The Directors have great pleasure in presenting the 26th Annual Report
together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the financial year
ended March 31, 2011.
FINANCIAL RESULTS AND APPROPRIATIONS
The salient features of the Companys Financial Results for the year
under review are as follows:
(Rs. In Lacs)
Year Ended Year Ended
31.03.11 31.03.10
Sales and other Income 138924.02 108092.61
Profit before Depreciation & Tax 7420.04 6178.52
Depreciation 2424.67 2307.64
Profit before Tax 4795.37 3870.87
Provision for Taxation 1393.46 1409.87
Profit after Tax 3401.91 2461.00
Net Profit brought forward 2347.12 1821.96
Profit available for appropriation 5749.03 4282.96
Dividend (Recommended) 999.88 799.90
Dividend Tax (Net) 159.12 135.94
Transfer to General Reserve 1000.00 1000.00
Surplus carried to Balance Sheet 3590.03 2347.12
OPERATIONS
The Company has achieved a record sales turnover of Rs. 138,924.02 lacs
registering a growth of 28.52 percent vis-à-vis Rs. 108,092.61lacs in
the previous year. The profit before tax in the current year was at Rs.
4,795.37 lacs as compared to Rs. 3,870.87 lacs in the previous year
registering a growth of 23.88 percent.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
Indias GDP is likely to grow at an estimated sustained annual average
rate of 8.40 percent over 2011-12 to 2015-16 and domestic demand -
spurred by a large, growing young population, rising middle-class
household consumption, and growing savings and investment rates - will
support economic growth over the next five years. A likely increase in
discretionary spending by Indias middle-class households will boost
demand for durables such as automobiles and white goods, and services
like hotels, restaurants and tourism.
Auto Component Industry is gathering speed as it has direct bearing to
automobile sector. Robust automobile sales should translate into strong
order inflows for auto component manufacturers. In the year 2010-11
Auto component Industry has registered encouraging results and growth,
which augur well for the year ahead. The company recorded an impressive
growth of 28.52 percent in value and 20.08 percent in volume.
Our existing customers have targeted to meet predetermined sales
targets with around 15 percent growth, with the support of new models
likely to be launched both in 2 Wheeler and 4 Wheeler segment in the
coming year i.e.2011-12. In brief, all customers of the Company are on
growth path and Company is confident to meet their increased demand.
TRANSFER TO GENERAL RESERVE
The Board proposes to transfer an amount of Rs. 1,000.00 lacs to
General Reserve, having regard to the requirements of section 205 (2A)
of the Companies Act, 1956. The balance amount of Rs. 3,590.03 lacs
(previous year Rs. 2,347.12 lacs) will be retained in the Profit and
Loss Account.
DIVIDEND
Your directors are pleased to recommend a higher dividend of 125 per
cent (i.e. Rs. 2.50 Per equity share of Rs. 2/- each) for the year
ended March 31, 2011 amounting to Rs. 999.88 lacs in aggregate as
compared to 100 percent i.e. Rs. 2 per share in the corresponding
year. Dividend will be tax free in the hands of shareholders, as the
Company will bear the dividend distribution tax of Rs. 162.20 lacs. The
dividend, if approved, at the Annual General Meeting shall be payable
to the shareholders registered in the books of the Company and the
beneficial owners whose names are furnished by the depositories,
determined with reference to the book closure from July 23, 2011 to
August 11, 2011 (both days inclusive).
DIRECTORS
Mr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Mr. Nand Lal Dhameja and Mr. Devi Singh, the
directors of the Company are liable to retire by rotation from the
Board at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Mr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal,
Mr. Nand Lal Dhameja and Mr. Devi Singh being eligible have offered
themselves for re-appointment.
The present tenure of Mr. Yogesh Chander Munjal as Managing Director of
the Company expires on August 31, 2011 being eligible has offered
himself for re-appointment.
Brief resumes of Mr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Mr. Nand Lal Dhameja, Mr.
Devi Singh and Mr. Yogesh Chander Munjal have been appended to the
Notice of the Annual General Meeting.
