BASF India posts 29.91% year-on-year rise in 3Q net profit

21 January 2005 03:59  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (CNI)--BASF India posted a net profit of Rs102.5m ($2.34m/Euro1.81m) for the third quarter of the current financial year up to 31 December 2004, a 29.91% increase from Rs78.9m recorded in the corresponding period in 2003, the company announced on Friday.

 

This increase was helped by a jump in total income for the three months to Rs1.901bn from the Rs1.589bn, the company said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange after a board meeting on Thursday.

 

On Thursday, the board approved a proposal to incorporate a wholly-owned subsidiary, BASF Polyurethanes, to manufacture and market its polyurethane (PU) products. This company would have a paid-up capital of not more than Rs100m.

 

The company said that a subsidiary would allow it to give more focus to the PU business, which currently accounts for only 2% of the company’s sales.

 

BASF India has three divisions, with the plastics and fibres division producing PU, expanded polystyrene (EPS) and engineering plastics. The performance products division produces synthetic leather and textile chemicals, while the agricultural and nutrition division produces pesticides and fine chemicals.

 

The company is a publicly traded subsidiary of German chemicals major BASF, which has a 50% share in it.

By: Siva Govindasamy
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