MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS INDUSTRY STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENTS: India is the one of the world's largest producers of textiles and garments. Cotton and polyester are the major raw materials for India's textile industry. Cotton and polyester together account for around 90% of India's textile mill consumption of all fibres. India's per capita fibre consumption is almost half the global level. Polyester is likely to play a dominant role in capturing the major incremental demand share to bridge this gap. The long term growth and development of this industry is fairly secured because of low base per capita consumption of textile fabric in India as compared to developed countries. In a growing economy with high population, it gets additional support. However volatility in crude oil prices has impact the growth of the industry. The profit margins of the industry eroded in last two years mainly due to addition of large capacity of Polyester POY and import of Nylon Filament Yarn (NFY). Substantial import duty concessions, under FTAs signed by the Government of India with ASEAN member countries has become the bane of the industry and emerged as a major threat for the Synthetic Fibre Manufacturing Industry. Due to unstable international and domestic economic scenario, company has suspended its yarn manufacturing activity and proposes to expand its Textile trading activity with the approval of the Shares Holders. SWOT ANALYSIS: During the year under review, company has suspended its yarn manufacturing activity due to heavy losses incurred during the brvious years. Company have regularly reviewed the market condition of the yarn manufacturing industry in India and directors of the company are of the view to permanently discontinue its manufacturing activity and concentrate on its textile trading activity, with the approval of the share holders. OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES Opportunities (i) Rapid urbanization, rising working population, an increase in disposable incomes and increasing affordability vehicles are driving demand in downstream industry (ii) Per capita consumption of Polyester in India is exceedingly low by world standards so there is a great scope for local demand. (iii) Rural market will play important role in the economy which offers a major opportunity growth in the Polyester industry. (iv) Fast changes in fashion design, growing exports of textiles Challenges (i) Unfavorable Exchange rate fluctuation (ii) International competition especially from China (iii) Inconsistent raw material supply (iv) Volatile and high raw materials prices due to middle-east crisis ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL CONTROL: Your Company's internal control system is commensurate with its scale of operations. Roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and assigned. Standard operating procedures are in place and have been designed to provide a reasonable assurance. Internal audits and checks from time to time ensure that responsibilities are executed effectively. The Audit Committee reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of internal control systems and suggests ways of further strengthening them, from time to time. Apart from having all policies, procedures and internal audit mechanism in place, your Company also periodically engages outside experts to carry out an independent review of the effectiveness of various business processes. The observations and good practices suggested are reviewed by the Management and the Audit Committee and appropriately implemented for strengthening the controls of various business processes. RISKS & CONCERNS Risk Management is an important aspect in today's business environment. The aim of Risk Management is to identify, monitor and take mitigation measures in respect of the events that may pose risks for the businesses. The Company's Risk Management is embedded in the business processes. The Company is exposed to risks from market fluctuations of foreign exchange, interest rates, commodity prices, business risk, compliance risks and people risks. The Company is exposed to the risk of price fluctuation on raw materials as well as finished goods in all of its products. The Company proactively manages these risks in inputs through inventory management, proactive management of vendor development and relationships. The Company is exposed to risks attached to various statutes and regulations including the Competition Act, 2002. The Company is mitigating these risks through regular reviews of legal compliances. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: Your Company recognizes human resources as the backbone of its long term success and has tried continuously to provide a challenging work environment thereby adding value to their professional growth. Our relationships with the employees are continuous to remain cordial. The Company's work environment is challenging and provides opportunity for skill enrichment. A systematic performance appraisal system is used for motivating the performance of officers and staff at all levels. Industrial relation has continued to be harmonious throughout the year. ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY The Company is conscious of the need for environmentally clean and safe operations. The Company's policy requires the conduct of all operations in such manner so as to ensure safety of all concerned, compliance of statutory and industrial requirements for environment protection and conservation of natural resources to the extent possible. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: Statement in this "Management Discussion and Analysis" describing the Company's objectives, projections, estimates, expectations or brdictions may be "forward looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities, laws and regulations. Actual results could differ materially from those exbrssed or implied. Important factors that could make a difference to the Company's operations include global and Indian demand-supply conditions, finished goods prices, feedstock availability and prices, cyclical demand and pricing in the Company's principal markets, changes in Government regulations, tax regimes, economic developments within India and the countries within which the Company conducts businesses and other factors such as litigation and labour negotiations. The Company assumes no responsibility to publicly amend, modify or revise any forward looking statements, on the basis of any subsequent development, information or events or otherwise. For and on behalf of Board of Directors, (Ashok R Jain) Managing Director (Harshad J Patel) Director Place : Palsana Date : 14th August, 2014 Registered office: Block No 529, N. H. No. 8, Village-Palsana, Surat-394315 |