Adani Wilmar

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Adani Wilmar Limited
Company type Public
ISIN INE699H01024
Industry FMCG
Founded1999 (1999)
Founder Gautam Adani
Headquarters
Ahmedabad
,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Brands
  • Fortune
  • Kohinoor
RevenueDecrease2.svg₹51,555 crore (US$6.2 billion) (2024) [3]
Decrease2.svg₹316 crore (US$38 million) (2024)
Decrease2.svg₹148 crore (US$18 million) (2024)
Total assets Decrease2.svg₹19,806 crore (US$2.4 billion) (2024) [4]
Total equity Increase2.svg₹8,316 crore (US$1.0 billion) (2024)
Number of employees
~2678 (2024)
Parent
Website www.adaniwilmar.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Footnotes /references
[5]

Adani Wilmar Limited (AWL) is an Indian multinational food and beverage conglomerate based in Ahmedabad. [6] The company was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and Wilmar International. It is India's largest processor of palm oil. As of 2022, AWL operates 22 plants across 10 states in India [7] and exports its products to the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia. [8]

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History

Adani Wilmar Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 as an equal joint venture between Adani Enterprises and Singapore-based Wilmar International. [9] [10]

Adani Wilmar's brand, Fortune, is an edible oils and foods brand. [9] Between 2014 and 2017, the company launched other packaged products, such as rice, soya chunks, and flour, under the same brand name. [11] Between 2019 and 2020, the company entered the personal care market under the brand Alife. During the same period, AWL also ventured into the ready-to-cook (RTC) products market. [8] As of 2021, the company held an 18.3% market share in the branded edible oil market in India. [12] [13] It is India's largest processor of palm oil. [14] [15] [16]

Adani Wilmar opened its three-day initial public offering (IPO) on 27 January 2022, and the issue closed on 31 January 2022. The listing took place on 8 February 2022. [9]

Subsidiary, acquisition & joint ventures

In 1993, BEOL (Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited) was established in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as a 100% foreign-owned joint venture between Wilmar International of Singapore and the Adani Group of India. [17]

In 2005, Adani Wilmar acquired the Mantralayam [18] and Haldia plants (refining). [19] [20] [21] From 2006 to 2009, AWL acquired multiple crushing and refining units in Bundi, Shujalpur, Nagpur, and Neemuch. It also acquired Rajshri Packagers (refining), Acalmar Oils and Fats, and Satya Sai Agroils (refining). [22] In 2011, the AWL group acquired the Alwar and Mundra castor units (crushing, refining, and industry essentials) and Gokul Refoils & Solvent (edible oil refining company). In 2018, the AWL group acquired a refinery from Louis Dreyfus Commodities, an edible oil refinery from Cargill, and rice plants from Ferozepur Foods. Joint ventures of AWL include KOG-KTV Foods Pvt. Ltd, KTV Health Foods Pvt. Ltd, and Visakha Polyfab Pvt. Ltd. [22]

In 2022, Adani Wilmar acquired the Kohinoor, Trophy Royale, and Charminar rice brands from McCormick & Company. [23]

In 2024, Adani Wilmar acquired a 67% stake in the specialty chemicals company Omkar Chemical Industries. [24]

Social responsibility

Adani Wilmar Limited, along with the Adani Foundation, the CSR arm of the Adani Group, runs the Fortune SuPoshan initiative to address malnutrition and anemia in children. [25] [26]

Criticism and controversies

In 2016, the Government of Maharashtra released an official statement indicating that Adani Wilmar had violated regulations set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra while promoting its blended edible vegetable oil, Fortune Vivo. The company had made claims about the oil's medicinal properties, including its ability to regulate diabetes. Madan Yerawar, the Minister of State for FDA, stated that a raid was conducted on Adani Wilmar's storage facility in Panvel after deceptive information was identified on both the product advertisements and packaging. [27]

Adani Wilmar, along with other members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, has been criticized for its role in deforestation and the loss of habitat for orangutans, tigers, and elephants in the Sumatra and Borneo regions of Indonesia and Malaysia. [28] [29] The nonprofit Adani Watch states that "through its joint venture with Wilmar, Adani is a major refiner and trader in palm oil, an industry responsible for devastating large areas of rainforest in Southeast Asia." [28]

In June 2022, C4ADS stated in its report that food companies, including Adani Wilmar, "continue to enable forced labor through their indiscriminate import of tainted palm oil." [30]

On 9 February 2023, the Himachal Pradesh Excise Department raided the company's warehouses in the state. [31]

In February 2023, Adani Wilmar's joint venture with KTV Group was penalized by the Supreme Court of India for violations of coastal regulations in Tamil Nadu. The company had constructed an oil storage facility and pipeline, and local fishermen claimed that oil leaks from the 7-kilometer pipeline were killing fish in the area. The court ordered that the facility be demolished. [32]

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