, and Bangalore in Karnataka. All these plants are certified under ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:1999. A new unit to manufacture abrasive products is being set up in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. The 70% subsidiary, Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials Bhutan, will construct a new plant to manufacture silicon carbide in Bhutan. The Oct. 30, 2006 issue of Forbes Asia rated the company as one of the 23 Indian companies among the best 200 companies with sales of under a billion dollars. The registered office is located at Leela Business Park, 5th level, Andheri-Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai-400059.
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