Ranbaxy gains on inaugurating manufacturing facility in Morocco

12 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Ranbaxy is currently trading at Rs. 419.50, up by 3.00 points or 0.72% from its previous closing of Rs. 416.50 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 421.30 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 423.00 and Rs. 417.65 respectively. So far 14719 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 570.00 on 02-Aug-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 366.50 on 19-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 427.00 and Rs. 408.15 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 17708.45 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 63.68% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 19.96% and 14.60% respectively. 

Ranbaxy has opened its new manufacturing facility at Casablanca in Morocco, paving the way for a direct business pressure in North Africa. With the successful audit of the facility by the Moroccan Health Authorities, Ranbaxy Morocco is now authorized to commence manufacturing of its products at its Casablanca facility. The achievement of this milestone positions Ranbaxy will access a $1 billion pharmaceutical market in Morocco.

In addition to servicing the Morocco market, Ranbaxy also plans to extend the supply from this manufacturing unit to other African countries, in the coming years.

Ranbaxy has a strong presence in Africa. Following the addition of Morocco, the company now has three manufacturing facilities in Africa, the other two located in Nigeria and South Africa respectively. With five subsidiaries, five representative offices and a strong workforce of about 1000 people, Ranbaxy’s distribution network caters to 44 of the 54 countries in this continent.

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