DLF - At a glance - By: Ravi Kumar

DLF Ltd.

Type Public (BSE)
Founded As Raisina Cold Storage and Ice Company - 16 March 1946
As Delhi Land and Finance - 18 Sep 1946 by Chaudhury Raghuvendra Singh
Headquarters New Delhi, India.
Key people Kushal Pal Singh (Chairman & Majority Owner)
Industry Real estate
Products Offices, Houses, Hotels, Golf courses
Revenue US$3.50 billion (FY 2009)
Net income US$ 1.97 billion (FY 2009)
Total assets $9.87 billion
Owner(s) KP singh and family (78%)

HISTORY

DLF Limited or DLF (Delhi Land and Finance) is the India's biggest real estate developer based in New Delhi, India. The DLF Group was founded by Raghuvendra Singh in 1946. DLF developed residential colonies in Delhi such as Krishna Nagar, South Extension, Greater Kailash, Kailash Colony and Hauz Khas.In the mid-1970s, the company started developing DLF City project at Gurgaon. Its upcoming plans include hotels, infrastructure and special economic zones-related development projects.
The company is currently headed by Indian billionaire Kushal Pal Singh. Kushal Pal Singh, according to the Forbes listing of richest billionaires in 2009, now stands as the 98th richest man in the world and the world's richest property developer. The company's US$ 2 billion IPO in July, 2007 created India's biggest IPO in history. In July 2007, DLF announced its first quarter results ending 30 June 2007. The company reported a turnover of Rs. 3,120.98 Crore and PAT at Rs. 1,515.48 Crore.
The boom includes world-class office buildings, apartments, golf courses, shopping malls, 5-star hotels and a private expressway linking Gurgaon to Delhi Air Port.

Until the mid-1990s, most of DLF's (Delhi Land and Finance) operations were in Gurgaon and Delhi metropolitan area However, with increased assets, DLF has been trying to ramp up its operations all over India. A major investment made by DLF was an INR 700 Crore (INR 7 billion) buyout of NTC Mill Land in Mumbai. Some of DLF's other development initiatives include a US$ 2.1 Billion investment in Tamil Nadu,[ a multi-billion dollar business parkin Bangalore, a US$ 1.7 billion investment in Madhya Pradesh's real estate and infrastructure sector,[ and a INR 10 billion investment plan for developing special economic zones in Orissa.

JOINT VENTURES

Laing O'Rourke- UK based construction company credited with construction of Dubai International Airport, London's Millennium Tower, etc, will construct all DLF's landmark projects. Together DLF-Laing O' Rourke shall build the expressways, ports and other mega structures of India's new economy.
Nakheel of Dubai are partnering with DLF for developing townships in India.
WSP group Plc is also partnering DLF, providing Management and consultancy to the built and natural environment.
Feedback ventures, is providing consultancy for faster project execution to DLF.
DLF has also tied up with Hilton Hotels to jointly develop hotels in India.

SPONSORSHIP

DLF is currently sponsoring Indian Premier league (IPL), a Twenty20 format cricket league in India. DLF group has paid US $40 million to be the title sponsor of the tournament for 5 years.

Kingfisher - At a glance - By Sharad Singh

KING FISHER

Date of Establishment 1995
Revenue 1040.52 ( USD in Millions )
Market Cap 13960.2162 ( Rs. in Millions )
Corporate Address U B Tower Level 12,
U B City 24 Vittal Mallya Road,
Bengaluru-560001, Karnataka
www.flykingfisher.com.

Management Details

Chairperson Vijay Mallya
MD P K Iyer

Directors

A K Ravi Nedungadi, A Raghunathan,Anil Kumar Ganguly, Diwan ArunNanda, G R Gopinath, Ghyanendra Nath Bajpai, K J Samuel, N Srivasta,N Srivatsa, Naresh Trehan, Piyush G Mankad, S R Gupte, Vijay Amritraj, Vjay Mallya

Business Operation

Airlines

Background

Kingfisher Airlines is one of the leading private players in the Indian aviation industry. Incorporated in 1995 as Deccan Aviation, the company is engaged in the business of providing passenger services and helicopter charter services.
The name was changed to Kingfisher Airlines in the year 2008. The airline is part of UB Group owned by Dr Vijay Mallya.
Kingfisher Airlines owns 76 aircraft comprising A

