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(~ ~ ~ Cl) z l o ~. m ....•. (X) -....j(j) - W • * -'--'- .••.. **'* •• ~~ • 2BLOG EDITORIAL On t" February, 2017 our Company completed 150 years of its journey and it is a matter of great pride for all of us that we were lucky to witness the moment that was indelibly etched in the history of Balmer Lawrie. The 150th year was extremely significant and a host of programmes were organised not only for employees within the organsation but also for external stakeholders in association with various institutions. The year- long programmes culminated with the Foundation Day celebrations on s" February 2017 across locations pan India. As promised, we are dedicating this issue of BLOGto Balmer Lawrie's completion of 150 years. Balmer Lawrie's history is unique and its various archival trivia has been of interest to many. Recently, we received two emails, with trivia related to our Company's history. An email dated 16th March, 2017 was received by Corporate Communications Dept. from Mr. Arthur Motley, Sales and Purchasing Director, Royal Mile Whiskies and Drinkmonger, Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr. Motley mentioned that he was researching an article highlighting some beautiful objects from past whisky history. One such item was a beautiful matchbook showing Laphroaig as solely imported by our organisation into Calcutta. He felt that their readers would be charmed by the idea of such a distinctive and important whisky being appreciated in Calcutta in the late nineteenth century! Hence, with reference to this, he was looking for some information on the history of our company. Hefound out that two Scotsmen Balmer and Lawrie were pioneers in tea production and became sole agents for Laphroaig in the 1880s. He wanted to know if we had any further information on their whisky business and when they ceased to import Laphroaig. This would enable them to date the match book to a rough range and would greatly add to the story. We shared the picture of the coloured pamphlet of Laphroaig Islay Whiskey, which was brought out in the 1880s. This was the first product for which Balmer Lawrie brought out a coloured pamphlet. A gentleman, Mr. James Clarke sent an email dated 18th March, 2017 to our C&MD, Mr. Prabal Basu, mentioning that , he had a tray in his possession, which was a sample from our company. He sent us a photograph of the label which was affixed on the underside of the tray. He wished to know when our company might have used this; presumably as a gift to valued customers. He checked our website and learnt that the Managing Agency system was abolished in 1969, so he assumed that the tray would be from a period before then.He wrote that it is a very nice tray, very well made and quite special. On zs" April, 2014 a gentleman names Mr. Scott Copes from GLCInternational LLC, South Carolina had written to Mr. R K Murthy, then COO [IP] enquiring about fibre composite drums. It was indeed interesting to know how Mr. Copes became aware of Balmer Lawrie. During that time he acquired a walking stick from the estate of an English gentleman in Charleston, South Carolina. The stick looks to date from latter half 19th century. On a silver plate attached to the shaft of the stick is engraved: From a Tea Bush Burpatra Teas Estate Messrs Balmer Lawrie Co. Ltd. Calcutta He researched our organisation and found out that Balmer Lawrie is in the business of Industrial Packaging and hoped we could provide him Composite Drums. Though we were unable to meet Mr. Copes' request, we thanked him for this wonderful archival information. BLOG3 EDITORIAL Recently one of our colleagues, Mr.Amartya Basu from Taxation Dept. Kolkata shared with us a page of Bengal District Gazetteers -HOWRAH, published in 1909 in which Balmer Lawrie is mentioned. Page 113 of Chapter X on Factory Industries, mentions the Salt Crushing Mills of Messrs. Balmer Lawrie & Co. at Salkhia. We know that our 1.110 11. .nu.•• u.ar. Company was a managing agent for various ~ ..••... products and this nature of the business _~ -c:auaa.uJm. continued to influence its present. Our --..........-. Company is diverse and has a strong foothold in the various domains it operates in. The above trivia are certainly valuable additions to our Archives and we thank all of them for sharing the same with us. Hope you enjoy reading this issue of C:"&.c.Y-r&~ BLOG! 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