Sudarshan Chemical surges on winning an appeal in European Court against Clariant

13 Aug 2013 Evaluate

Sudarshan Chemical Industries is currently trading at Rs. 291.00, up by 6.00 points or 2.11% from its previous closing of Rs. 285.00 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 291.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 291.00 and Rs. 291.00 respectively. So far 25 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 550.00 on 04-Sep-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 256.00 on 29-Apr-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 291.00 and Rs. 275.05 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 201.45 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 52.88% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 3.70% and 43.42% respectively.

Sudarshan Chemical a leading global producer of performance colorants & effect pigments, has won an appeal in the European Courts against Clariant. The Court of Appeal, London has dismissed an appeal raised by Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH and awarded costs & damages for wrongful threats to Sudarshan.

The appeal was in relation to an earlier judgment of the High Court of Justice in favour of Sudarshan. In terms of the earlier judgment, the court held that Sudarshan's product, Sudafast Yellow 132, did not infringe Clariant's patent and ordered an inquiry into damages and awarded the costs of the action to Sudarshan.

Clariant had issued wrongful threats to Sudarshan's customers in Nov 2009, at a crucial point when Sudarshan had commenced globalising its business and entered the European market. Sudarshan tried to resolve the matter with Clariant amicably given that Sudarshan's R&D Scientists had confidence that the Sudarshan pigment did not infringe any patent. Clariant refused to agree for an amicable settlement. Since Sudarshan respects intellectual property rights, the Company stopped promoting and selling Sudafast Yellow 132(PY191) in overseas market and in light of Clariant's unwillingness to retract their threats.

Sudarshan Chemical is engaged in the production of organic and inorganic pigments and intermediates and diversified into the production of Agrochemicals. It is a part of the Rathi group of companies and contributes about 70% to the total sales revenue of the Group. The company is divided into three Strategic Business Groups namely, Pigments, Effect Pigments and Agrochemicals with manufacturing facilities at Roha and Mahad in Maharashtra.

Sudarshan Chemicals Share Price

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