Rating Rationale
January 02, 2018 | Mumbai
ASTA India Private Limited
Rated amount enhanced
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.57 Crore (Enhanced from Rs.44.5 Crore)
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A3 (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank facilities of ASTA India Private Limited (ASTA India) at 'CRISIL BBB-/Stable/CRISIL A3'.

The ratings continue to reflect ASTA India's established market position in the continuously transposed conductors (CTC) industry, and funding as well as technical support from Asta Energy. These strengths are partially offset by working capital intensive nature of operations and single end-user industry.

CRISIL had upgraded its ratings on the bank facilities of ASTA India to 'CRISIL BBB-/Stable/CRISIL A3' from 'CRISIL BB+/Stable/CRISIL A4+' through rating rationale dated 28th December 2017.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at its ratings, unsecured loans of Rs 30.0 crore (as on December 2017) from Asta Energy have been treated as neither debt nor equity as these loans are expected to be retained in business over the medium term and carry an interest rate lower than that offered by banks.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Established market position in the CTC industry
Asta India is one of the leading player in CTC industry and supported by its Parent Asta Energy in term of receiving managerial and technical support and its Understanding of market dynamics. Further Asta Energy is an established global player with presence of more than ten decades in the CTC industry and facilities in Austria (capacity of 25,000 tonne per annum [tpa]), China (9000 tpa), and India (6500 tpa). 

* Funding as well as technical support from Asta Energy
Through parent, ASTA india has acquired global customers such as Alstom T&D India Ltd, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd ('CRISIL AA+/Negative/CRISIL A1+'), ABB India Ltd ('CRISIL AAA/Stable/CRISIL A1+'), TBEA Energy (India) Pvt Ltd, Siemens Ltd, and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited ('CRISIL AA/Stable/CRISIL A1+') and majority of sales are backed by letter of credit or bill discounting facility. Further to expand its operations Asta energy has extended technical & managerial support and funding support in the form of unsecured loan which will remain in the business over the medium term.

Weakness
* Working capital intensive nature of operations
The operations of the company is moderately working capital intensive indicated by Gross current assets (GCA) of about 100 days due to moderately high receivable cycle of about 90 days as on March 2017

* Single end-user concentration
The company's products find application in the power industry, which exposes operations to any delay in execution of power projects and government policies regarding the power sector.
Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes ASTA india will continue to benefit over the medium term from its established position in the CTC industry and continued support from Asta Energy. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if significant and sustained improvement in revenue and profitability leads to sizeable cash accrual. The outlook may be revised to 'Negative' if decline in revenue or profitability results in low cash accrual, or if stretch in working capital cycle or substantial debt-funded capital expenditure weakens financial risk profile.

About the Company

Incorporated in 2005, ASTA India is promoted by Asta Energy Transmission Components Gmbh (Asta Energy), which is a subsidiary of Montana Tech Components, an Austria-based company. ASTA India is a step-down subsidiary of Asta Energy and a wholly owned subsidiary of Asta Singapore Pte Ltd. The company manufactures CTCs for use in transformers. Operations are managed by managing director, Mr Nirmit Jha.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2017 2016
Revenue Rs crore 208 147
Profit after tax (PAT) Rs Crore 2.9 4.9
PAT margin % 1.4 3.4
Adjusted debt/adjusted networth Times 0.9 0.8
Interest coverage Times 1.9 2.3

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of instrument Date of allotment Coupon rate (%) Maturity date Issue size (Rs crore) Rating assigned with outlook
NA Bill Discounting NA NA NA 1 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 27.5 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 1 CRISIL A3
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 5.5 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Standby Line of Credit NA NA NA 22 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2018 (History) 2017  2016  2015  Start of 2015
Instrument Type Quantum Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  56  CRISIL BBB-/Stable    No Rating Change  28-12-17  CRISIL BBB-/Stable  02-09-16  CRISIL BB+/Stable  18-03-15  CRISIL BB/Stable  CRISIL BB-/Stable 
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  CRISIL A3    No Rating Change  28-12-17  CRISIL A3    No Rating Change    No Rating Change  CRISIL A4+ 
Table reflects instances where rating is changed or freshly assigned. 'No Rating Change' implies that there was no rating change under the release.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Bill Discounting 1 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Bill Discounting 1 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Cash Credit 27.5 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Cash Credit 15 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Letter of Credit 1 CRISIL A3 Letter of Credit 1 CRISIL A3
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 5.5 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 5.5 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Standby Line of Credit 22 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Standby Line of Credit 22 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Total 57 -- Total 44.5 --
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Framework for Assessing Information Adequacy Risk
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
Rating Criteria for Engineering Sector
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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