Background Heidelberg Cements (HCIL), erstwhile Mysore Cements set up by Birla group in 1958 is now a subsidiary of Heidelberg AG, the world's third largest cement manufacturer. The company manufactures portland cement through its three plants located at Ammasandra, Karnataka (0.6 MTPA), Damoh, Madhya Pradesh (2.1 MTPA) and Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh (2.7 MTPA). The company also caters to Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune apart from MP and UP....
Background: Amara Raja Batteries Ltd (ARBL), a Joint Venture between Amara Raja Group & Johnson Controls, each holding 26% stake, is the second largest battery manufacturer in India. It is the largest manufacturer of standby valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries in the Indian Ocean Rim region an d manufactures automotive batteries for all vehicle segments. With a production capacity of 18mn units (Automotive: 19 mn & Industrial(MVRLA)- 3.6 mn), ARBL has built a strong pan-India distribution network of 30,000 retailers and 274 franchisees (Amaron network) & 900 retailers (Powerzone network).ARBL's market...
Background: Ashok Leyland (AL) (established 1948) is one of the leading commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in India. Part of the Hinduja group, the company operates out of seven manufacturing plants located in South India and one in Pant Nagar, Uttarakhand. The company's product range comprises of heavy/medium trucks and buses. The company has presence in 37 countries. Its volume composition: Ashok Leyland has more than 1,462 networks for sales as of FY16. ALL has many JVs: Nissan for LCVs, John-Deere for Construction Equipment, Irizar TVS for coach building, Alteams for High Pressure Aluminium die-castings, Continental for...
Background: Power Grid Corporation Indian Limited (PGCIL) is the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country under Ministry of Power and is one amongst the largest Power Transmission utilities in the world. PGCIL is playing a vital role in the growth of Indian power sector by developing a robust Integrated National Grid and associating in the flagship program of Govt. of India to provide power for all. The company has 139,709 ckm of transmission lines,...
Background: City Union Bank (CUB) among the smaller-sized banks in the private sector space operates a network of 550 branches. With about 2/3rds of its branches located in Tamil Nadu the bank's business is largely skewed towards the Southern India. Majority of its business comes from branches located in South India. CUB has a significant chunk of its branches in urban and semi-urban areas. With no identifiable promoters CUB is run by a team of...
Background Established in 1984, Solar Industries is the largest manufacturer of industrial explosives and explosive initiating systems in India. 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 19 countries in Africa and South East Asia. Economic Explosives, a 100% subsidiary, manufactures detonators. Solar has manufacturing facilities spread across 16 locations and eight states in India. In recent years expanded its manufacturing base to Nigeria, Zambia and Turkey. SIIL has also interests in the coal mines (in Chattisgarh) through two JVs. Solar is...
Background: Repco Home Finance Limited (RHFL) is a low to medium ticket size home loan financing company predominately based in tier II / III cities of southern India. Promoted by the State-owned Repco Bank Ltd in 2000, RHFL presently has 125 branches and 32 satellite centers of which ~87% are located in the southern market. Repco has shown robust growth in its loan book clocking 26% CAGR (FY13-FY17) and stood at INR ~89.4bn at the end 4QFY17. RHFL average loan per unit...
with Indian and US as its focus markets. It makes and markets specialty medicines and APIs for chronic therapy areas such as cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, etc. Strength in high-growth chronic segments has propelled Sun to sixth rank in the domestic formulations market, with consistent outperformance to market and large-sized peers. Sun has forayed into regulated markets by acquiring majority stake in Caraco Pharma and has strengthened its presence in US by recent acquisition of Taro. With Taro's acquisition, Sun has become...
