Background: Established in 1995, Solar Industries is the largest manufacturer of industrial explosives and explosive initiating systems in India and has the world's largest manufacturing facility for packaged explosives. With a licensed explosives capacity of over 290,000 MT/annum, the company has ~28% market share in India. Solar, with a 70% market share in exports from India, exports to 51 countries around the world. Economic Explosives, a 100% subsidiary, manufactures detonators. Solar has manufacturing facilities spread across 25 locations and eight states in India. In recent years expanded its manufacturing base to Nigeria,...