Rating Rationale
July 22, 2020 | Mumbai
Time Technoplast Limited
Ratings Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.1255 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL AA-/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A1+ (Reaffirmed)
 
Rs.160 Crore Commercial Paper CRISIL A1+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its 'CRISIL AA-/Stable/CRISIL A1+' ratings on the bank facilities and commercial paper of Time Technoplast Limited (TTL; flagship company of the Time group).
 
CRISIL expects the operating performance of TTL to be moderately impacted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is because most of the products of TTL are classified as essential products and the units in India resumed operations after brief initial period of lockdown at part capacity. In addition, units in overseas locations are minimally impacted as they continued to operate at healthy capacity utilization.
 
Further, financial profile is strong with robust networth and healthy debt protection metrics and adequate internal accruals. The financial risk profile is also supported by significantly lower capex in the current fiscal.
 
TTL's revenue remained flat at Rs 3580 crore with operating margin of 14% for fiscal 2020 against Rs 3567 crore and 14.8% respectively for fiscal 2019. The revenue and EBITDA were impacted marginally in last quarter of fiscal 2020 due to lockdown towards end of March-2020.
 
The ratings reflect the Time group's healthy business risk profile and steady operating profitability. These strengths are partially offset by large investments for expanding geographical footprint in the international and domestic markets in the past, which have restricted significant improvement in the return on capital employed (RoCE), and exposure to intense competition in some product segments.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at the ratings, CRISIL has combined the business and financial risk profiles of TTL and its subsidiaries and joint ventures (JVs), as all the entities, collectively referred to as the Time group, have significant managerial, operational, and financial linkages.

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:
* Healthy business risk profile
Diversified product and client profiles, better economies of scale, wide geographical reach, and a dominant market position support the group's business risk profile. The group has gradually diversified its product portfolio across the polymer-application segment using a consolidated technology platform comprising blow, extrusion, and injection molding. Hence, it caters to varied segments such as industrial packaging (71%), infrastructure (21%), automotive (3%), and lifestyle and others (5%). Innovative and value added products give Time group competitive advantage in highly competitive market. Value added products contributed 19% to the revenue in fiscal 2020.
 
* Steady operating profitability
The group has stabilised its operating margin at around 14-16%. This is largely because of increased revenue from the new, higher-margin products. Though the profitability is susceptible to volatility in crude prices, TTL is able to pass on variations in raw material prices to its clients with a lag of 3 to 6 months. The operating margin is expected to remain range bound over medium term supported by increasing share of value added products and competitive pressures in established products.
 
* Strong financial risk profile
Annual cash accruals of over Rs 300 crore has been healthy, and networth robust at Rs 1867 crore as on March 31, 2020. Moreover, lower capex plan and regular repayments are expected to reduce the overall debt levels over medium term. Interest coverage and net cash accrual to total debt ratios were healthy at 4.63 times and 0.37 time, respectively, in fiscal 2020, as against 5.34 times and 0.40 time, respectively, in fiscal 2019. The key credit metrics are expected to be impacted for fiscal 2021, however, financial risk profile is expected to remain comfortable.
 
Weaknesses:
* Large investments in geographical expansion
The group has pursued global growth strategy by entering into several geographies. These investments have led to lower than expected RoCE improvement over the years. However, performance of the overseas subsidiaries have improved since then. Going forward, cautious capex plans and limited debt addition along with expected improvement in operating performance is expected to help improve the RoCE over medium term.
 
* Exposure to intense competition
The group faces intense competition, especially in the lifestyle, healthcare, and battery segments. Low entry barrier and simple technology (injection moulding) enabled several unorganised players to enter the market, thereby restricting the group's pricing flexibility. In the batteries segment, subsidiary NED Energy Ltd (NED) faces competitive pressure from other major players. Intense competition may continue to limit pricing power with suppliers and customers, thereby constraining profitability.
Liquidity Strong

The Time group is expected to have internal accruals of around Rs 150-300 Cr for fiscals 2021 and 2022 as against debt repayment obligation of Rs 70-100 cr per annum. The Time group is expected to have capital expenditure of Rs 100 Cr for fiscal 2021 funded primarily through internal resources. The incremental working capital requirements are expected to be funded majorly through internal accruals. The Time group had cash and equivalents of Rs 61 crore as on June 2020. The fund based bank limits of Rs 500 crore had average utilization of 85% for 12 months ended May-2020 (Utilisation was above 90% since March 2020).

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes the group's business risk profile will remain healthy due to its established market position, diverse product portfolio, geographical diversity, and promoters' experience.

Rating Sensitivity factors
Upward factors:
* More-than-anticipated improvement in operating performance in terms of revenue, margin, and RoCE
* Faster improvement in key credit metrics, especially interest coverage ratio (above 7 times), and debt to EBITDA ratio (below 1.5 times) on a sustained basis.
 
