As I said, there is always an easy way out with such politically motivated cases. You can defect /change your loyalties and save your company. When one chooses to fight and not take the easy route, either one is confident or foolish. I believe that in this case, it is the former. Hope justice will prevail.
Anyway I just wanted to give more information and add value to the discussion. The posts can be deleted if it is otherwise.
@zygo23554 , would love to know your thoughts on Amara Raja. Looks really enticing 
To me, it seems one major reason for large under-performance of stock for past 5-7 years has been the narrative around Li ion and Lead Acid batteries becoming obsolete (other than the huge run up in valuations prior to that).
I think the market realizes all this but the overall selloff hasn’t let this realization get reflected in the stock price.
Major negatives may be the Pollution Control Board uncertainty and large capex for Li-ion hurting potential free cash flow generation.
Apart from that, Log9 was also in news recently
Hoping Amaraja throws more light on court case as only it’s resolution will bring company back on track
Disclosure: Invested
Company announces merger of plastic division of Mangal Ind into the public co. I think the acquisition is very fair (592 cr. being paid in shares based on today’s price on FY22 sales of 569 cr.). My notes from today’s call is below.
26.09.2022 (merger of plastic division of Mangal Industries)
Disclosure: Invested (position size here, no transactions in last-30 days)
They are merging only the portion which is supplying battery moulds. Rest will continue to operate separately. Is it still a fair valuation? Why to invest 600 crores now on this considering the debt takeover?
Thanks
Saravanan
i think this makes sense wrt to backward integration
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Any update on the fire in one of the factories? Per disclosure its responsible for 700 crs of revenue. I am wondering on the number of quarters that revenue will be impacted.
CRISIL has mentioned some details about the fire incident in their latest report:
CRISIL Ratings has noted the announcement by ARBL on January 31, 2023, regarding the fire on the night of January 30, 2023, at its tubular battery plant at Nungundapalli in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The plant, which caters to the home inverter battery segment (revenue of ~Rs 700 crore in fiscal 2022) was completely gutted in the fire caused by a short circuit.
Revenue from tubular batteries will be impacted in fiscal 2023 and for a significant part of fiscal 2024, though the company will look to mitigate the impact through sale of finished goods inventory and by stepping up trading in tubular batteries. Nevertheless, revenue growth in other automotive and industrial battery segments continues to be strong.
CRISIL Ratings believes the damage at the tubular battery plant will not have a major impact on the credit risk profile of ARBL, due to strong contribution from other segments and still healthy operating profitability, and cash generation. Besides, the company had taken a comprehensive insurance cover to cover the loss of assets, inventory including loss of profit.
With respect to the ongoing legal case pertaining to orders from the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) for closure of the company’s plants at Chittoor and Tirupati, the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh, vide its latest order dated January 19, 2023, has extended the interim suspension of plant closure orders until further orders without mentioning any date.
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Good article on amar raja batteries.
Log9 materials announced its manufacturing lithium ion cells
Amaraja is an early investor in log9 materials.
https://twitter.com/kushanmitra/status/1649280906602115074
Anybody following on this?
Can anyone throw some more light into this?
log9 materials are on the top of my list as li ion battery manufacturers
Amara raja recently took some stake here as they are into Lead acid batteries and not in Li Ion.
Log9 uses graphene to build fuel cells. This gives a 1000km distance. Green Clean tech. Graphene is their core expertise. Largest manufacuturers of Graphene in india right now. 35 patents by Log9 - most innovative startup by some top notch news channel too.
Fast charging is something they are working on which is rare from india.
Hi @Gautam_Chopra
Even I am following log9 materials for few years,
They are also into power generation using aluminum sheets.
Their growth journey is nothing less than incredible.
Do you know if we can invest in log9 materials in some way other than owning Amaraja ?
I would love to invest too. Thats why amara raja investment stands good chance as log9 does need a niche distributor and Amara raja dearly needs the tech.
