What is electrical steel Lamination-
-An electrical steel lamination is an iron alloy that consists of up to 6.5% of silicone. Usually, commercial alloys contain up to 3.5% of silicone.
-Increase in the percentage of silicone increases electrical resistivity of steel remarkably.
- Increased resistivity reduces the eddy current induced and lowers the core losses. However, the metal hardens and becomes brittle, which affects workability of the material.
The electrical steel lamination is widely used to laminate the core of transformers and motors. The transformer core is an iron core constructed from a highly permeable material made from thin silicon steel laminations.
Laminations are aligned together to provide required magnetic path with minimum magnetic losses.
SoThe method of producing a material in several layers, so that the material attains improved strength, insulation, stability, appearance, and other qualities, is known as lamination.
-The electrical steel lamination market can be segmented into non-oriented electrical steel and grain-oriented electrical steel. 1- Non-oriented electrical steel has linear magnetic characteristics in all directions.
It is mostly used in rotary machines and iron core materials ranging from large transformers to small electric motors. Special processing of steel is carried to control the grain orientation.
Non-oriented electrical steel has similar magnetic properties in all directions and
it consists of 2% to 3.5% of silicone. Non-oriented electrical steel is abbreviated as CRNGO (i.e. cold-rolled non-grain-oriented) electrical steel. CRNGO is economical. It is preferred when cost is the primary consideration and efficiency is secondary.
It is also used when there is less area to align components that make use of directional properties of grain-oriented electrical steel.
2-Grain-oriented electrical steel has good magnetic properties in the direction of rolling. This type of steel is applied in the manufacture
of large, medium, and small transformers, reactors, and distribution transformers. It contains around 3% of silicone. The processing of steel is carried out in such a way that favorable properties are developed in the rolling direction, .
due to the tight grain orientation relative to the sheet. Grain-oriented electrical steel is also known as CRGO i.e. cold-rolled grain-oriented electrical steel. CRGO is most commonly supplied in coil form. Then, it is cut into laminations.
Pitti Engineering-Company is currently reviewing the feasibility of undertaking expansion of its existing manufacturing facilities and accordingly, will be reviewing the viability of setting up the green field project in the State of Andhra Pradesh pursuant to the Incentive Grant
Understand How lamination works and how induction motor works .
annual capacity of 36,000 tonnes in March 2021, which increased to 39,600 in June 2021 and by the end of the financial year the capacity will reach up to 45,000 tonnes. Capacity utilization stands at 60% at present and it is expected that it will reach 90% by the end of the year.
Pitti Engineering Q2FY22 Concall Highlights*
( WA forward - not my notes)Only Important points
- The company recorded highest ever quarterly results such as Sales, EBITDA and PAT. The company is witnessing higher demand and expecting more orders in going forward.
In FY21, The company's top line stood at INR 518cr. The management expects, after completion of capex, topline expected to reach 3.5x to INR 1,800cr in FY24. The company is in discussions with EV companies, this would lead to the new stream of revenue.
*Revenue Mix*
The sales mixes are Domestic -63% and Exports- 36%. The revenue potential of INR 1,800 cr, exports revenue not more than 25% in going forward.
The company focused more on domestic business.
*Revenue Potential – Every year*
In H1FY22, the company developed products for certain applications; 3.4 MW wind generator for Gamesa, 4.5 MW compact hydro generator for Siemens and metro rail motors for Mitsubishi leads to add INR 45cr revenue potential in every year.
*Order Book*
The order book consists of INR 984cr as on Q2FY22, The order book is well diversified in the sectors; consumer durable, locomotives, railways, mining, oil and special purpose motors etc.
The company executed an INR 300cr order book and balance will be in the
next 6 to 9 months.
*Govt Incentives*
The company expects to receive incentives of INR 160cr in equal annual instalments over the period of 7-9 years, from maharashtra government. It will boost working capital and cash flows available for expansion would lead the overall growth
*Working Capital*
The company continues to work to reduce its operating cycle. DSO days are 54 days vs 92 days in the previous quarter, they are targeting to reduce to 45days.
