Asian Paints has approved the setting up of a manufacturing facility for VAE (vinyl acetate ethylene emulsion) and VAM (vinyl acetate monomer) in India for a proposed investment of approximately Rs. 2,100 crores (USD250 million) over a period of three years, said the company.
Asian Paints has received approval from its board to set up a 100,000 tonnes/year vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) unit and a 150,000 tonnes/year vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsion line.
"An amount of approximately Rs21bn (USD253.8m) would be invested by the company over a period of three years, including the cost of land to be acquired," it said in a statutory disclosure to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 20 October.
The proposed project is a key backward integration project for the company, it said but refrained from providing details regarding the project location and commencement dates for the two plants.
The investment is subject to the company entering into definitive agreements, including technology license agreement for manufacturing VAM and VAE and obtaining the necessary regulatory and other approvals, Asian Paints said.
The company plans to use licensed technology from US-based Kellogg Brown & Root for its VAM facility, it added.
The company currently imports its VAE requirement and once operational, the plants would help in import substitution, he added.
We remind, Asian Paints reported a consolidated net profit after minority interest of ?782 crore, lower-than-expected during the second quarter of the current fiscal, up about 31% as compared to ?596 crore in the year ago quarter. Meanwhile, its revenue from operations rose over 19% to ?8,457 crore from ?7,096 crore year-on-year (YoY).
Asian Paints is a global paints company with operations in 15 countries with 27 paint manufacturing facilities.
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