Rating Rationale
June 25, 2021 | Mumbai
Technocraft Industries India Limited
Rating outlook revised to 'Stable'; Rating reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.976 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL A+/Stable (Outlook revised from ‘Positive’ and rating reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A1+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to Annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities

Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has revised its outlook on the long-term bank facilities of Technocraft Industries India Limited (TIIL) to ‘Stable’ from ‘Positive’ and reaffirmed the rating at ‘CRISIL A+’. The rating on the short-term bank facilities has been reaffirmed at ‘CRISIL A1+’.

 

The revision in outlook takes into account the lower-than-expected improvement in business risk profile as indicated by muted revenue growth in past few years and operating margin remaining range bound at around 16%. For fiscal 2021, revenue is estimated to have declined 7-9% from the previous year largely due to Covid-19 induced disruptions, though profitability is estimated to have remained stable. Revenue growth and operating margin are expected to mirror past trend over the medium term.

 

The financial risk profile continues to be strong with estimated net debt [gross borrowing less cash and cash equivalents (including investments)] below Rs 100 crore as on March 31, 2021 as compared to Rs 293 crore a year earlier. The improvement in net debt is largely due to lower working capital borrowing. Additionally, company has prepaid term loan amounting to Rs 50 crore in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 thereby further improving the net debt position. While working capital borrowings are expected to increase again, depending on business needs, the overall net debt position is likely to improve with no major capital expenditure (capex) plans leading to healthy free cash flow generation. Any significant debt-funded capex, increased working capital intensity or outflow of cash through buyback/dividend resulting in deterioration of the cash position would be key rating sensitivity.

 

The ratings continue to reflect the strong financial risk profile of TIIL, diverse product profile, established market position in the drum closure industry and increasing market share in the scaffolding industry. These strengths are partially offset by weaker operating performance of the yarn and fabric division.

Analytical Approach

CRISIL Ratings has consolidated the business and financial risk profiles of TIIL, its domestic and foreign subsidiaries, step-down subsidiaries, limited liability partnership and joint ventures because of strong financial and operational linkages between them.

 

Please refer Annexure - List of entities consolidated, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Established market position in the international drum closure industry and increasing market share in the scaffolding industry: TIIL is one of the leading manufacturers of drum closures with a worldwide market share of around 35%, excluding China, and caters to major drum manufacturers. It is reputed globally for its quality and wide range of products. The company supplies drum closures to several leading international drum and drum part manufacturers such as Con-tech International Inc., Berenfield Containers Inc., August Berger Metallwarent Gmbh and Mauser Houston Metal. The ultimate end-user industries predominantly include oil and gas, packaging, chemicals, and food and beverages.

 

The scaffolding segment comprises scaffolding, formwork and tower business with 75-80% of revenue accruing from the overseas markets. The company has also started manufacturing sophisticated engineered formwork systems for building, construction and infrastructure projects. These products are supplied to industries such as oil & gas, power, refineries, petrochemical, infrastructure and commercial construction.

 

  • Strong financial risk profile: Healthy networth and robust debt protection metrics keep financial risk profile strong. Networth has grown from Rs 553 crore as on March 31, 2016 to around Rs 1050 crore estimated as on March 31, 2021. Debt protection metrics remained stable with net cash accrual to total debt and interest coverage ratios of above 0.4 time and 8.5 times, respectively, estimated for fiscal 2021.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Weaker yarn and fabric division: The yarn and fabric industry in India is highly competitive and dependent on exports to China and Bangladesh. With low value-added products in the portfolio, the company is susceptible to the volatility in demand and spreads affecting the profitability. For the nine month ended December 2020, the textile division continues to report earnings before interest and tax losses though the quantum has declined year-on year. However, despite improvement in performance, this division remains a drag on overall profitability.

 

  • Exposure to volatility in raw material prices and foreign exchange (forex) rates: Key raw materials, steel and cotton account for over 70% of consumption. Consequently, profitability is exposed to risks relating to fluctuations in steel, and cotton and yarn prices. While the drum closure business is more resilient, owing to the value-added nature of the product, and strong cost and technology competitiveness, the scaffoldings and yarn businesses, which use steel and cotton, respectively, are likely to be impacted more, owing to volatility in these commodities. Also significant exports exposes the company to forex risk.