.The Working Capital Cycle - 99 days in Q2FY22, They set a target for 75 days going forward.
*Capacity*
Sheet metal capacity grew ~14%YoY to 41,000 tons per annum vs 36,000 tons PA in Q2FY21. Sheet metals average Capacity utilization increased to 88.11%vs 60.52% in Q2FY21
Sheet metals capacity 41,000 tons per annum as on Q2FY22, expected to increase to 48,000 to 52,000 tons per annum depending on availability of machines in FY22.
In H1FY24, the capacity is expected to be 72,000 tons per annum and debt to equity mix should be 50:50.
Machining hours grew ~27%YoY to 3, 70,000 hours per annum vs 2,90,800 hours per annum in Q2FY21.
*Volumes*
In FY22, the total volumes are expected to be 36,300 MT. The volumes are Q1-6,500 MT, Q2- 8,600 MT, Q3- 9,200 MT, and Q4- 12000 MT.
New machines are expected to arrive at the end of Dec to Mid of Jan leading to increased capacity, expected to increase higher volumes.
Capex
Capex was planned INR 270cr, despite challenges the company completed 35% of capex (~100cr) and remaining on the track for completion
The capex cycle is expected to complete in H1FY24. At the end of the capex cycle, the company will have 72,000 metric ton per annum and 6,00,000 machining hours. After the capex the revenue potential INR 1,800 cr.
*Other Highlights*
The company imports machines from Japan, China, Taiwan, Italy and other countries. Supply chain challenges remain a key risk.
28% of business comes from railways and management expects 25 – 30% increase in next 2 years.
Concall some more points-( Its my own effort ,not forwarded)
-February 2020, we had announced a capex of ₹ 270 Crores. I am happy to report that despite the challenging 18 months that we have faced, we have
completed 35% of the envisaged capex and remaining is on track .
-Further, as our capacity is
modularly expandable any incremental additions that will keep getting added on a quarterly
basis shall keep getting utilized as they get commissioned-
-China has slowly and gradually withdrawn more and more export incentives that they had and as a
result now India and China are having parity in
terms of most of the product that are manufactured and generalizing that statement, as far as
our industry is concerned, we always had better price parities than China so much of our
products were indirectly exported back to China.
-our capacity utilization is running at 88% including new equipment arrival
in terms of new applications for a product they
- two very promising fields that we see, one is in terms of de-centralization plant at coal
power plant wherein to comply with environmental regulation they need to do carbon
capture and diesel emissions so that is one sector that we see maybe in the next 5 years to
become big and apart from that obviously the buzz word which is the electric vehicles
space.
-Today in terms of railways, railways I would say including metros because that is how we
account for it, 28% of our business comes from railways, going forward we see this
business increasing by 25% to 30% in the next two years
Debt-We have our debt repayment also and we will be taking some amount of additional debt to
fund the new capex, at a net position we do not see out debt increasing by more than 25
Crores through FY2023 and then peak out in FY2023 and then start dropping
-kind of product we operate it is
very difficult for a new entrant to come in, we compete with three different industries, we
have a combination of three different industries, we have changed the way our end
customers do business so we started our traditional sheet metal company
hence we always talk in per tonne basis or per tonne capacity, but we have moved well beyond that, we have a fabrication facilities, we have our own tool room, we have our own machine shop, we
have our own shaft manufacturing facility to replace us in the supply chain,
first and foremost my competitor needs to find three to four different companies each in a different
field and then find someone to integrate the product, assemble and supply it as a ready to
use unit, so in terms of capabilities we have a unique process .
