Chemcrux Enterprises – A dark horse?

Hi,

Here are the notes from the AGM ( notes may be rough but this is the synopsis).

Girish Shah spoke in his opening remarks that

1. The expanded capacity has doubled and will cater to orders coming from existing clients and new clients.

2. China is becoming very aggressive and getting market share is becoming tough.

3. Multiple factors hampering growth at the moment.( Logistics cost, Purchase cost, Geopolitical issues).In the A.R. Exports dropped to 18% and domestic sales were 82% shows the impact of the above factors on sales.

4. The joint venture Kalichem would be operational in the second half of the year which would be catering to API, Intermediates and the existing range.

5. The company kept adding new clients and introduced new products which is mentioned on their website, but no formal business yet from these products.

6. The promoters remain unfazed of the future that things would change, benefetting the company with better prices, both from purchasing of raw materials and selling prices of products.

The short term position of the company is too hard to derive at a growth rate for the factors stated above. F.Y.25 remains tough as the visibility has not improved with the existing conditions and as you all can see that the profit has taken a big hit.
Kalichem expects 50% capacity utilization in the coming year and no expectations on the profits though.

7. The company enjoys a high good will among their customers in the domestic market and has the necessary certifications needed to qualify to be a vendor.
   Recent certifications was from EVOVARDIS awarded Chemcrux with a “Committed” certifications.

8. Steam purchases would be cut down by 30% (ball park) as the generation of steam would start from October 2024.

This ends the AGM.
E. & O.E
Thank you