Era Infra Engineering Ltd - Stock Valuation and Financial Performance

Era Infra Engineering, the flagship company of the Era Group of Companies, was incorporated as private limited company on September 3, 1990. It was converted into public limited company through shareholder resolution on October 19, 1992, and got its present name on June 25, 2007.

Headquartered in New Delhi, the Era Group of Companies is promoted by H.S. Bharana, a civil engineering professional with almost three decades of experience in the infrastructure business and a recognized thought leader in nation building.

Era is a 22-year-old world class engineering, construction and services conglomerate, dedicated to the unwavering pursuit of excellence and innovation across the entire spectrum of infrastructure development including power generation, transmission & distribution.

Era Infra stands as one of the few fully integrated infrastructure development companies with a diverse presence across various sectors in the industry. It has successfully executed more than 60 projects across 17 states.

The company caters to clients like NTPC, Indian Railway Welfare Organization, NBCC, Public Works Department, NDDB, IRCON International, Unichem Laboratories, Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills.

The ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certified company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange, its Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and its Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) are listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore.

Product range

The company had executed various large-scale and complex projects, from highways to railways projects (including metro projects), from industrial to power projects, from institutions to airport projects, from residential and commercial complexes to mall and multiplexes.

Some of the completed projects are -

• Civil, structural, architectural work for CW systems at 1x500 mw SGTPS Birsinghpur Thermal Power Project, Madhya Pradesh Power Generating for Bharat Heavy Electricals,
• Main Plant Area Civil Works Packager for Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Project Stage-III (1x500 MW) for National Thermal Power Corporation,
• Construction of Integrated Cargo Complex (Phase-1) at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata,
• Construction of 1,184 Houses at Bawana Industrial Complex for Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation,
• Construction of a centrally air conditioned shopping mall cum 3 screen cineplex at Meerut for Era Landmarks (India),
• Multiplex shopping mall 'SRS WORLD' at Sector-12, Faridabad for S.R.S. Commercial,
• Construction of RCC framed structure building including electrical work and external development works like roads, drains etc. for Birla Tyres Unit-II, Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

Some of the ongoing projects are - 

• Main plant, CW & offsite civil works package for National Capital Thermal Power Project Dadri, stage - II (2x490 mw),
• Civil Structural works of HDPE unit , Panipat Naptha Cracker Project at Panipat (Haryana) of IOCL,
• Upgradation, renovation and new construction for Commonwealth Games 2010 in JN Stadium Sports Complex, New Delhi. (Civil and E&M works),
• Construction of Manasa Rampura Bhanpura Road Project,
• Construction of IT Park at Sector-8, IMT, Manesar, Gurgaon (Haryana)-Part I,
• Gwalior Bypass Project for the construction of a four-lane bypass,
• DMRC Project, dwarka (cut and cover system) with underground structures including station building.

Divisions:

• ERA Constructions & Contracts Division- is the oldest Division of the company and is engaged in executing infrastructure development contracts across the full spectrum for the last two decades.
• ERA EPC & International Division- Era Infra Engineering’s EPC & International Division is engaged in Engineering (basic and detailed), Procurement (of man, material and machinery) and Construction (execution of works contracts) on Turnkey, Item rate basis and on a Long Term – DBFO (Design, Built, Finance and Operate),BOT (Built, Operate and Transfer) ,BOOT (Built, Operate, Own and Transfer) on annuity and revenue collection basis. The principal areas of focus for EPC projects comprise Highways, Metro Rail, Power, Bus Terminals, Underground Parking, Airports, Pipelines, Irrigation and other infrastructure development projects.
• Equipment Management Division
• Ready Mix Concrete Division- With the objective of leveraging its technical expertise in the production & customization of RMC, and emerging as an early entrant in possibly one of the fastest growing opportunity spaces, Era Infra Engineering has forayed into the business of commercial sale of RMC, under the brand name of “Era RMC.”

Subsidiary:

In April 2009, the company announced that Big Ben Developers ceased to be the subsidiary of the company.

Group companies:

The Era Group consist of four companies - Era Infra Engineering, Era Building Systems, Era Landmarks (India) and Era E-Zone (India), each of them armed with a vision to become the first amongst equals.

• Era Building Systems – The pre-engineering arm of the Era group of companies it lends tremendous differentiation to infrastructure development and construction techniques through the application of Pre-Engineered Building technology, a global construction technology practice, as against conventional building practices.
• Era Landmarks (India) – This real estate arm of the Era group has forayed into every opportunity from multi-storied group housing to integrated townships, multiplexes to malls and IT or knowledge parks to hi-tech cities.
• Era E-Zone (India) – The entertainment and hospitality arm of the Era Group, Era E-Zone is focused on operating and maintaining a chain of entertainment complexes with multiplexes, food courts, and hotels and resorts across the country as individual business units.

Achievements:

In 2008, Era Infra Engineering bagged the Golden Peacock Award for Training. It was also ranked as the third fastest growing construction company at the 6th Annual Construction World Awards organized by ASAPP Media and supported by the Builders Association of India (BAI) in the same year.

Recent Development:

In February 2009, the company secured an order worth Rs 222.989 crore from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for mail plant and offsite civil works package of Mauda Super Thermal Power Project, Mauda (2x500 MW).

In March 2009

• Secured order for Max Balaji Hospital Project at Patparganj, Delhi
• The Sahibabad Plant bagged a major order from SVP Builders Township in Ghaziabad
• Secured an order for supplying to the Indian Airforce, Hindon Project.