Wipro Furniture Business collaborates with London based designer
“Tim Wallace” launches Designer Furniture Range “Startline”
Bangalore June 6, 2009: London based International Furniture Designer, Tim Wallace’s signature product for Indian market “Startline” was launched by Wipro Furniture Business today at Bangalore at a gala event organized by Wipro.

Tim Wallace a Masters in Design from Royal College of Art London, is an Internationally Acclaimed Furniture Designer. Tim has been associated with “Top International Furniture” companies over the last two decades and has designed “Award Winning” products for the “Global market”.

“Startline has helped us raise the bar significantly. We have established our credentials as an Innovative Design led company with our latest offering I’M and now with Startline, we are giving our customers the choice of an International Styled range” said Mr Vineet Agrawal – President Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group “ For this we have invested in a World class manufacturing facility at Aurangabad and we believe our customers will respond positively to this. We are happy to work with Tim Wallace, an Internationally acclaimed designer and together put forward a very Modern – Contemporarily styled range for Indian customers” said Mr Agrawal

Commenting on the launch, Tim Wallace said “Designing has challenges, but designing for an International market has its own set of unique challenges. Startline meets my personal benchmark of a Well Designed product which has very International styling and will meet the aspiration of the New Vibrant India. I am delighted that I got an opportunity to work with Wipro, a company synonymous with new India.”

“Tim has extensively studied the Indian furniture space and worked closely with our team to design this world class product. We have received positive feedback from the Architect and Design community who attended the launch today.” said Parag Kulkarni, Vice President C&I and Furniture Business.

Wipro Furniture Business has collaborated with Tim Wallace to design, manufacture and launch “Startline” – Designer Range, Office Modular Furniture. Wipro tied up with Tim in 2007 to come out with a “Designer Range” of Furniture suited for the Indian market, but which has an International appeal. Tim did an exhaustive customer research and interacted with leading Architects and Designers across various Indian cities before commencing with the design. Startline is a unique design which provides customers with wide options. Wipro has applied for 4 patents under Startline.

Wipro Furniture Business, a part of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group, was started in 2004 to manufacture and market furniture and seating products. Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group have a profitable presence in the branded retail market of toilet soaps, hair care soaps, hydrogenated cooking oil (vanaspati), baby care products, lighting , switches and furniture products. Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting is a business unit of Wipro Limited.

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For Further Information, please contact:
Parag Kulkarani, Vice President- Furniture Business, Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting.
Mob : 09880392960.
Email : parag.kulkarni@wipro.com
Radha Radhakrishnan, Sr Manager, Corporate Communication, Wipro Ltd Tel : +91 – 80 – 25056159 .
Email : radha.rk@wipro.com

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