Financials

Total Income Rs. 61082.976232 Million ( year ending Mar 2009)
Net Profit Rs. -16088.299349 Million ( year ending Mar 2009)
Company Secretary N Srivasta
Auditors BK Ramadhyani & Co

HISTORY

Kingfisher Airlines is one of the leading private players in the Indian aviation industry. Incorporated in 1995 as Deccan Aviation, the company is engaged in the business of providing passenger services and helicopter charter services.
The name was changed to Kingfisher Airlines in the year 2008. The airline is part of UB Group owned by Dr Vijay Mallya.
Kingfisher Airlines owns 76 aircraft comprising A330, A 321 (single and double cabin), A 320 (single and double cabin), A 319, ATR 72-500 and ATR 42-500.
In India, the airline has a network in 72 cities operating more than 400 flights a day and commands a market share of 25%. Internationally, it operates flights to Dubai, Colombo and London.
This airline offers three unique classes of services Kingfisher First (Business class), Kingfisher Class (Premium economy) and Kingfisher Red (Low fare).
The company owns two subsidiaries namely Northway Aviation and Vitae India Spirits. Northway Aviation is engaged in the business of financing pre-delivery payments and aircraft acquisition.
Kingfisher Airlines is only five star airline in the Indian skies and is known for providing world class in fight services to its passengers.
The company has emerged as the first Indian airline that provides a range of services in the mobile segment such as flight updates, ticket buying through SMS and many more.

Awards

Kingfisher Airlines was awarded NDTV Profit Business Leadership Award for Aviation.
Kingfisher Airlines was acknowledged as 'India's only 5 Star airline' and '6th airline in the world' was certified by Skytrax.
Kingfisher was rated as Asia Pacific's 'Top Airline Brand' in a survey conducted by TNS on 'Asia Pacific's Top 1,000 Brands' for 2008.

COMPETITOR

Jet Airways
Kingfisher Airlines
Spice Jet
Global Vectra Helico
Jagson Airlines

COMPANY PRODUCT

Sale of Airline Tickets and related income
Helicopter charter and other services

Kotak Mahindra - At a Glance - By: Sharad Singh

Kotak Mahindra

HISTORY
SR Batliboi & Co. Kotak Mahindra Group was established in 1985 as Kotak Capital Management Finance. The name was changed into Mahindra Finance. It was engaged in bill discounting activities. Later it entered into lease and hire purchase market, auto finance, investment banking and other banking activities.
Kotak Mahindra Bank is part of the Kotak Mahindra Group with a networth of over Rs. 5,997 crore.
It employs over 20,000 people in India and aboard.Today the group provides services to around 5 million customers .
Presently it is engaged in commercial banking, stock broking, mutual funds, life insurance and investment banking. It caters to the financial needs of individuals and corporates.
Kotak Bank has an international presence through its subsidiaries with offices in in London, New York, Dubai, Mauritius, San Francisco and Singapore that specialize in providing services to overseas investors seeking to invest into India

Products and Services
In personal panking to offers a wide range of products and services in deposits, loans, investments, insurance, forex services, demat services, online services and wealth management services.

In NRI banking it offers money transfer, Investment products such as International deposits, mutual funda, money transfer facility, remittance facility, loan, etc.
Priority banking It provides products and services to high networth individuals (HNIs) clients such as deposits, loans, cards, investments, etc.

In business banking it caters to SME, retail, NRI and other corporates offering a spectrum of products and services.

Awards

Kotak Investment Banking was honoured with “Best Investment Bank” and “Best Equity House in India” at Finance Asia Best Bank Awards 2008.

Kotak Mutual Fund's Kotak Bond Short-term was awarded ICRA Mutual Fund Gold Award in the short-term Debt category for 1 year & 3 yeara – 2008.

Kotak Investment Bank bagged “Best Investment Bank” in the domestic category in India by Finance Asia for the second year in a row.

Kotak Mutual Fund was given the ‘best debt fund house’ and also was awarded ‘wealth creator award’ at Outlook Money NDTV Profit 2007 awards.