Your directors recommend their appointment at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Report on Corporate Governance and Management Discussion & Analysis
Report along with Certificate of the Auditors of your Company pursuant
to clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges, have
been included in this Report as Annexure-A. Your Company has been
practicing the principles of good Corporate Governance over the years.
In terms of sub-clause (v) of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement,
Certificate of CEO/CFO, inter alia, confirming the correctness of the
financial statements, adequacy of internal control measures and
reporting of matters to the Audit Committee in terms of the said
Clause, is also enclosed as a part of the Report.
The Board of Directors has laid down a Code of Conduct to be followed
by all the Directors and members of Senior Management of your Company.
The Board of Directors supports the broad principles of Corporate
Governance. In addition to the basic governance issues, the Board also
lays strong emphasis on transparency, accountability and integrity.
AUDITORS
M/s S.R. Batliboi & Co., Chartered Accountants, Gurgaon, the Auditors
of the Company retire at the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting, and being eligible, offer themselves for re-
appointment. The Company has also received certificate from the
auditors to the effect that their re- appointment, if made, would be in
accordance with Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956.
The Board recommends their re-appointment.
AUDITORS REPORT
The observations of the Auditors in their report read with the notes to
accounts are self-explanatory and do not require any specific comments.
However as pointed out by the Auditors in annexure to their report at
point number (ix) (a), the slight delay in payment of undisputed
statutory dues in few cases was on account of finalization of accounts
beyond the payment due date.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In compliance with Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the
Directors confirm:
a) that the applicable accounting standards have been followed in the
preparation of annual accounts and that there are no material
departures;
b) that such accounting policies have been selected and applied
consistently and the judgments and estimates made are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company as at 31st March 2011 and of the profit of the Company for
the year ended on that date;
c) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
d) that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern
basis;
AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMENDATION
During the year there was no such recommendation of the Audit Committee
which was not accepted by the Board. Hence, there is no need for the
disclosure of the same in this Report.
FIXED DEPOSIT
The Company has not accepted any Fixed Deposits during the year under
Section 58A or 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules made
there-under, and as such no amount on account of principal or interest
on public deposits was outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information pursuant to Section 217(1) (e) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the report
of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 regarding Conservation of
Energy, Technology Absorption and R & D and Foreign Exchange earnings &
outgo are given in Annexure-B which forms part of Directors Report.
ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE
India is the seventh largest country in the world by geographical area.
While progress on the environmental front is being made, India still
faces some major challenges. Despite highly evolved environmental laws
and regulations in some areas, many environmental practices such as
regulation of air pollutants using a model seen in western countries
are still at a very rudimentary stage in India. Increased environmental
regulations will likely become a key area of concern in the near
future.
The increasing desire of Indian companies to meet world class standards
has caused established companies in India to take on sustainable
initiatives as a means of improving their global brand and reputation
and the environmental sector is expected to be at the forefront of
Indias evolving story in the coming years.
The Company has already considered the prerequisites of environment
compliance long way back and is doing new initiative every year. Some
of the major initiatives of regular basis are;
Slogan of the Company One planet, one earth, one nature which
propagates Save the earth for better tomorrow”.
By Regular training for workers and staff to prevent accident related
to mechanical, electrical, chemical, physiological and psychological
safety the Company has made Zero incidents” as acceptable standard.
The Company is a regular member of Haryana Environment Management
Society.
The Company has started Green Vendor Development Programme (GVDP) in
2009-10. The aim of the project is to conserve water and Energy,
Minimize generation of waste, terminate hazardous chemicals with
non-hazardous chemicals, minimize carbon foot print, generate pollution
prevention awareness throughout the plant and to achieve 100 percent
legal compliance.
In 2010-11 the Company has added special units to recover and recycle
chrome and thinner from the waste. Special Kaizen teams with specific
project made to conserve resources like energy, water and electricity.
More emphasis was given to utilize natural light and natural
ventilators.
