"We are very focused on ensuring that what we invest in, it is something that is sustainable in the medium/long term & wherever possible we tie up with good anchor customers so that but we should be able to manage the biz. in the worst of times,."
2⃣ INTEGERATION - Like a tree with strong roots, Deepak has and is growing taller with fresh branches and new off-shoots to fulfill its growth aspirations.
So, integration in backward, forward, horizontal & vertical.
P1: Simple process
P2: Integrated process
#deepakntr 4/ 3⃣ IMPORT Substitution: "Import substitution has always been an integral aspect of the Company’s business strategy. To take advantage of the positive demand landscape, it will continue to introduce value added downstream products that can replace imports."
-AR2021
Journey & Evolution of Deepak Group:
👉Deepak Nitrite was incorporated by C.K Mehta in 1970.
👉It was started as a chemical trading business under the name of Deepak Trading during the early 1960s.
👉Gradually got into the chemical manufacturing
Let's 1st discuss 'Deepak Phenolics'
👉It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Deepak Nitrite Ltd.
👉Commenced prod. at Dahej in 2019
👉Manufacture Phenol, Acetone & IPA derived from benzene & propylene (crude derivatives)
👉User: pharma., paints, laminates etc.
👉Deepak Phenolics Ltd. (DPL) has domestic market share for phenol & acetone 50%+
👉Forward integration into value-added derivatives
such as IPA
👉Doubling of the IPA plant to 60,000 MTPA is in plan
👉More value-added products is in pipeline in this segment
So, let's explore the 'Basic Chemical' of Deepak Nitrite:
👉It is high volume & low/moderate margin across organic & inorganic chemicals.
👉High price sensitive, dependence on raw material availability.
👉Entry barrier due to the large scale & efficient operations
👉This segment not only entails limited margin, but is also exposed to crude price volatility, leading to unpredictable revenue
👉Act as a cashcow
👉The % share in overall revenue is on decreasing trend
👉New product additions/capacity expansion will drive value
Next segment is 'Fine and Specialty Chemicals (FSC)':
👉Niche & specialised products
👉These are specially tailored to the client’s specifications & typically manufactured in low volumes but higher margin
👉Developed in-house using expertise in process engineering
FSC
👉It looks to expand product offerings on back of continuous R&D, capacity expansions and growth in across multiple end-user industries, especially Agrochemicals & personal care
👉Efforts towards cost optimisation & adding new products for the pharma segment
Next & final segment is 'Performance Products (PP)'
👉It has two key products i.e. Optical Brightening Agents (OBA) and Di-amino Stilbene Di-sulphuric acid (DASDA).
👉Fully integrated manufacturer of OBA from toluene to para nitro toluene (PNT) into DASDA & OBA
PP:
👉OBA is a brightener commonly used in industries like paper (65%), detergent (20%) and textiles (15%).
👉It faces competition from Archroma and BASF in the domestic market and TFM, Transfar, Archroma & 3V in global markets.
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Current Biz. portfolio can be clubbed in 3 large bucket
1⃣ Data
➖Core Connectivity & Next-Gen Connectivity
➖Collaborations and Connected Services
➖Cloud, Edge and Security
➖Media Services
2⃣Voice Services
3⃣Others
➖NetFoundry
➖Other subsidiaries
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Mirza has integrated operation through vast infra:
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3/ #UGroCapital
⭐️Its transformation journey start from 2017 when current CMD (Mr. Shachindra Nath) took-over & renamed it to 'U GRO Capital'.
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