Capitalstars Updates: Top Corporate News :- 18 Jan 2018

Top Headlines Of The Day:- 18 Jan 2018

L&T Technology Services wins $50 million avionics contract

Dilip Buildcon has been awarded project worth Rs730.08cr by NHAI

Bharat Forge sets up e-mobility R&D center in the UK

Varun Beverages to acquire franchisee rights for Bihar

Tata Consultancy Services expands partnership with Shure

L&T Technology Services wins $50 million avionics contract
L&T Technology Services Ltd (LTTS) has announced that it has won a landmark project worth $50 million spanning over five years from a leading aerospace electronic systems manufacturer. The company added that LTTS has emerged as the winner to be the strategic supplier for the client’s Engineering and R&D (ER&D) pursuits.
Further to the announcement, the company stated aerospace customers are looking for an end to end engineering partners for their new age aviation initiatives and the project with LTTS will result in a transformation of their operations into a managed services model. This model will encapsulate support to both existing products and also for work related to the next-generation in-flight system.

Dilip Buildcon has been awarded project worth Rs730.08cr by NHAI
Dilip Buildcon has been declared lowest bidder (L1) by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for an engineering, procurement, and construction road project of length 29.29km in the state of Madhya Pradesh, at a bid price of Rs730.08cr. 
Dilip Buildcon is a Bhopal based road contractor and developer. Starting from 2006, the company gained scale in road EPC as the MP government increased expenditure on road network development. The company progressively diversified from Madhya Pradesh government orders to central and other state government road projects. Roads, highways, and bridges formed 81%, mining formed 16%, urban development formed 2% and irrigation formed 1% of DBL’s Q2FY18 order book.

Bharat Forge sets up e-mobility R&D center in the UK
Bharat Forge, India's largest exporter of auto components, has opened a Research & Development facility in the UK, in MIRA Technology Park, the UK's leading automotive technology park and Enterprise Zone, where it will be developing components & sub-systems focused on Electric Vehicles.
This facility will complement the capabilities & knowledge established over the past 2 years in Kalyani Centre for Technology & Innovation (KCTI) & Kalyani Centre for Manufacturing Innovation (KCMI) in Pune, focused on delivering solutions for Electric Vehicles.

Varun Beverages to acquire franchisee rights for Bihar
Varun Beverages Varun Beverages (VBL) has approved to acquire the franchise rights for PepsiCo India’s previously franchised sub-territory in Bihar, in its board meeting held on January 17, 2017.
Earlier in December, VBL entered into binding agreement to acquire two of PepsiCo India’s franchise - PepsiCo India’s previously franchised sub territory in the state of Jharkhand (20 districts) along with manufacturing units and franchise rights for the state Chhattisgarh.
Post this company will be a franchise for PepsiCo products across 20 states and 2 union territories of India.

Tata Consultancy Services expands partnership with Shure
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced the expansion of a strategic partnership with Shure Incorporated a world-renowned audio equipment manufacturer.
As a part of this collaboration, TCS has established a Global Development Center to help build cross-platform and mobile-enabled software for Shure's leading-edge audio technology and solutions for an exceptional end-user customer experience. TCS already plays an important role in the assurance and end-to-end system integration testing of some of Shure's new product lines, and Shure will now have the capability to leverage TCS' Innovation Labs and expertise in digital technologies including loT and Cyber Security to create secure, scalable, and differentiated audio products and solutions.

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Capitalstars Updates: Top Corporate News :- 17 Jan 2018

Top Headlines Of The Day:- 17 Jan 2018

Texmaco Rail to set up logistics hub and food park in West Bengal

Sun Pharma settles patent dispute regarding Linzess

GAIL and Gazprom renegotiate the long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement

Ashok Leyland signs Letter of Intent with Israeli firm for aluminum-air batteries

Bharat Forge sets up e-mobility R&D center in the UK

Texmaco Rail to set up logistics hub and food park in West Bengal
Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd, engaged in the business of rail freight cars and EPC, is exploring an opportunity for setting up a mega logistics hub cum food part with a manufacturing facility at Sankrail in Howrah, West Bengal.
The company believes that on the implementation of the project, it will trigger a major industrial activity to provide a balance in the economic development of the region. This would also provide a diversification in its business portfolio.
The company’s announcement comes during the time when the country’s top businessmen expressed their confidence that the state of Bengal is on the path of economic growth, in the Bengal Global Business Summit.

Sun Pharma settles patent dispute regarding Linzess
Sun Pharma has reached an agreement with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and Allergan to settle a patent litigation for generic of Linzess in the US. Sun Pharma is seeking a USFDA approval pertaining to its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for this drug.
According to the settlement, Ironwood Pharma and Allergan will grant a license to Sun Pharma to market the generic version of Linzess in the US market effective from February 1, 2031. Sun Pharma can launch the generic earlier based on certain predetermined circumstances. Post the settlement, the litigation against Sun pharma will be dismissed, however the same is subject to routine regulatory approval.

GAIL and Gazprom renegotiate the long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement
GAIL had executed a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) building up to 2.5MMTPA of LNG on discharge- ex-ship basis with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore (GMTS) in the year 2012, the supplies under, which are scheduled to start in Q2CY18.
The two parties have agreed to an adjustment to the price and volume of LNG supply thus enabling GAIL to develop incremental gas markets to offtake these volumes thereby mitigating volume risk.
The delivered price of LNG may be less by 50 cents to $1 per MMBtu compared to the earlier formula agreed upon, according to media reports. The price is based on an oil-indexed formula.

