Wipro Enterprises
Wipro Enterprises is an Indian diversified company spanning consumer goods, lighting, industrial engineering, aerospace components, automation, additive manufacturing, and water treatment.
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Overview
Wipro Enterprises Private Limited is an Indian diversified business created in 2013 through the demerger of Wipro Limited's non-information-technology activities. Unlike Wipro Limited's better-known technology-services business, Wipro Enterprises concentrates on consumer products and industrial manufacturing. Its operations are organized principally through Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting and Wipro Infrastructure Engineering. Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting combines fast-moving consumer goods with professional and commercial lighting. Its consumer portfolio covers personal care, home care, and related household products. Brands associated with the business include Santoor, Chandrika, Aramusk, Yardley, Wipro Safewash, Softouch, Maxkleen, Giffy, and Glucovita. Santoor is particularly established in southern India, while the group's international acquisitions have extended its personal-care presence across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and other markets. The consumer business traces its origins to Western India Vegetable Products Limited, founded in 1945, which initially produced vegetable oil under the Sunflower Vanaspati name before moving into laundry products and then personal care. Wipro Lighting, established in 1992, develops LED luminaires, smart-lighting systems, and energy-efficient solutions for commercial, institutional, industrial, and outdoor environments. The consumer-care and lighting vertical reported a revenue milestone of ₹10,000 crore in 2023, although this figure is a business-unit result rather than a separately listed-company result. Wipro Infrastructure Engineering is the company's industrial platform. It manufactures and supplies hydraulic cylinders and related systems for original-equipment manufacturers, with activities extending into aerospace components, industrial automation, water treatment, and metal additive manufacturing. Its expansion has involved acquisitions and partnerships in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Israel, and India. The division's aerospace activities include composite aerostructure parts and assemblies, while Wipro 3D provides metal additive-manufacturing services. A Bengaluru aerospace facility inaugurated in 2021 strengthened the company's manufacturing base in India. The company has also used acquisitions and venture investing to broaden its consumer and industrial capabilities. Consumer-care transactions have included the purchase of brands and businesses such as Glucovita, Chandrika, Unza Holdings, Yardley operations, L D Waxsons, Splash Corporation, Canway Corporation, and Nirapara. Infrastructure transactions have added hydraulic-cylinder, aerospace, automation, and robotics capabilities. In 2019, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting established Wipro Consumer Care Ventures to invest in consumer and direct-to-consumer start-ups in India and Southeast Asia. Wipro Enterprises is also associated with social and sustainability initiatives. Alongside Wipro Limited and the Azim Premji Foundation, it pledged support for India's COVID-19 response in 2020. Its Santoor Scholarship Programme supports the education of underprivileged girls in selected Indian states, while Wipro Cares works in education, primary healthcare, environmental sustainability, and disaster rehabilitation. In 2025, the company announced a planned electronic-materials division focused on copper-clad laminates and prepreg materials for printed-circuit-board manufacturing, marking a further move into advanced industrial materials.
History
Wipro Enterprises emerged in 2013 when Wipro Limited separated its non-information-technology businesses into a distinct company. The demerger created a platform for activities that had developed alongside Wipro's technology operations but followed different competitive and capital requirements. The resulting company brought together consumer care, lighting, hydraulics, aerospace manufacturing, industrial automation, water treatment, and additive manufacturing. The consumer side has roots in Western India Vegetable Products Limited, established in 1945. Its early business centered on vegetable oil, including the Sunflower Vanaspati brand. It later entered laundry products with the 787 brand and gradually expanded into personal care. Wipro's consumer portfolio grew through both internal development and acquisitions. The company acquired Glucovita from Hindustan Lever in 2003 and the Chandrika soap brand in 2004. Northwest Switches was acquired in 2006, followed in 2007 by the purchase of Singapore-based Unza Holdings. Wipro acquired the India and Middle East business of Yardley in 2009 and its global business in 2011. In 2013, it acquired Singapore-based L D Waxsons. Later additions included China's Zhongshan Ma Er in 2016, Splash Corporation of the Philippines and Canway Corporation of South Africa in 2019, and Kerala-based spices brand Nirapara in 2022. Wipro Lighting began operating in 1992 and developed into a specialist provider of lighting for commercial, institutional, industrial, and outdoor settings. Its portfolio moved increasingly toward LED products, intelligent controls, energy efficiency, and workplace-oriented lighting design. Consumer Care and Lighting also expanded beyond traditional personal care into home care and seating-related products. The vertical established Wipro Consumer Care Ventures in 2019 to invest in emerging consumer businesses. By 2022, the venture arm had invested in several Indian companies and had also invested in a Singapore-based venture fund. The industrial business originated in Wipro's engineering activities, including hydraulic-cylinder manufacturing dating from 1976. Wipro Infrastructure Engineering expanded internationally through the acquisition of Hydrauto Group AB in Sweden in 2006, RKM Equipamentos Hidráulicos in Brazil in 2011, and SC Hervil SA in Romania in 2013. A joint venture with Kawasaki Precision Machinery in 2011 supported hydraulic-pump production for excavators. The company added aerospace capability through the acquisition of Israel-based Gijon HR in 2016 and a 2017 partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries to manufacture composite aerostructure parts and assemblies. Industrial automation became a formal business segment in 2018. Wipro Infrastructure Engineering subsequently acquired the automation business of Incite Cam in 2019 and Pune-based Precision Automation and Robotics India in 2020. Wipro 3D broadened the engineering portfolio into metal additive manufacturing and specialized printing services. The inauguration of a Bengaluru aerospace facility in 2021 reinforced the group's ambition to manufacture higher-value components in India. In 2025, Wipro Enterprises announced Wipro Electronic Materials, a planned division focused on copper-clad laminates and prepreg materials used in printed-circuit-board production. The announcement represented another extension from component manufacturing into materials for electronics supply chains. The company's public-interest activities include the Santoor Scholarship Programme for underprivileged girls in Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh, and Wipro Cares initiatives covering education, primary healthcare, environmental sustainability, and disaster rehabilitation. During the COVID-19 crisis, Wipro Enterprises participated with Wipro Limited and the Azim Premji Foundation in a ₹1,125 crore response commitment. The company remains privately held and is predominantly associated with Azim Premji, his associates, and charitable trusts connected with the Premji family.
