CUMI Minerals set forth its journey into non-oxide minerals. The Kerala Village Koratty at Thrissur witnessed the flourishing of a novel production unit of Silicon Carbide in 1984.
Invested in Wendt India, a manufacturer of diamond and vitrified cubic boron nitride abrasives and a machine tool builder, addressing a growing market for high precision and high productivity grinding needs of the auto component industry.
Quick to realize the vast applications of SiC micro grits CUMI commissioned The SiC Micro Grit Plant at Koratty in 1988.