ISO/TS 16949 ACCREDITATION
Your Companys manufacturing facilities plants located at Gurgaon and
Manesar continue to maintain and uphold the prestigious ISO/TS
16949:2009, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001: 2007 (Occupational Health &
Safety Assessment Series) certifications from reputed leading Indian
and International Certification Institutions. Companys third plant
located at Haridwar has also got TS 16945. These certifications help in
continuous improvements, besides emphasis being laid on prevention of
defects, reduction of wastes and variation in supply chain management.
TPM
The Company has taken up the journey of Total Productive Maintenance
(TPM) with the help of JIPM (Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance)
Japan and CII, India. Major objectives of TPM are to increase
Productivity, to improve Quality, to reduce Costs, to ensure Delivery
in time, to increase Safety, to increase profitability, to build Moral
and to protect environment by formation of cross functional work groups
(PQCDSME) and to improve overall effectiveness of equipment and
processes within their areas. The other objectives are to procure and
install maintenance free plant and machinery; and to achieve zero
defects, zero break down, zero losses and zero accidents. In nut shell
to convert all the losses into Profit.
We have already got the category A award for TPM Excellency for Gurgaon
Plant and will challenge the next level by the end of 2011. We have
challenged JIPM TPM Excellence Award in December 2009 for Manesar Plant
and were honored with TPM Excellence Award category A at Kyoto, Japan
on March 9, 2011. We are now going to challenge the next level of TPM
Excellence Award. For the same the TPM Kick - Off Ceremony for 2nd
stage was held on April 22, 2011. The Company has declared start of TPM
in Haridwar Plant on 23rd March 2011.We will challenge the TPM
Excellence Award in December 2013. For further excellence in the
industry the company is helping some of its vendors to start TPM
journey.
Lean Activities:
We are in the process of clubbing TPM with lean manufacturing system in
the near future. Our Company has conducted Lean Manufacturing System
(Value Stream Mapping) Work Shop in the month of July 2008. We have
converted lots of huge & complicated machines to Lean Machines &
manufactured Lean machines in house. We receive many visitors not only
from India but also from all over the World to see our TPM & Lean
machine manufacturing activity. Munjal Showa is taking a lead role in
spreading this concept of Lean Machines across the Country thru CII,
ACMA, IMTMA, MSIL, HHML, Honda Seil Club, etc.
LISTING
The shares of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange of
India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, and pursuant to Clause
38 of the Listing Agreement, the Annual Listing fees for the year
2011-2012 have been paid to them well before the due date i.e. April
30, 2011. The Company has also paid the annual custodian fees for the
year 2011-12 in respect of Shares held in dematerialized mode to NSDL &
CDSL.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
A statement under sub-section (2A) of Section 217 of the Companies Act,
1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, forming part of this Directors Report is given in Annexure-C.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Your Company believes that employees form the fulcrum of growth and
differentiation for the organization. The Company recognizes that
people are its principal assets and that its continued growth is
dependent upon the Companys ability to attract and retain quality
people. The total headcount increased to 3477 at the end of the year as
compared to 3012 of the previous year. The Company encourages long-term
commitment to the Company by rewarding its people for the opportunities
they create and the value generated for customers and shareholders. The
Company conducts several training programmes to upgrade the skills of
the workforce.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors place on record their appreciation of the co-operation
and support extended to the Company by Government of India, State
Governments of Haryana and Uttrakhand, other local authorities,
bankers, suppliers, customers and other stakeholders whose continued
support has been a source of strength to the Company. The continued
dedication and sense of commitment shown by the employees at all levels
during the year deserve special mention.
The Directors also place on record their appreciation for the valuable
assistance and guidance extended to the Company by Showa Corporation,
Japan and for the encouragement and assurance, which our collaborator
has provided from time to time for the growth and development of the
Company.
The Directors also take this opportunity to express their deep
gratitude for the continued co-operation and support received from its
valued shareholders.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: New Delhi BRIJMOHAN LALL MUNJAL
Dated: May 20, 2011 Chairman
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