-We are already a contract manufacturer, it is just a level of supply that before, so we today
supply I would say certain products which was 99% ready to use, so whenever they give us
the opportunity we will move up the value chain
-Most of our customers will take at least two years to get a vendor for registration done, post
that development of one single product would take at least a year-and-a-half at the supplier
end, then the approval of the product supply to the customer it will go to a life cycle
which would typically take 6 to 9 months and then you would have the first pilot of supply and
then the commercial supply, so I would say about 4 to 5 year timeline for anyone to come in
and then after that only the other products would be offered to a competitor, and then again
the similar timeline would be there to develop the rest of the product portfolio
-In sheet metal we compete with Temple Steel, which is a subsidiary of a US company, we
compete with Macros, which is the company based out of Bengaluru, we compete with
Capstan Industry and
then after that there are multiple smaller guys who must be doing a
turnover of 20 Crores to 30 Crores and they do not really compete with us because we are in
the more organized side of the business, in the machining we compete with Craftman
automation, and again number of
machine shop that we compete with, in shaft
manufacturing we compete with SD Industry, we compete with Gowri Industry, Sanaka
Industries, in tool room again there are many people who make tools, but there are not a lot
of single company does all of this inhouse together and
integrate the product, we are the
only one who do that.-
Our Customer-They would be Siemens, Wabtec, they would be ABB, they would be Cummins and the
fifth number keeps changing on and off sometimes it is Toshiba, sometimes it is Crompton,
but top four always remain constant, Siemens, ABB,
Cummins and Wabtec.
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Valiant Communications Ltd( Some Good Points from recent business updates)Although i consider Valiant name as a high risk investment idea because of my old experience with valiant organics , some similarities between valiant organics and valiant communications are
low promotors holding
Recently promotor sold some shares.
( Disclosure - Its not my original idea )
✍️Valiant has become the 1st Indian company whose make “Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU)” has been re-type test approved with latest technical specifications by the Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research–National Physical Laboratory (CSIR–NPL) Based on this approval, the Company has applied for Proof of Concept (PoC) to the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. It is important to mention that PMU is a key component of “One Nation, One Grid, One Frequency” concept and smart-grid projects. PMU plays a key role in Grid Automation, Grid Stabilization and Load Management of the Power Grid. Globally, there are very few foreign manufacturers, manufacturing PMUs at present. The PMU opportunity is also of global nature. Being an indigenous manufacturer, Valiant is apparently a beneficiary of all business opportunities that are notably arising in the Indian Public Sector out of the ‘Make in India.
✍️Valiant has successfully partnered in the Indian market with Tejas Networks Limited. Both the Companies are determined to replicate their business synergies at the global level also. In a recently concluded tender at Bhutan Power, Tejas (with Valiant’s partnership) has been declared lowest bidder (L1), for which the final PO is awaited. Valiant has also partnered with Tejas and another Tata’ flagship company, for power utility markets in Australasia for multi-years contracts. Given the global reach of the Tata Group, the management is optimistic about the outcome about such opportunities.
✍️Valiant and Tejas have now partnered for the forthcoming large-scale business opportunities for their products supplies at the State Electricity Boards (SEBs) of Kerela, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Gujarat. These business opportunities are valued at over ` 100+ crores for Valiant
✍️The management expects to improve its operating profit margins in forthcoming quarters in the light of
: • Expected better product-mix;
• Earlier years supplies are entering in AMC phase now, resulting a top-up revenue for services;
• New cutting-edge technology driven products are being offered.
✍️Target Industries
Cyber Security business: The Company is expected to receive its maiden government contract in the current
quarter. Our Company has already successfully conducted a Proof of Concept (PoC) trials with India's premier Grid
Operator for a few of its Cyber Security products and these successful trials for early detection and warning systems
of cyber-attacks, ransomware attacks and network intrusion to safeguard their Gird communication systems, will
start to generate business revenue in the coming quarters. This opportunity is of very large scale, both domestically
and internationally, due to the unique cyber-security solutions that our Company offers.
The Government has a heightened focus on Cyber Security for all its departments and with a view of protecting
critical infrastructure and its data. This should translate into induction of our Cyber Security products in the
Government Sector under the ‘Make in India’ and the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, path-breaking initiatives taken by the
Government of India.
Ami Organics Concall ( Only imp points)
✍️ our business model is designed in such a way that the revival of the Chinese chemical industry has a minimum to no bearing on us.
