Spoke to CFO Mr. JK Jain. Key points:
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Company had income tax exemption till FY15. Now onward will have to
pay normal tax rate.Company enjoys 6% excise benefit at its plant in HP. This will come
to end by Jan 2016. The company will not be able to pass the same to
the end customers.End customers industry is very fragmented and competitive. Anyone
with Rs.15lakh can set up retreading unit. Can take material from
Indag or others and retread the tyre. Its take typically 3-4 hours
to retread tyre. After that it may need 24hrs for cooling of the
same.Radialisation may increase retreading. But as the tyre are good
quality, requirement of retreading will come after more running of
KMs than current.Company don’t have a pricing power to its buyers
Rajasthan plant got shut down due to issue with labor unrest.
Apart from this my finding on Khmeka – Sun group:
This is a very mall part of the group. Mr. Khemka is busy with Russia, work and ties related to that. Dont know how much time he spent on this company.
Disc: Had invested but exited post the call with MR. CFO