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Feb 6, 2009 Subir K. Chowdhury
JCB: A Multi Product Company in Construction Equipment and
JCB - Introduction
Fastest Diesel Car on Earth powered by JCB Engine (563 Km/hr)
Earth moving segment
The dictionary definition: JCB n. Trademark. A type of construction machine with a hydraulically operated shovel on the front and an excavator arm on the back (named from the initials of Joseph Cyril Bamford, its English manufacturer).
72,000+ Machines
World #3
18 plants, 670+ Dealers, 1500+ Outlets, 8000+ Employees, Presence in 150+ countries
Backhoe Loadall
World N. 1 - 37% World N. 1 - 25%
Building India’s Infrastructure
Agricultural Productivity Construction Engineering Building Construction Agricultural Productivity Disaster Management Waste and Recycling Material Handling Construction Engineering Building Construction
Q3/Q4’08 Q1’09 Q2’09 Q3’09 Q4’09 Q1’08 Q2’08
Business Environment Slow Down Triggers
Tighten since Apr’08
C r ed i t a v a i l a bi l i t y a nd C
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Sucked to neutralize inflation wef Apr’08 Rising since Jan’08
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Instability & Speculation Rising since Jan’08
S t a t e a nd Na t i ona l E l ect i ons Li q ui d i t y
inflation wef Apr 08
Challenges : Cost Material Cost v/s Selling Price Movement
8.0 13.0
ver January 2008 Rising Gap
- Steel,
- Rubber,
- Fuel Prices
- 2.0
3.0
%age Change ov Selling price 0.0 0.46 0.75 1.91 2.77 2.98 3.78 4.65 4.65 4.65 4.65 4.65 Material Cost 0.0 0.60 0.80 2.50 4.00 5.00 7.00 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.00 8.00 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Challenges : 2008 & Beyond …
Riding on 2007 wave
Sudden Decline …
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 uary ary rch April May une July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Backhoe, Units
- Cost & Availability of Finance
- Rising Inflation
- Commodity Cost Increase
- Low Infrastructure Investment
- Low Asset ( Machine Park)
utilization
- Overall US slowdown impact
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