Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Sona Comstar) has signed an agreement to acquire 54% equity stake in NOVELIC, a Serbian Company founded in 2012. NOVELIC is primarily into providing sensor based solutions for smart vehicles. Sona’s immediate objective is to use it’s own existing client relationships to ramp up NOVELIC’s ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) … Read more
At this stage, it’s only a MOU that has been announced by Amara Raja with the State of Telangana. What finally comes out of it remains to be seen. (It’s important to keep a track of these announcements as it helps in understanding management’s promises vs delivery over period) Key announcements – Proposed facility will … Read more
News about Exide looking to set up a plant in Karnataka had originally come up in March 2022. The Company is now projecting to invest Rs 6,000 crore to set up a 12 GWh lithium-ion cell manufacturing unit in this proposed facility over the next 8–10 years. Projected Phase 1 6GWh Investment of Rs 4,000 … Read more
Apollo Tyres (APL) has circulated an investor PPT setting performance goals for FY 26. $5bn Revenues 15% EBITDA 12-15% ROCE Net debt/ EBITDA < 2 Headline numbers definitely seems exciting. Reasons – Revenue target of $5bn (i.e., approx Rs 40,000 crore) is twice of FY 22 revenues i.e., double within 4 years. EBITDA target of 15% … Read more
Electric Vehicles (EV) is a hot theme nowadays. No one wants to be left behind. Endurance Technologies Limited (ETL) has joined the list and is acquiring 100% of Maxwell Energy Systems Private Limited (Maxwell). Key points to note – Maxwell is a Mumbai based wholly owned subsidiary of a US company, ION Energy Inc. (“ION”) … Read more
This is what some investors had wanted and that’s exactly what Varroc Engineering Ltd (VEL) has decided. Key announcements – VEL has entered into a definitive agreement with Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE, France to divest its 4-Wheeler lighting business in the Americas and Europe Agreed consideration is an Enterprise Value of EUR 600 mn (approx … Read more