Few ventures are as exciting as those pursued in an environment of continuous improvement and constant customer feed back. Those who aspire to the challenge of such opportunities and equip themselves accordingly are rewarded with rare success. One such story began in 1949,when one man dared to dream. Of taking Indian leather to the centrestage of the world leather industry. To a world, where fashion changed by the minute, and requirements in lesser time.

Mr. T Abdul Wahid established T. Abdul Wahid & Co. (TAW) in 1949,with a leased tannery in Madras. A remarkably short five years later, the company had emerged as the largest exporter of vegetable tanned leather to America and Europe, and wet blue skins to the Soviet Union. Came the seventies, and TAW diversified into finished leathers. Two ultra modern tanneries, outfitted with equipment from Europe, are capable of producing 2 million square feet every month. By the turn of the decade, TAW was supplying fine kidskin to reputed shoe manufacturers worldwide.

The next move was logical. TAW entered into production of shoes for the western markets.

Today, its highly sophisticated shoe factories are a pool of American and European footwear manufacturing expertise.

A team with a

Commitment to excel

Highly Qualified Engineers, technicians and administrative managers work towards one goal unitedly:Quality .Several leathers developed by TAW are the obvious choice of trend setting brands across the world .To keep pace with the ever changing needs of the industry, the company constantly sources global expertise. Essentially, it is a commitment that has translated exceptionally into the success story that TAW is today.

A genuine concern

For the society

Taw’s expansion policies have always evolved around the upliftment of the people in the rural areas. While its tanneries provide direct employment to 1600 people, the factory employs around 1800 people, a significant percentage of which is women.

A foundation started by the chairman also runs a full-fledged higher secondary school in the town of Ambur.