Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd., outlined plans to set up another manufacturing unit for lubricants in South India with an investment of Rs.150 crore complimenting its existing plant at Silvassa. The company recently completed a corporate restructure process with explosives division hived off into a subsidiary. The focus new strategy is to focus on lubricants division embarking on expansion while growing the explosives business by bringing in a strategic partner.
The lubricant business recorded a turnover of Rs. 681 crore in FY 2011 up from Rs. 564 crore a year before. The investments in capacity addition, marketing and partnerships and co-branded lubricant business will ensure that the division grows by 20-25 per cent this year. Last fiscal, the company closed with a consolidated top line of Rs. 1214 crore and expects to close this year at around Rs. 1500 crore, with lubricants business as a key volume driver, he said. The company management expects its mining business to turnaround this year.
Gulf Oil is set to commence work on its mixed use Bangalore property within two months along with its group company Hinduja Estates. The project would see an investment of Rs. 1350 crore for development of about 5 million sq.ft of mixed use. It will be taken up on a 30:70 per cent basis.
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