Liquidity: Strong

TIIL enjoys healthy liquidity, driven by expected cash accrual of over Rs 180 crore in fiscal 2022 and cash and cash equivalents (including investments) of around Rs 350 crore as on March 31, 2021. Residual term debt obligation is around Rs 15 crore from June 2021 till March 2022. Average fund-based working capital utilisation remained moderate at 50% for the 12 months through March 2021. Cash accrual, cash and cash equivalents and unutilised bank lines should meet repayment obligations as well as incremental working capital requirement in the near term.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL Ratings believes TIIL will continue to benefit from its strong overall financial risk profile, established market position in the drum closure segment and growing scaffolding division.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Improved business risk profile with revenue posting a compound annual growth rate of 15% or more driven by strong demand across businesses and operating margin remaining stable
  • Efficiency in working capital management, further strengthening the financial risk profile

 

Downward factors:

  • Slowdown in demand across businesses resulting in operating margin of less than 13% on a sustained basis
  • Debt-funded capex resulting in moderation of capital structure
  • Stretch in liquidity due to increase in working capital cycle or significant outflow on account of buyback/ dividend leading to net debt position above Rs 250 crore on a sustainable basis.

About the Company

TIIL was set up as a partnership firm in 1972 and was reconstituted as a private limited company in 1991. It has three major manufacturing divisions: drum closures, scaffoldings, and garments and cotton yarn. It is the leading drum closure manufacturer in the international market, with a sizeable market share and annual capacity of 55 million sets in India and 15 million sets in China. It has capacity of 40,000 metric tonne (MT) and 25,000 MT in India and China (shifted to India recently), respectively, for scaffoldings, and around 60,000 spindles in its yarn division. TIIL has several marketing subsidiaries in the US, Europe, and Australia.

Key financial indicators

Particulars

Unit

2020

2019

Operating income

Rs crore

1,352

1,313

Profit after tax

Rs crore

123

119

PAT margin

%

9.1

9.1

Adjusted debt/Adjusted networth

Times

0.71

0.78

Interest coverage

Times

6.1

6.4

 

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISINBottom of Form

Name of the instrument

Date of allotment

Coupon

rate (%)

Maturity

date

Issue size

(Rs crore)

Complexity

level

Rating assigned

with outlook

NA

Term Loan

NA

NA

Sep-24

59.80

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Term Loan

NA

NA

Mar-25

38.50

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Term Loan

NA

NA

Dec- 23

5.20

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Term Loan

NA

NA

Oct-25

83.63

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Working Capital Facility@

NA

NA

NA

40.00

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Working Capital Facility *

NA

NA

NA

41.00

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Working Capital Facility

NA

NA

NA

303.00

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Working Capital Facility #

NA

NA

NA

50.00

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Post Shipment Credit$

NA

NA

NA

45.00

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Bank Guarantee

NA

NA

NA

50.53

NA

CRISIL A1+

NA

Foreign Exchange Forward

NA

NA

NA

8

NA

CRISIL A1+

NA

Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee

NA

NA

NA

10.00

NA

CRISIL A1+

NA

Overdraft Facility

NA

NA

NA

25.00

NA

CRISIL A1+

NA

Packing Credit in Foreign Currency

NA

NA

NA

22.00

NA

CRISIL A1+

NA

Packing Credit

%

NA

NA

NA

100.00

NA

CRISIL A1+

NA

Proposed Working Capital Facility

NA

NA

NA

69.54

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

NA

Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility

NA

NA

NA

24.8

NA

CRISIL A+/Stable

$ Fully Interchangeable with Working Capital Demand Loan, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Cash Credit.

* Fully Interchangeable with Working Capital Demand Loan, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Buyers Credit, Overdraft and Cash Credit

@ Fully Interchangeable with Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Bank Guarantee (Financial/Performance), Cash Credit

# Fully Interchangeable with Working Capital Demand Loan, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Buyers Credit, Cash Credit

% Fully Interchangeable with Export Packing Credit, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Foreign Bill Purchase /Discounting /Negotiation; Interchangeable with Letter of credit to the extent of Rs. 20 crores; Interchangeable with Bank Guarantee (Financial/Performance) to the extent of Rs. 15 crores.

