Credit rating agency, CARE has reaffirmed ‘BBB+’ rating to GHCL’s long-term bank facilities worth Rs 1055.31 crore. The rating agency has also reaffirmed ‘BBB+/ A3+’ rating to company’s Long/Short term Bank Facilities worth Rs 1115 crore.
The rating assigned to the bank facilities of GHCL continues to factor in its established position and favourable demand supply dynamics in the domestic soda ash industry and its healthy operating efficiencies. The ratings also factor in improvement in the profitability and debt protection indicators of the company during FY15 (refers to the period April 1 to March 31) and Q1FY16 mainly on account of strong operating performance of the soda ash division and above average liquidity indicators.
GHCL is a leading player in the domestic soda ash industry. Over the years, the company has diversified into manufacturing of yarns and home textiles. The soda ash manufacturing plant of GHCL is located at Sutrapada in Gujarat (installed capacity – 8.50 lakh metric tonnes per annum [MTPA] as on March 31, 2015) while its yarn manufacturing facility is located at Madurai in Tamil Nadu (1,75,488 spindles) and home textile unit is located at Vapi in Gujarat (processing capacity of 1 lakh meter per day).
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