- 2025
Electronic-materials division announced
[1]Wipro announced Wipro Electronic Materials, focused on copper-clad laminates and prepreg materials for printed-circuit-board manufacturing.
- 2021
Bengaluru aerospace facility opened
[1]A new aerospace manufacturing facility was inaugurated in Bengaluru.
- 2018
Industrial Automation becomes a business segment
[1]Wipro Infrastructure Engineering formally added industrial automation as a new business segment.
- 2013
Wipro Enterprises established
[1]The company was formed through the demerger of Wipro Limited's non-IT divisions.
- 1992
Wipro Lighting established
[1]Wipro Lighting was established to design and manufacture lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, industrial, and outdoor applications.
- 1976
Engineering activities begin
[1]Wipro's industrial-engineering activities, including hydraulic-cylinder manufacturing, developed into the later Wipro Infrastructure Engineering business.
- 1945
Origins in Western India Vegetable Products
[1]The business that later contributed to Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting was established as Western India Vegetable Products Limited and initially produced vegetable oil.
Products and positioning
A privately owned, diversified Indian consumer-and-industrial enterprise combining established consumer brands with engineering and manufacturing capabilities. Its positioning emphasizes portfolio expansion, international acquisitions, industrial technology, sustainability, and long-term ownership associated with the Wipro group.
Personal care
Santoor
A long-established Wipro personal-care brand centered on toilet soaps and related products. Santoor is especially prominent in southern India and is described as one of the region's leading-selling soap brands.
Home care
Wipro Safewash
A Wipro home-care brand in the laundry and fabric-care portfolio, marketed alongside other household cleaning and care products.
Personal care
Yardley
A personal-care brand whose India, Middle East, and later global operations were acquired by Wipro through transactions completed between 2009 and 2011.
Lighting · 1992
Wipro Lighting
A professional-lighting business supplying LED luminaires, smart-lighting systems, and energy-efficient solutions for commercial, institutional, industrial, and outdoor environments.
Industrial engineering · 1976
Hydraulic cylinders
Wipro Infrastructure Engineering manufactures hydraulic cylinders, including products for industrial and truck applications, and supplies components to global original-equipment manufacturers.
Additive manufacturing
Wipro 3D
A Wipro Infrastructure Engineering subsidiary providing metal additive-manufacturing and 3D-printing services for industrial applications.
Electronic materials · 2025
Wipro Electronic Materials
An announced business division intended to manufacture copper-clad laminates and corresponding prepreg materials for printed-circuit-board production.
Marketing campaigns
- 2020COVID-19 response
India
Wipro Enterprises participated with Wipro Limited and the Azim Premji Foundation in a large response commitment addressing healthcare infrastructure, migrant-worker needs, and vaccination support.
- Santoor Scholarship Programme
India
An education initiative supporting underprivileged girls in Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
- Wipro Cares
India
A corporate social-responsibility platform working across education, primary healthcare, environmental sustainability, and disaster rehabilitation.
Brand decisions
2025
Entry into electronic materialsStrategyBackground
Wipro Enterprises sought to extend its industrial-manufacturing capabilities into materials used in electronics production.
Action taken
The company announced Wipro Electronic Materials to manufacture copper-clad laminates and prepreg materials.
Aftermath
A planned facility was intended to produce more than six million sheets of copper-clad laminates and associated prepreg materials.
2019
Creation of Wipro Consumer Care VenturesStrategyBackground
The consumer business sought exposure to emerging consumer and direct-to-consumer companies in India and Southeast Asia.
Action taken
Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting established a corporate venture-capital arm.
Aftermath
The fund invested in Indian companies and later participated in an investment in a Singapore-based venture-capital fund.
2013
Demerger of non-IT businessesStrategyBackground
Wipro's consumer and industrial businesses operated in sectors with different operating models from information technology services.
Action taken
The non-IT divisions were separated into Wipro Enterprises Private Limited.
Aftermath
The new company became the platform for Wipro's consumer-care, lighting, and industrial-engineering activities.
Recent events
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