✍️On the demand side, we were witnessing gradual upswing in the demand in H2 FY '23. And I believe the revival will continue in H1 FY '24
✍️Electrolyte additives- we have received approval from 6 customers worldwide. We have also received plant-scale trial commercial orders of few metric tons. And we are also expecting a bigger commercial order during the current quarter.
we have developed 2 more products in this segment. One of them is liquid electrolyte additive to increase electrocapacity of the Lithium-Ion batteries and one more additive for solid-state battery
✍️we have been able to expand the scope of our contract with Fermion, and we have added a couple of high value intermediates for the same. This means we will now be doing 3 advanced intermediates for them which increases the value of our contract manyfold.
✍️Fermion contract-( darolutamide, Nubeqa )that is a long-term contract, and it will start supplying from Q3 of FY '24. The full capacity supply will be starting FY '25. Because it is a pharma business, and it takes some time for registrations in 180 countries worldwide. So, in Q3 and Q4, it will be giving us a sizable revenue. But from FY '25, it will be giving us a full revenue, And in that contract only, we have 3 more products, and all 3 products are additional to the contract. So that will also help us to grow more in terms of numbers in the upcoming years.
✍️This product is growing unexpectedly to 200 or 300x a year. Whatever they expected in 2026, they already closed in 2023. So, it's going very fast. And the basic API manufacturing plant in Fermion is fully utilized and the intermediate which they are trying to source from us, they are currently making it in-house. They don't have any source other than us.
✍️ Baba Fine Chemicals acquisition - we are gaining entry into a very high entry barrier semiconductor industry and its products main application in photo resistance chemical in semiconductor industries and they are making very high purity chemicals, And going forward the market is more than $2 million in photo resistance chemicals,It will definitely grow more than 3x to 4x in a year,Baba Fine Chem is currently manufacturing and delivering, is exclusively for one customer. But there are more than 40 products, which are already developed and the samples of which can go to the world. Apart from U.S., other countries like Japan, Korea, etc, we have started promoting this product in those countries also.
✍️Export for the year was at 59%, whereas domestic business was at 41%.
✍️ balance sheet, we have a net debt-free balance sheet with cash and cash equivalent of around INR59 crores
✍️We are targeting this year, that the specialty chemicals segment will grow around 25% to 30% against our normal growth of 22% to 25% of our pharma segment, developed some molecule in sp chemicals with versatile applications, including electronic donor, polymer industry as well as some paint industry additive, UV Absorber, as well as some electronic industry. So, cumulatively once it is all in, it will bring a lot of large volume and large value.
✍️Capex INR200 crores plus next year.
✍️Anticoagulant Basket-Apixaban and rivaroxaban is a growth driver for us for the next 2 years because it's going to be launched. And our generic player worldwide more than 26 customers in apixaban. They are all ready to launch. And also, they won some litigation in U.K. against the originators, so that will help us to start moving very fast. In rivaroxaban, the originator has qualified us, and they started placing order in Q4 FY '23. So now we are supplying to originator as well the rivaroxaban. So, it's a very good growth driver for us in the anticoagulant segment.For Edoxaban three customers in Japan qualified Us.
✍️Ankleshwar facility is upcoming facility which will be ready by December '24 operationally. So that will come with a very huge volume, 4x volume than our unit 1 in Surat. So that will be definitely help us with our FY '24, FY '25 & FY '26 growth of pharma.( Asset turnover Normally 3 but we have high value products.)
✍️Currently, on an average basis, considering sales as a base, our working capital cycle is 108 days. And I try to bring this at 100 days. So, we are continuously working on it
✍️The advantage for Ami Organics or, say, for Indian manufacturer, is that the U.S. and other European countries have stopped buying any battery cells or anything which is generated from China. So that is an added advantage that any manufacturer based outside of China will need to have a raw material from outside China. So that is helping us to push ourselves in a faster mode of getting the orders and all.
✍️Normally, our product basket is well distributed and none of the basket is more than 15%
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