IANS | 03 Jul, 2023
In a fiscal of acquisitions and venturing into new areas, the city
based conglomerate Murugappa Group had posed 35.8 per cent growth in
turnover and 24 per cent growth in after tax profits. Last fiscal the
group had announced investments of about Rs 648.9 crore for acquisitions
and new ventures.
According
to the Murugappa Group, it had logged a turnover of Rs 74,220 crore
(previous year Rs 54,648 crore) and a profit after tax of Rs 6,846 crore
(Rs 5,520 crore).
The
Group has 29 businesses, including several listed and unlisted
companies like Carborundum Universal Ltd., CG Power and Industrial
Solutions Ltd., Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd., Cholamandalam
Investment and Finance Company Ltd., Coromandel International Ltd.,
E.I.D. Parry (India) Ltd., Shanthi Gears Ltd., Tube Investments of India
Ltd. and Wendt (India) Ltd., Coromandel Engineering Company Ltd.,
Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd., Parry Agro Industries
Ltd and others.
During
the year under review Tube Investments of India Limited, through its
100 per cent subsidiary Tl Clean Mobility Private Limited (TICMPL), has
acquired:
i)
a 65.2 per cent stake in IPLTech Electric private Limited ('IPLT')
with an investment of Rs 246 crore. IPLT is a startup engaged in
manufacturing and sale of electric heavy commercial vehicles.
ii) a
30.04 per cent additional stake in Cellestial E-Mobility Private
Limited ('Cellestial') for a consideration of Rs 50.9 crore. Cellestial
is a startup company engaged in design and development of electric
tractors. TICMPL owned 69.96 per cent in Cellestial before the
additional stake purchase. With this transaction, Cellestial has become a
100 per cent subsidiary of TICMPL.
On its own Tube Investments of India acquired:
--
50 per cent stake in X2Fuels and Energy Private Limited (X2Fuels) for
an investment of Rs 6.15 crore. X2Fuels is a startup company engaged in
developing processes to convert waste to liquid/solid fuels;
--
76 per cent stake in Moshine Electronics Private Limited (Moshine),
for a consideration of Rs 7.38 crore. Moshine is a company engaged in
manufacturing and sale of camera modules for mobile phones.
Tube
Investments of lndia also formed a subsidiary for pursuing the CDMO
(Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) business investing
up to Rs 285 crore.
The
company along with Pl Opportunities Fund I Scheme ll (Premji lnvest)
acquired Lotus Surgicals Private Limited (Lotus) from lndia Medical
Consumables Holdings Limited (a Samara Capital entity) and other
shareholders of Lotus.
Tube Investments of India acquired 67 per cent stake for Rs.233 crore in Lotus.
Similarly
Dare Ventures Ltd., a corporate venture capital arm of Coromandel
International Limited, that invests in early and growth stage start-up
companies has invested:
--
Rs10 crore in Ecozen Solutions Private Ltd. (Ecozen), a climate-smart
deep tech startup. Ecozen develops climate-smart deep tech solutions
and core technology stacks to deliver a sustainable future, including
motor controls, IoT, and energy storage.
--
Rs16.5 crore in String Bio Private Ltd. (String Bio), a Bengaluru based
biotech startup. String Bio leverages its technology platform to offer
high quality products and ingredients for agriculture, animal nutrition,
human nutrition, and personal care sectors.
--
Rs 40 crore in Dhaksha Unmanned Systems Private Ltd. (Dhaksha), in two
tranches of Rs 20 crore each. Dhaksha, one of the forerunners in the
drone space in India, provides a complete range of Unmanned Aerial
Systems (UAS) technology solutions for different applications covering
agriculture, defence, surveillance and delivery, among others.
The
market capitalization of the 10 listed companies of the group
aggregated to Rs 2,25,320 crore as of March 31, 2023 (previous year
Rs1,78,412 crore).