Don't find cus<strong>to</strong>mers for your products, find products for your cus<strong>to</strong>mers! Seth Godin, Author, Entrepreneur
02 Structure and Culture of Adani Wilmar: An FMCG Goliath By Nimish saxena About Adani Wilmar: Adani Wilmar Limited (AWL) is a joint venture incorporated in January 1999 between Adani Group, the leaders in International trading & Private Infrastructure and Wilmar International Limited - Singapore, Asia's leading Agri business group. The Ahmedabad(Gujarat) based company is the largest branded oil manufacturer and has managed <strong>to</strong> grow its revenue <strong>to</strong> ₹18,000 crore, becoming the largest edible oil company in the country with a share of about 19.5 per cent within <strong>15</strong> years The joint venture incepted with the commissioning of India's first port-based refinery at Mundra, Gujarat. Today, Adani Wilmar owns refineries in 17 strategic locations across India, has 8 crushing units and 19 packing units. Collectively, this <strong>to</strong>tals <strong>to</strong> a refining capacity of 10300 <strong>to</strong>nnes a day, seed crushing capacity of 7485 <strong>to</strong>nnes a day and packaging capacity of 8500 <strong>to</strong>nnes a day. Adani Wilmar has a range of premium edible oils, Vanaspati, packed Basmati Rice, pulses, Soya Chunks and also the first National Brand in Besan. It also has a range of cus<strong>to</strong>mized speciality fats for institutional cus<strong>to</strong>mers. The product portfolio of Adani Wilmar spans under various brands such as - Fortune, King’s, Bullet, Raag, Avsar, Pilaf, Jubilee, A-Kote, Fryola, Alpha and Aadhaar. Fortune is the most prestigious brand in the Adani Wilmar’s portfolio. Fortune became the no.1 brand in the market within just 2 years of its launch (in the year 2000) and still continues <strong>to</strong> be a leader. Following the success it achieved domestically, Adani Wilmar <strong>to</strong>ok its branded Edible oil <strong>to</strong> markets beyond India and is now exporting its products <strong>to</strong> more than 19 countries in the Middle- East, Australia & New Zealand, South East Asia & East Africa.