Rating Rationale
May 15, 2025 | Mumbai
Emmbi Industries Limited
Ratings Reaffirmed and Withdrawn
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.219.01 Crore
Long Term RatingCrisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Short Term RatingCrisil A2 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
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Refer to Annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities

Detailed rationale

Crisil Ratings has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank facilities of Emmbi Industries Ltd (EIL) and subsequently withdrawn the ratings at the request of the company and on receipt of a no-objection certificate from its bankers. This is in line with the Crisil Ratings policy for withdrawal of bank loan ratings.

 

The ratings reflect the extensive experience of the promoters in the flexible packaging industry, the company’s diversified business profile supported by a vast product profile, presence across geographies and low customer concentration, and its comfortable financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by working capital-intensive operations and exposure to competition leading to pressure on profitability.

Analytical approach

Crisil Ratings has considered the standalone business and financial risk profiles of EIL.

Key rating drivers & detailed description

Strengths:

  • Established market position: EIL has been operating in the flexible packaging segment for more than three decades. It supplies different types of flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC) bags and jumbo bags to reputed and diversified clients in India and abroad (Europe, the US, the UK). Customers include players in the fast-moving consumer goods, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, chemicals and construction businesses. The ability of EIL to sustain revenue growth and profitability will be monitorable. The company has launched Reclaim30, the world’s first certified recycled FIBC bag.

 

  • Diversified product portfolio: The company manufactures various products such as FIBC bags, advance composites, liners, water conservation bags, and flexi tanks. The company manufactures healthy agro polymer products under Avana. The diversified product portfolio reduces the risk of dependence on any single product and industry.

 

  • Comfortable financial risk profile: The company's comfortable financial risk profile is supported by healthy estimated networth of Rs 166 crore and comfortable gearing and total outside liabilities to adjusted networth (TOLANW) ratio of 0.94 time and 1.32 time, respectively, as on March 31, 2025. These metrics are expected to improve over the medium term, in the absence of large, debt-funded capital expenditure (capex) and moderate reliance on working capital debt. The debt protection metrics are comfortable, aided by comfortable profitability and moderate reliance on external debt. The interest coverage and net cash accrual to adjusted debt ratio are estimated at 2.41 times and 0.13 time, respectively, in fiscal 2025, and are expected to remain stable over the medium term.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Exposure to competition leading to pressure on profitability: The FIBC industry is fragmented because of low entry barriers, such as limited capital and technology requirements, small gestation period, and easy availability of raw materials. As a result, individual players have modest bargaining power, which restricts their ability to pass on increases in input cost entirely to customers or retain any benefit of lower input cost. Crisil Ratings believes EIL’s pricing flexibility will remain restricted by competition. The company’s operating margin was rangebound at 10-12% over the four years through fiscal 2024 and is expected in a similar range over the medium term.

 

  • Working capital-intensive operations: The company had gross current assets (GCAs) of around 200 days as on March 31, 2024, because of inventory of 119 days. However, the working capital cycle is supported by credit offered by suppliers. The inventory is large as the company follows the batch manufacturing process for all products to maximize efficiency. Also, the company keeps raw material inventory of 30-45 days to support continuous production. The GCAs are expected to remain large over the medium term.

 

  • Susceptibility to fluctuations in raw material prices: The operating margin is susceptible to fluctuations in the price of polymer, which is linked to the price of crude oil, and is hence volatile. Any sharp increase or decrease in raw material price could impact profitability, as the company has limited ability to pass on any increase to customers because of intense competition. The operating margin moderated to an estimated 9.64% in fiscal 2025 (Upto December 2024) from 9.9% in fiscal 2024.The ability to pass on any price variation remains monitorable.

Liquidity: Adequate

Cash accrual is expected at Rs 20-31 crore per annum, against yearly debt obligation of Rs 11-15 crore over the medium term. The fund-based limit was utilized 90% on average during the 10 months through January 2025. The company had moderate cash and equivalents of about Rs 1.44 crore as on September 30, 2024. The current ratio was moderate at 1.30 times as on March 31, 2024. Internal cash accrual and unutilized bank lines are expected to be sufficient to meet incremental working capital requirement.

Outlook: Stable

Crisil Ratings believes EIL’s business risk profile will continue to benefit from its longstanding relationships with suppliers and customers, and the experience of the management.

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Healthy revenue growth and operating margin above 13% resulting in higher accrual
  • Sustenance of improved working capital cycle
  • Steady improvement in the capital structure and liquidity

 

Downward factors:

  • Lower than expected growth in revenue or operating margin remaining below 9%, resulting in lower-than-expected net cash accrual, impacting liquidity and net cash accrual to debt obligation ratio.
  • Increase in working capital requirement, larger-than-expected, debt-funded capital expenditure (capex) or acquisition or dividend payout, weakening the financial risk profile.

About the company

EIL was incorporated in 1994 by Mr Makrand Appalwar and Mrs Rinku Appalwar. EIL manufactures FIBC, woven sacks and various polymer-based packaging products such as container liners, protective irrigation system, pond liners, canal liners, flexi tanks, car covers and mulch films. EIL has two mother units, which manufacture basic parts, and eight satellite units, which manufacture the final product based on specific industry requirement. The company is listed on the National Stock exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Key financial indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

Unit

Apr- Dec 31,

2024

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs crore

296.66

377.43

371.08

Reported profit after tax (PAT)

Rs crore

4.98

9.95

8.27

PAT margin

%

1.68

2.60

2.23

Adjusted debt/adjusted networth

Times

-

1.00

1.01

Interest coverage

Times

2.17

2.22

2.39

Any other information: Not applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN Name Of Instrument Date Of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Date Issue Size (Rs.Crore) Complexity Levels Rating Outstanding with Outlook
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 127.00 NA Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
NA Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 31.20 NA Crisil A2 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
NA Term Loan NA NA 30-Apr-28 17.68 NA Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
NA Term Loan NA NA 31-May-25 5.93 NA Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
NA Term Loan NA NA 31-Mar-29 30.00 NA Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
NA Term Loan NA NA 30-Jun-32 6.09 NA Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
NA Term Loan NA NA 29-Feb-28 1.11 NA Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2025 (History) 2024  2023  2022  Start of 2022
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 187.81 Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)   -- 12-03-24 Crisil BBB+/Stable   -- 07-12-22 Crisil BBB+/Positive Crisil BBB+/Stable
      --   -- 29-02-24 Crisil BBB+/Stable   --   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 31.2 Crisil A2 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)   -- 12-03-24 Crisil A2   -- 07-12-22 Crisil A2 Crisil A2
      --   -- 29-02-24 Crisil A2   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Cash Credit 62 Axis Bank Limited Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Cash Credit 40 Saraswat Bank Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Cash Credit 15 DBS Bank India Limited Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Cash Credit 10 Standard Chartered Bank Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 7 Saraswat Bank Crisil A2 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 5 DBS Bank India Limited Crisil A2 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 5 Standard Chartered Bank Crisil A2 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 14.2 Axis Bank Limited Crisil A2 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Term Loan 17.68 Axis Bank Limited Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Term Loan 5.93 Standard Chartered Bank Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Term Loan 30 Bajaj Finance Limited Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Term Loan 6.09 Saraswat Bank Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Term Loan 1.11 Saraswat Bank Crisil BBB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
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