The story
Ador Welding Limited was formerly known as JB Adwani & Co. and was founded in 1908 by five men, all originally from Karachi: Kanwalsing Malkani, Vasanmal Malakani, Jotsing Adwani, Bhagwansing Advani, and Gopaldas Mirchandani. In 1951 to meet India's growing demand for welding electrodes, JB Adwani & Co formed a joint venture with Oerlikon-Buhrle of Switzerland to manufacture them. The resulting company, Adwani–Oerlikon Ltd., helped build India's welding industry, which at the time was in its infancy.
In early 1970s, the company began expanding into other sectors in India, such as electronic equipment, metal reclamation for industrial components, energy services and cosmetics. During this decade, a separate entity, Ador Powertron, was established for manufacturing electronic power equipment. The 1970s also saw the formation of Ador Fontech, a company providing metal reclamation and surfacing services for industrial components. Within ten years, Ador Fontech had become the number two company after Larsen and Toubro in the metal reclamation sector.
In 1986 JB Adwani & Co launched an initial public offering and ceased to be the holding company of Adwani-Oerlikon Ltd. In 2003 the joint Adwani–Oerlikon association came to an end and the company changed to its current name Ador Welding Limited.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ador Welding, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5