Dear Shareholders,
Congratulations on a Satisfactory year 2024-25! I must say the year has
been very eventful and challenging. The geopolitics, wars, trade tariff positions etc has
been volatile and uncertain, and still continues until complete clarity emerges. This was
the year we focused on execution and building our capacities in line with our growth
aspirations. The successful commissioning of Phase 1A at our Kheda location and the
seamless integration of our newly acquired Mabel Engineers in Tamil Nadu provided
necessary philip to our revenue growth. With a substantial business into exports, we were
able to position ourselves as a true global player.
In the Consolidated Financial year 2024-25, we achieved a revenue of
732.8 Crores, an encouraging growth of 33.1%, with an EBIDTA of 165.2 Crores increase of
30.3% YOY. PAT stood at 118.3 Crores almost 14.3% YOY. The revenue from exports was 65%
(Deemed exports 9%). The working capital was at an average 3.6 Turns. The pending order
book was at 741 Crores with a healthy enquiry pipeline expected to be finalized in the
coming months. In the Standalone Financial year 2024-25, we achieved a revenue of 708.3
Crores, an encouraging growth of 28.7%, with an EBIDTA of 162.2 Crores increase of 28.0%
YOY. PAT stood at 116.8 Crores almost 12.9% YOY. The revenue from exports was 63%
(Deemed exports 9%). The working capital was at an average 3.6 Turns. The pending order
book was at 700 Crores with a healthy enquiry pipeline expected to be finalized in the
coming months. The sectorial revenue across industries was as expected with Hydrogen at an
encouraging 30% which demonstrates energy transition to cleaner forms and our preparedness
for this business. Oil & Gas at 30%, Petrochemicals at 23%, Fertilizer at 10 % and
others 7%. In terms of products, Heat exchanger is at 65% and Vessels, Reactors, columns
at 35% which signifies contribution from our Kheda plant, which focuses on manufacturing
vessels, reactors and columns.
There have been some interesting developments in the year. First on our
foray into critical equipment business, we have successfully manufactured and delivered
our first Chromium Molybdenum Vanadium modified material equipment's for an Indian
client. We have also started manufacturing our first Solid Inconel equipment weighing 200
MT single piece for an export Customer. After a long gap, we have manufactured and
supplied Titanium equipment's from our clean room. This is in line with our strategy
to have calibrated, strategic in roads into critical & complex metallurgy. On our
capacity expansion plan, we have started the construction of our Phase 2 at Kheda
location, to be operational by the 3rd Qtr of FY 2025-26. This will increase the capacity
at Kheda plant to 10,000 MT/Yr from the current 6,000 MT/Yr. Our acquisition of Mabel
Engineers is yielding results. It has added about 2,000 MT/Yr fabrication capacity and
expected to double the turnover in FY 2025-26. Our Design office at Vadodara have
stabilized well and we expanded it further. This is in line with building Vadodara as
Anup's design Hub for new product development and a profit center. Our strategic
focus on expanding our export footprint has yielded good results, with about 54% products
exported.
The market outlook provides interesting opportunities in the future.
The Domestic market which was slow all through last year is showing signs of revival. We
continue to see traction on Capex into capital goods especially focused on Petrochemicals,
Gas, Fertilizer, Hydrogen and Specialty chemicals. We are also cautious of the present
Geopolitics, market dynamics due to wars and uncertainty of trade tariffs in major
markets.
The hydrogen projects offer a big opportunity for manufacturers like
us, both for Blue hydrogen to start with and Green hydrogen in the near future. Moreover,
GDP growth aspirations announced by developing countries meant the conventional Oil &
Gas and Petroleum products will continue to be an important part of their energy mix
driving growth, in addition to the focus on cleaner energy mix. I wish to take this
opportunity to thank all our esteemed customers, our supply chain partners, our
shareholders, all our Stakeholders, our Bankers and our Employees for trusting and
standing by us as we stay focused on our growth aspirations.
Best regards, |
Reginaldo Dsouza |
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer |