B Malla Reddy, MD of Astra Micro said that it is common in this line of business to face a few hurdles when a new project is transferred for production, which led to the disappointing set of numbers.
Astra Microwave is targetting revenue growth of 10 percent to Rs 450 crore, but this would mark strong growth in the high-margin domestic business even as exports are expected to come off from Rs 120 crore to Rs 45 crore, said Managing Director B Malla Reddy.
B Malla Reddy, MD, Astra Microwave Products and Rajinder Bhatia, CEO, Defence Space & Aerospace, Kalyani Group hail new policy, but concur government will have to think out of the box to move processes faster.
Weakness in exports led Astra Microwave to a weak third quarter, with sales falling 39 percent to Rs 90 crore.
B Malla Reddy, Managing Director of Astra Microwave expects Rs 300 crore worth order inflow in H2FY16.
Domestic and export orders will contribute equally going forward, says Gurunatha Reddy, CFO, Astra Microwave.
The company does not have any huge requirement of funds and may liquidate Rs 500 crore order book by FY15-end.
News of engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) buying fresh stake in Astra Microwave was doing the round. However, B Malla Reddy, Managing Director of Astra Microwave refuted any such claims and said L&T already has around 9.6 percent stake and they haven‘t bought fresh stake in Astra Microwave.
Astra Microwave Products recently won orders worth Rs 50 crore. S Gurunatha Reddy, CFO, joins CNBC-TV18 to discuss how that bodes for the company in terms of financials