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We introduce ourselves as the pioneers in manufacturing of Greases & Lubricants under ministry of Petroleum & Natural gas, Govt. of India.

Company Profile Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd has a proud heritage of 143 years. Established in 1867, the company today is a distinguished corporate entity with an impressive record of growth & professional excellence. With its headquarters located in Kolkata, the company has significant transnational business interest with a Joint Venture, Balmer Lawrie (UAE) IIc in Dubai and a subsidiary, Balmer Lawrie (UK) plc. in UK. The company also has several Joint Ventures in India Set up as a partnership firm on 1st February 1867 based on a Partnership indenture between Mr. Alexander Lawrie & Mr. S. G. Balmer, the company became a private limited company in 1924 and later converted into a public limited company in 1936. In 1972, Balmer Lawrie became a Government of India Enterprise under the ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. is a multiple-product, multiple-unit and multiple-technology conglomerate with each major business as given below being recognized as a Strategic Business Unit (SBU):

Business Profile
Greases & Lubricants
Travel & Tours

Industrial Packaging Leather Chemicals Engineering & Technology Tea

Container Freight Stations

Logistics Services

Joint Ventures

Manufacturing of Greases & Lubricants forms one of the core businesses of the company. Starting the marketing activities almost a century ago, the company forayed into manufacturing in 1937, by pioneering manufacture of Grease in India. Today, the BALMEROL brand is synonymous with superior performance, respect & trust. The BALMEROL range of Greases, Lubricants and Specialities are products made in ISO ISO 14001, 9001, OHSAS 18001 certified State-of-the-art manufacturing plants located at:

Kolkata Mumbai Taloja Chennai Silvassa

Centralized R&D The company has a very sophisticated Research & Development facility for lubricants at Kolkata. The R&D facility is equipped with a host of sophisticated equipment and instruments which include Scanning Electron Microscope FZG Tester SRV Tester High Frequency Friction and Wear Tester Particle Size Analyzer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer Thermal Analyzer Chromatography Equipment The R&D Centre has currently installed a Scanning Electron Microscope in the laboratory, which to the best of our knowledge is the first such installation for R&D in greases, lubricants and specialities in the country. The above sophisticated facilities are extensively used both for the purpose of development and for maintaining quality checks in the range of products manufactured. Servicing expertise The manufacturing and R&D set up is backed by a service expertise built up through years of providing exacting service to the core industries. Competent service personnel are available at all major locations in the country.

Industry associations The company has very close association with various bodies engaged in development and testing of lubricants. These include: Steel Authority of India Ltd. - Research and Development centre for Iron and Steel Indian Institute of Petroleum Research and Development Standard Organization -Indian Railway and are in regular touch as maintained with these bodies and the test facilities available with them are accessed. Whenever warranted, services of test laboratories abroad are also availed. Human Resources The company is rich in knowledge in all aspects of lubrication engineering. The rich human resource comprising personnel with many years of experience in industry and several highly qualified scientists provide a mix of balanced human resource. The unique blend of manufacturing, development and service expertise has allowed Balmer Lawrie to make major in-roads in the core sector industries where it has emerged as a significant and respected player for high-end lubricant requirements. The major customers of Balmer Lawrie Greases & Lubricants, in Core sector includeIntegrated steel plants (TISCO, SAIL All Plants, Vizag, Bhushan, Jindal etc) and Secondary Steel plants. Auto OEs (Tata Motors, URAL, Mahindra & Mahinra, Hero Honda, Bajaj, Swaraj Mazda, Escorts etc) Railways Defence Mining, etc. Oil Exploration (ONGC, Oil India, Essar, Shiv Vani etc) Co- branding for Automotive Industries. Sugar Industry Bearing segments Jute Sector Export: ArcelorMittal Steel (Kazakhstan, Romania, Indonesia & Ukraine), Indonesia, South Africa, Tanzania Kenya etc. We are sure that we shall be able to work together and we shall be able to satisfy you with our quality, service and cost effectiveness. Look forward to your valuable response. Thanks and Regards, For Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd Sharad Shukla Officer (Marketing) Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. (SBU: Greases and Lubricants) P-43 Hide Road extension, Kolkata - 700 088 - India Mobile: +91 9199872070, 9331723359, Office: +91 33 24393280, Fax: +91 33 24392277 Email shukla.s@balmerlawrie.com, gupta.mc@balmerlawrie.com