Asian Paints gains on plan to invest Rs 4,000 crore to set up two manufacturing units

28 Jun 2016 Evaluate

Asian Paints is currently trading at Rs. 979.10, up by 5.05 points or 0.52% from its previous closing of Rs. 974.05 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 974.05 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 984.50 and Rs. 974.05 respectively. So far 27791 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1037.30 on 07-Jun-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 728.45 on 29-Jun-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 993.05 and Rs. 964.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 93751.99 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 52.79%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 27.07% and 20.14% respectively.

Asian Paints, one of the leading manufacturers of decorative paints in India, has decided to invest around Rs 4,000 crore to set up two manufacturing units - one each in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The company has completed the land procurement process in both the states during the last fiscal and has taken possession of the identified land. 

The company will set up a paint manufacturing plant with a maximum capacity of 5,00,000 kilolitres (KL) in phases at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh at an approximate investment of Rs 1,785 crore. Furthermore, the company would spend about Rs 2,300 crore to set up another manufacturing facility in Mysuru in Karnataka, which would have a maximum capacity of 6 lakh kl.

Asian Paints is India’s largest paint company and Asia’s third largest paint company. The company along with its subsidiaries has operations in 20 countries across the world, servicing consumers in 65 countries through Berger International, SCIB Paints-Egypt, Asian Paints, Apco Coatings and Taubmans.
 

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