COMPANY COMPETITOR

ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, Centurion Bank of Punjab, Indusind Bank, Federal Bank, J&K Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, SouIndBank, Karnataka Bank, City Union Bank, Bank of Rajasthan, Dhanalakshmi Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Other Related Details

Date of Establishment 1985
Revenue 605.281 ( USD in Millions )
Market Cap 260384.1400193 ( Rs. in Millions )
Corporate Address 36-38 A Nariman Bhavan,227 Nariman Point , Mumbai,Maharashtra
Company Website www.kotak.com

Management Details

Chairperson - Shankar Acharya
MD - Uday Kotak
Directors - Anand G Mahindra, Anand Mahindra, Asim Ghosh, Bina Chandarana, C Jayaram, Cyil Shroff, Cyril Shroff, Dipak Gupta, Jaimin Bhatt, K M Gherda, Pradeep N Kotak, Shankar Acharya, Shishir Bajaj, Shivaji Dam, Sudipto Mundle, Uday Kotak

Business Operation

Bank - Private

Background

Kotak Mahindra Group was established in 1985 as Kotak Capital Management Finance. The name was changed into Mahindra Finance. It was engaged in bill discounting activities. Later it entered into lease and hire purchase market, auto finance, investment banking and other banking activities.
Kotak Mahindra Bank is part of th Kotak Mahindra Group with a networth of over Rs. 5,997 crore.It employs over 20 Financials.
Total Income - Rs. 34230.066 Million ( year ending Mar 2009)
Net Profit - Rs. 2760.972 Million ( year ending Mar 2009)

Company Secretary Bina Chandarana

BRITANNIA - By: Sharad Singh

Registered Office: 5/1 A, Hungerford

Street Kolkata - 700017,

WBPhone: 91-33- 22870505

Fax: 91-33-22872501

Website: www.britannia.co.in
Management Details
Chairperson - N N Wadia

Managing Director - V Bali

Directors - K Dadiseth, A Deb, S Gerlich, A K Hirjee, Philippe - Loic Jacob, N N Kampani, S S Kelkar, P Khanna, J N Wadia, Francois-Xavier Roger

Company Secretary - V Madan
Business Operation
Biscuits, bread, cakes, dairy products
Background
Britannia Industries Ltd (Britannia) was established in 1892 in Kolkata, WB as a biscuit manufacturing company. The company is now jointly held by the Wadia Group and Groupe Danone. Britannia manufactures bakery products including biscuits, bread, and cakes, and also dairy products like cheese and milk powder.
Business Profile
Britannia manufactures dairy products from its plants located in Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, and Rudrapur. The company has a total installed capacity of 163,500 MT of biscuits and protein foodstuffs.

Key brands include Tiger, Good Day, Milk Bikis, Treat, and Marie. In FY07 the company launched new brands; 50:50 Chutkule, Treat Fruit, Rollz, NutriChoice Digestive, and renovated Milk Bikis, Chota Tiger, and Chocolate Cream in the Tiger range. Further in 2008, the company launched iron fortified Tiger' biscuits,'Good Day Classic Cookies', Low Fat Dahi and renovated 'MarieGold'.
In 2007, biscuits and high-protein food achieved a y-o-y production increase of 23% and 26%, respectively. During FY07, the bread, cake, and rusk business grew by 54% y-o-y. Britannia exports its products to countries in the Middle East and to USA, Ghana, and Singapore. It has a JV in New Zealand to undertake marketing of dairy products. In 2007, Britannia formed a JV with Khimji Ramdas Group to set up two bakery product companies in the Middle East. The company acquired 70% stake in Strategic Foods International LLC in Dubai and in Oman-based Al Sallan Food Industries Co SAOG. During 2009, Britannia formed a strategic alliance with a Bangalore-based company, Daily Bread. This alliance will provide products under the brands Daily Bread and Deluca’s.
Financials
Total Income total income or £396.4 million (Year end, March 2009)Net Profit - Net profit of Britannia Industries declined 36.94% to Rs 29.10 crore in the quarter ended December 2009 as against Rs 46.15 crore during the (Year end, March 2009)
Bankers
SBI, SCB, ABN, Citibank, HSBC, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Indian Bank , Bank of America, Deutsche Bank
Auditors
Lovelock & Lewes

USHA - USHA hai to ASHA hai...

