The Rs 1,331-crore acquisition brings a bigger opportunity in the commercial vehicles and utility vehicles market, besides giving Mahindra CIE an increased presence in north and south India, Chairman Hemant Luthra told CNBC-TV18.
Mahindra CIE's debt halved in the last quarter year-on-year due to a reduction in working capital, says Chairman Hemant Luthra. This has given the company headroom for potential acquisitions.
The company has been able to bring the cost as a result of which there has been a sequential increase in margins both standalone consolidated and at the subsidiary, said Hemant Luthra, Chairman, Mahindra CIE.
A strict control on costs and a strong monsoon, if it pans out, should help Mahindra CIE expand EBITDA margin to about 15-17 percent in fiscal year 2016-17, says Chairman Hemant Luthra.
Luthra sees East Asia as the next growth driver for the company‘s operations and says it is open to entering the defence space as well
Mahindra Ugine, Mahindra Forgings and Mahindra CIE will be merged into one entity,Hemant Luthra, President, Mahindra Systech said.
Chairman of Mahindra CIE, Hemant Luthra said that post the merger the combined entity, Mahindra CIE will become a USD 3 billion firm
The company presently manufactures eight-seater -- GA8 utility aircraft, in its Australia-based companies Aerostaff and GrippsAero which it acquired in 2010 to get into the aviation sector.
Hemant Luthra, president, Mahindra Systech, said the deal will help the two companies grow into new geographies. The product range as well as geographical presence of the two firms will complement each other since CIE is present in Latin America, where Mahindra is not and in India Mahindra has a strong presence, while CIE does not, he said.
Hemant Luthra, chairman, Mahindra Sanyo Special Steels and Y Tsukamoto, senior MD, Sanyo Special Steel explained the various details regarding the JV and the plans for the future.
Mahindra Forgings expects a pickup in demand, especially from truck manufacturers in Europe, will boost its earnings growth this fiscal.