Ashok Leyland signs Letter of Intent with Israeli firm for aluminum-air batteries
Ashok Leyland Limited (ALL), one of the largest commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in India, has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Israeli firm Phinergy for use of aluminum-air batteries for Electric CVs in India. This was announced to the stock exchanges on January 17, 2018.
Phinergy is a leading developer of clean and high energy-density systems based on metal-air technology. With its aluminum-air battery, Phinergy has developed a revolutionary way to generate electricity using aluminum as an energy source. ALL plans to use this technology to meet energy requirements of its CVs in India. Prototypes and pilot trials will be developed over the next few months.

Bharat Forge sets up e-mobility R&D center in the UK
Bharat Forge, India's largest exporter of auto components, has opened a Research & Development facility in the UK, in MIRA Technology Park, the UK's leading automotive technology park and Enterprise Zone, where it will be developing components & sub-systems focused on Electric Vehicles.
This facility will complement the capabilities & knowledge established over the past 2 years in Kalyani Centre for Technology & Innovation (KCTI) & Kalyani Centre for Manufacturing Innovation (KCMI) in Pune, focused on delivering solutions for Electric Vehicles.

The Electric Mobility Research and Development Centre will be able to tap into the extensive testing facilities at MIRA Technology Park as well as the pool of engineering talents in the Midlands.

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Capitalstars Updates: Top Corporate News :- 16 Jan 2018

Top Headlines Of The Day :- 16 Jan 2018

GNFC shuts down TDI plant at Dahej; Stock slides downwards more than 7% 

BSE board approves buyback of shares upto Rs1,100 per share 

TV18 Q3 net profit down 8% at around Rs 16 cr

Network18 Media & Investments Q3 net profit at Rs 11.43 cr

ICICI Lombard Q3 PAT rises 5% to Rs 232 cr

GNFC shuts down TDI plant at Dahej; Stock slides downwards more than 7%
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals (GNFC), in its filing to BSE, has informed that it had to shut down its TDI-II (Toluene Di-Isocynate) plant at Dahej due to a sudden leakage.
The leakage in TDI-II plant at Dahej was noted in the morning on January 15, 2018. The company reported that there was no property damage or any loss of life.
The management has decided to close the plant indefinitely till the root cause is analyzed, reviewed and necessary further safety measures are taken.
The current capacity of TDI-II plant is 50,000MTPA, which was operating at optimum utilization level. The plant faced a similar issue in FY15 wherein it had accounted an impairment loss of Rs330cr due to the issue of gas emission and problems in bringing the plant at effective utilization level. However, as the issues were resolved by the company, the impairment loss was reversed in FY17.

BSE board approves buyback of shares upto Rs1,100 per share
The Board of Directors of BSE Limited approved a Buyback proposal at a price not exceeding Rs1,100  from the open market. The amount of the buyback is not to exceed Rs166cr. This buyback amount is 9.99% of the company’s standalone net-worth (as on March 2017). The total cash and current investments for the company stood at Rs906.4cr at the end of FY17.
BSE is the second largest stock exchange with a market share of 17% in FY17. BSE is the leader in the Small & Medium Enterprises and Mutual fund segments with 80% and 82% market share respectively. The company also has several ongoing initiatives such as Indian International Exchange and 
Commodity Trading. Trading on the International exchange began in January 2017, whereas commodity trading is yet to begin. The company has guided that they plan to levy transaction fees on the International Exchange by FY19.

TV18 Q3 net profit down 8% at around Rs 16 cr
Media firm TV18 Broadcast today reported an 8.1 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 15.87 crore for the quarter ending December mainly due to higher tax expenses.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 17.27 crore during the same period previous fiscal, TV18 Broadcast said in a regulatory filing.
Total income during the quarter under review grew 8.88 per cent to Rs 277.37 crore as against Rs 254.73 crore in the October-December quarter previous fiscal.

Network18 Media & Investments Q3 net profit at Rs 11.43 cr
Network18 Media & Investments today reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 11.43 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2017.
The company had posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 77.82 crore in the year-ago period, Network18 Media & Investments said in a BSE filing.
Total income during the quarter under review stood at Rs 439.23 crore as against Rs 353.42 crore in the same quarter previous year.

ICICI Lombard Q3 PAT rises 5% to Rs 232 cr
ICICI Lombard General Insurance today reported a 5.20 per cent increase in profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 231.76 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2017.
A subsidiary of ICICI Bank, the general insurance firm had earned a PAT of Rs 220.30 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.
Total income rose to Rs 2,019.77 crore from Rs 1,842.93 crore in the year-ago period, ICICI Lombard said in a BSE filing.

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Indices at fresh high, Nifty hits 10,750; financials lead

Benchmark indices are trading higher following Asian shares, that hit historic highs on Monday after Wall Street extended its record-breaking run, while the US dollar retreat continued as investors priced in the risk of tighter policies elsewhere in the developed world.

Back home, Information technology giant Infosys on Friday said its net profit for the quarter ended December 2017 rose 38% sequentially to Rs 51.29 billion as against Rs 37.26 billion in previous quarter.

On sequential terms, revenue rose 1.3% to Rs 177.94 billion as compared to Rs 175.67 billion in September quarter.

Meanwhile, India’s retail inflation hit a fresh high, growing 5.2% in December, mainly due to hardening housing, fuel and food prices, while inching towards RBI’s upper tolerance level of inflation at 6%.

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