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Entity Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale

Technosoft Engineering Projects Limited (“TEPL”)

Full consolidation

Operational and financial linkages

Technocraft Tabla Formwork Systems Private Limited

Full consolidation

Techno Defence Private Limited

Full consolidation

Shivale Infraproducts Private Limited

Full Consolidation

Technocraft Fashion Limited $

Full Consolidation

Technocraft International Limited, UK (WOS of the Company) (“TIL-UK”)

Full consolidation

Technocraft Trading Spolka Zoo, Poland (WOS of the Company)

Full consolidation

Technocraft Australia Pty Ltd., Australia) (WOS of the Company)

Full consolidation

Anhui Reliable Steel Technology Co Ltd, China (WOS of the Company)

Full consolidation

Technocraft NZ Ltd., New Zealand (WOS of the Company)

Full consolidation

Technosoft Engineering, Inc., USA (WOS of TEPL) (“TEI-USA”)

Full consolidation

Technosoft Engineering UK Ltd (WOS of TEPL)

Full consolidation

Technosoft GMBH, Germany, (Subsidiary of TEPL)

Full consolidation

Highmark International Trading FZE, UAE (WOS of TIL-UK) (“HITF-UAE”)

Full consolidation

AAIT / Technocraft Scaffold Distribution LLC, USA (Subsidiary of TIL-UK)

Full consolidation

Technosoft Innovations INC, USA (WOS of TEI-USA)

Full consolidation

Technosoft Services, INC.,USA (WOS of TEI-USA)

Full consolidation

Shreyan Infra & Power LLP.*

Full consolidation

Swift Projects Inc., USA (WOS of 2045690 Alberta Ltd, CANADA [Step Engineering])^

Full consolidation

2045690 Alberta Ltd, CANADA [Step Engineering] (Subsidiary of TEI-USA)#

Full consolidation

Benten Technologies LLP

Equity method

Associate

$ incorporated on October 15, 2020

*sold w.e.f. November 26, 2019

^closed w.e.f December 31, 2019

# divested w.e.f. January 01, 2020

Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2021 (History) 2020  2019  2018  Start of 2018
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT/ST 915.47 CRISIL A1+ / CRISIL A+/Stable   -- 31-03-20 CRISIL A1+ / CRISIL A+/Positive 12-06-19 CRISIL A1+ / CRISIL A+/Positive 26-12-18 CRISIL A1+ / CRISIL A+/Positive CRISIL A1+ / CRISIL A+/Positive
      --   --   --   --   -- CRISIL A+/Positive
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 60.53 CRISIL A1+   -- 31-03-20 CRISIL A1+ 12-06-19 CRISIL A1+ 26-12-18 CRISIL A1+ CRISIL A1+
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
 
 
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Bank Guarantee 50.53 CRISIL A1+ Bank Guarantee 50.53 CRISIL A1+
Foreign Exchange Forward 8 CRISIL A1+ Foreign Exchange Forward 1.25 CRISIL A1+
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 10 CRISIL A1+ Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 10 CRISIL A1+
Overdraft Facility 25 CRISIL A1+ Overdraft Facility 25 CRISIL A1+
Packing Credit% 100 CRISIL A1+ Packing Credit% 55 CRISIL A1+
Packing Credit in Foreign Currency 22 CRISIL A1+ Packing Credit in Foreign Currency 22 CRISIL A1+
Post Shipment Credit$ 45 CRISIL A+/Stable Post Shipment Credit$ 45 CRISIL A+/Positive
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 24.8 CRISIL A+/Stable Post Shipment Credit 55 CRISIL A1+
Proposed Working Capital Facility 69.54 CRISIL A+/Stable Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 9.68 CRISIL A+/Positive
Term Loan 187.13 CRISIL A+/Stable Term Loan 288.54 CRISIL A+/Positive
Working Capital Facility@ 40 CRISIL A+/Stable Working Capital Facility@ 40 CRISIL A+/Positive
Working Capital Facility* 41 CRISIL A+/Stable Working Capital Facility* 41 CRISIL A+/Positive
Working Capital Facility# 50 CRISIL A+/Stable Working Capital Facility# 80 CRISIL A+/Positive
Working Capital Facility 303 CRISIL A+/Stable Working Capital Facility 253 CRISIL A+/Positive
Total 976 - Total 976 -
% - Fully Interchangeable with Export Packing Credit, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Foreign Bill Purchase /Discounting /Negotiation; Interchangeable with Letter of credit to the extent of Rs. 20 crores; Interchangeable with Bank Guarantee (Financial/Performance) to the extent of Rs. 15 crores
$ - Fully Interchangeable with Working Capital Demand Loan, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Cash Credit
@ - Fully Interchangeable with Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Bank Guarantee (Financial/Performance), Cash Credit
# - Fully Interchangeable with Working Capital Demand Loan, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Buyers Credit, Cash Credit
* - Fully Interchangeable with Working Capital Demand Loan, Pre shipment/Post Shipment finance, Letter of credit, Buyers Credit, Overdraft and Cash Credit
Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation

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