INTRODUCTION

Usha International Limited, a Siddharth Shriram Group company, is one of India’s leading consumer durable manufacturing & marketing companies.
Usha International has an enviable distribution network spread across the length and breadth of the country. To support this, the organization has an unmatched infrastructure backbone with 16 location offices, 60 company showrooms and 33 warehouses.
Product Range

HISTORY
1934 India’s first indigenous sewing machine marketed under the brand name USHA.
1946 The first Indian Sewing Machine is exported.
1948 Fans are added to the product range.
1950 The first Indian Fan exported.
1966 Dr. Charat Ram appointed as Chairman of the board of UIL.
1968 Diesel Engines are added to the Usha product range.
1975 Usha becomes a Public Ltd. Company.
1979 Fuel Injection Equipment is introduced to the Usha Auto Components range.
1982 Usha Sales is renamed to Usha International.
1984 Launches a range of Home Appliances.
1994 Fourth generation fully automatic Sewing Machines in collaboration with Janome Sewing Machine Company of Japan is added to the product range.
1994 Monoblock pumps followed by a complete range of water lifting equipment are launched.
1996 Introduces a new range of diesel engines for power generation.
2000 Commences marketing of Light Weight Kerosene pumpsets powered by Honda engines.
2001 Tie-up with Hunter Fan Company of USA for marketing of premium Usha Hunter ceiling fans.
2005 Purchase of Water Cooler factory from DAIPL.
2007 Appointed as super distributor for 2 and 3 wheeler spark plugs in India by NGK Spark Plug Company Limited, Japan.
2008 As of June 2, 2008, Usha International Limited and Shriram Fuel Injection Industries Limited have merged into Jay Engineering Works limited, and the merged entity has been re-named Usha International Limited.
PRODUCT RANGE
Fans
Sewing Machines
Home Appliances
Engines And Pumpsets
Electrical Motors And PumpsCooktops, Hobs And HoodsWater Coolers And Dispensers

Auto Components

Marketing Startegy to Reposition
In order to reposition the brand image of Usha to make it more premium and youthful, the company has launched a corporate 'Aura' campaign on television on 15th October. This will be supported with individual product campaigns in mass media.

Reid & Taylor - Bond with the Best

HISTORY

In the late 1830's a local landowner, Alexander Reid, saw the opportunity to produce a special type of cheviot cloth. He realised that he had all the essentials around him - fine Cheviot wool from the surrounding hills, soft clear water from the river Wauchope and a nucleus of hard working craftsmen.
His mill flourished and expanded rapidly, so much so that he invited Joseph Taylor, a financier to join him, thus creating the firm of Reid and Taylor. The company over the next 80 years establishing valuable trade links throughout the world.
It was in the early 1930's, with the arrival of Robbie Scott Hay - a man with exceptional breadth of vision and dynamic personality - that Reid and Taylor developed to become a major force in the textile industry. He radically re-organised the firm's distribution, leaving only a limited number of clients whose requirements he could personally service. At the same time, he pursued an innovative policy of design and colour in fine twist worsted cloths.
These activities form the basis of the company's philosophy which endures today.
In the beautiful Scottish Border town of Langholm, the firm of Reid & Taylor has succeeded for over 150 years in producing the finest cloths in the world.
Reid & Taylor operates as an international business supplying the finest and most luxurious fabric to the leading fashion houses in the world.
Finest quality of natural products, originality of design, and expert craftsmanship are just three of the reasons why the name of Reid & Taylor reigns supreme in the world of international fashion.

Reid & Taylor (India) Ltd., is a subsidiary of SKNL – S Kumars

To build a premium Indian brand, start globally and ride locally. Reid&Taylor did just that. This brand had revitalized the India suiting market. Launched in 1998, this brand ranks no.2 in the 2000 crore worsted suit market.Indian suit market was lying idle for a long time because of the onslaught of ready to wear garments and the lack of any excitement in the category as such which was dominated by established players like Raymonds, Grasim etc.

