- 15 Dec 2022
- ICICIdirect Research
MAHINDRA CIE PUTS FORGING BUSINESS IN GERMANY ON THE BLOCK
CIEINDIA - 447 Change: -0.05 (-0.01 %)As per regulatory filing with stock exchanges, the company has put its forging business in Germany (wholly owned subsidiary) on the block with its holding company being empanelled to scout for buyers in this domain. In a separate filing the company also informed about its intention to change its name from Mahindra CEI Automotive Ltd to "CIE Automotive India Ltd".
The company's German forging business (Mahindra Forgings Europe AG) constituted ~20% (at Rs 1,621 crore) of its consolidated sales as of CY21 and largely manufactured forging components for truck segment in Europe. The company in one of the earlier analyst interactions had indicated at challenges at its German operations due to geo-political conflict as well as higher energy prices but informed about no cash burn in this domain. Selling this troubled part of business bodes well for the consolidated capital efficiency matrix but the price at which it can be sold could not be ascertained at this point in time. Sentimentally, this is a positive development for the company.