Marketing Strategy opted in India

Reid&Taylor had a dream opening. The strategy was accurate and the icon was non other than Bond... James Bond. The brand was launched just before World cup 1999. The campaign was executed in a military like fashion.There was lot of firsts in their product launch. The brand was the first one to use TV as the primary medium with Print playing the second fiddle.


The positioning was purely as a " Luxury Suiting". The brand owners knew that the brand launch should live upto the expectation of the Indian consumers roped in none other than Pierce Brosnan as its brand ambassador. With the high profile launch and the charisma of Bond worked wonders with the brand . The brand had second best recall during the world cup series.

Later the consumer survey revealed that even though the brand was aspirational, customers perceived it to be expensive because of its international icon. This prompted the company to look for an Indian icon. They did not have to search harder, the choice was our very own Amitabh Bachchan. Big B fitted perfectly to the brand persona.

S kumars plan to take this brand to ready to wear segment also where it will be competing with Louis Philippe , Van Heusen, etc. It is where this brand will prove its mettle. With the current positioning and the careful marketing campaigns, this brand will make an impact in ready to wear segment .

DISHMAN PHARMACEUTICALS

INTRODUCTION

Dishman - Global Partnership Solutions
Dishman is the global outsourcing partner for the pharmaceutical industry offering a portfolio of development, scale-up and manufacturing services. The products and services offered span customers’ needs from chemical development to commercial manufacture and supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Dishman has a relationship driven business model that improves its customers businesses by providing a range of solutions at locations in Europe, China and India.

Their offer delivers the best of both worlds:
western expertise in speed, flexibility, innovation and rapid material provision
new world expertise in process optimisation, robust large scale processes and secure economic commercial supply.
Their commitment is to deliver cost-competitive technical excellence and to be a reliable partner to our customers, protecting their interests as if they were our own. Dishman is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). In 2008/09, Dishman had sales of over US$230m. Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Ltd. manufactures API intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), fine chemicals, and quaternary compounds for various pharmaceutical companies. The company has a global presence and exports its products to pharma companies spread across the world.

HISTORY

Dishman Pharmaceuticals was set up in the year 1983 in with its head-office in Ahmedabad. The main purpose of this company was the research and development in the field of life-sciences and pharmaceutical ingredients. The company is presently the world market leader in the pharmaceuticals intermediaries segment. The super quality products, innovative manufacturing, and reasonable prices are the key factors in the success of Dishman Pharmaceuticals. The company also operates in collaboration with the Schütz & Co. of Germany, to form the Schütz Dishman Biotech Private Limited. The tie-up is responsible for produceing chemical compounds like Chlorhexidine Gluconate, Chlorhexidine HCl, Chlorhexidine Base, and Chlorhexidine Acetate solutions.

Corporate Structure of the Dishman Pharmaceuticals

Board of Directors:
Mr. Rajnikant T. Vyas, Chairman & Managing Director
Mr. Janmejay R. Vyas, Managing Director
Mr. Ashok C. Gandhi, Director
Mr. Sanjay S. Majmudar, Director
Mrs. Deohooti J. Vyas, Director
Mr. Yagneshkumar B. Desai, Director

Key Personnels:
Mr. Janmejay R Vyas
Mr. Mark Eugenio
Mr. Curtis Koeppe
Dr. Henk Pluim
Mr. Navin Ajwalia
Mr. Graham Rowe

The R&D activities of the company are categorized into 4 types:
Improvement and optimization of process
Client based pilot studies of new molecules
Process improvement and contract based research of molecules manufactured on contract
In-house applications research for the production of APIs, fine chemicals and other intermediates Intermediaries product manufactured by the company:
Aceprometazine
Aceprometazine Dimaleate
Piperacetazine
Alizapride
Butethamate
Ethylphenacemide
Cisapride
Cisatracurium Besylate

Bulk APIs manufactured by the Dishman Pharmaceuticals:
Lignocaine HCl
Omeprazole Sodium
Tramadol HCl Special chemicals manufactured by the Dishman Pharmaceuticals:
Crown Ethers
Bromopropionic acid
Trimethoxy benzoic acid
Pyridinium Quats manufactured by the company:
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Quaternary Phosphonium Compounds
Phosphoranes
Wittig Reagents