Downward factors:
* Sharp decline in business performance, profitability, and cash accrual
* Larger-than-expected, debt-funded capex or acquisition leading to weakening of interest cover below 3 times
About the Group

TTL, promoted by a group of qualified professionals, was started in 1992 with its first production facility at Daman. The company was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in 2007. It primarily manufactures polymer-based products that are used in the industrial packaging, automotive, lifestyle, healthcare, and infrastructure segments. The group has more than 30 manufacturing units globally and presence in 10 countries covering South-East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. TTL's subsidiaries and JVs have presence in the polymer-based and composite segments, except NED which manufactures storage batteries and Time Mauser, which makes steel drums.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2020 2019
Revenue Rs crore 3580 3567
Profit after tax (PAT) Rs crore 175 209
PAT margin % 4.9 5.8
Adjusted debt/adjusted networth Times 0.45 0.49
Interest coverage Times 4.63 5.34

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
CRISIL complexity levels are assigned to various types of financial instruments and are included (where applicable) in the Annexure -- Details of Instrument in this Rating Rationale. For more details on the CRISIL complexity levels, please visit www.crisil.com/complexity-levels.
Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of instrument Date of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity
Date
Issue Size
(Rs. Cr)
Complexity Level Rating assigned
with outlook
NA Commercial Paper NA NA 7-365 days 160.0 Simple CRISIL A1+
NA Cash Credit* NA NA NA 57.5 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Cash Credit** NA NA NA 97.5 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Cash Credit* NA NA NA 32.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Cash Credit*** NA NA NA 275.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Cash Credit# NA NA NA 100.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Cash Credit## NA NA NA 40.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Cash Credit### NA NA NA 75.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Letter of Credit & Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 52.5 NA CRISIL A1+
NA Letter of Credit & Bank Guarantee** NA NA NA 45.0 NA CRISIL A1+
NA Letter of Credit & Bank Guarantee@ NA NA NA 122.5 NA CRISIL A1+
NA Letter of Credit & Bank Guarantee@@ NA NA NA 8.0 NA CRISIL A1+
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Jul-21 40.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Jul-25 25.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Sept-22 25.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA May-22 25.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Dec-22 55.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Mar-22 50.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Sep-25 100.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
NA Proposed Term Loan NA NA NA 30.0 NA CRISIL AA-/Stable
*Fully interchangeable with Fund Based and Non Fund Based facilities
**Fully interchangeable with letter of credit
***Fully interchangeable with letter of credit and working capital demand loan
#One way interchangeable from FBWC (CC/WCDL) limit to NFBWC (LC) limit to the extent of 50%
##Includes sublimit of Rs.15 crore for working capital demand loan
###Interchangeable with Letter of Credit/Bank Guarantee upto Rs 75 crore
@Includes sublimit of Rs.20 crore for bank guarantee
@@Includes sublimit of Rs.1 crore for bank guarantee
 
Annexure - List of entities consolidated
Names of entities consolidated Extent of consolidation Rationale for consolidation
Time Technoplast Limited Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
TPL Plastech Limited Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
NED Energy Limited Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
Elan Incorporated Fze Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
Kompozit Praha S R O Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
Ikon Investment Holdings Limited Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
GNXT Investment Holding PTE Ltd Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
Schoeller Allibert Time Holding PTE Ltd Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
Time Mauser Industries Private Limited Full Significant operational, management and financial linkages
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2020 (History) 2019  2018  2017  Start of 2017
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Commercial Paper  ST  160.00  CRISIL A1+      17-07-19  CRISIL A1+  24-07-18  CRISIL A1+  01-08-17  CRISIL A1  CRISIL A1 
            28-06-19  CRISIL A1+  04-04-18  CRISIL A1  23-02-17  CRISIL A1   
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  1027.00  CRISIL AA-/Stable      17-07-19  CRISIL AA-/Stable  24-07-18  CRISIL AA-/Stable  01-08-17  CRISIL A+/Positive  CRISIL A+/Stable 
            28-06-19  CRISIL AA-/Stable  04-04-18  CRISIL A+/Positive  23-02-17  CRISIL A+/Positive   
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  228.00  CRISIL A1+      17-07-19  CRISIL A1+  24-07-18  CRISIL A1+  01-08-17  CRISIL A1  CRISIL A1 
            28-06-19  CRISIL A1+  04-04-18  CRISIL A1  23-02-17  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
Cash Credit** 97.5 CRISIL AA-/Stable Cash Credit** 97.5 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Cash Credit# 100 CRISIL AA-/Stable Cash Credit# 100 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Cash Credit* 32 CRISIL AA-/Stable Cash Credit* 32 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Cash Credit* 57.5 CRISIL AA-/Stable Cash Credit* 57.5 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Cash Credit*** 275 CRISIL AA-/Stable Cash Credit*** 275 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Cash Credit## 40 CRISIL AA-/Stable Cash Credit## 40 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Cash Credit### 75 CRISIL AA-/Stable Cash Credit### 75 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 52.5 CRISIL A1+ Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 52.5 CRISIL A1+
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee** 45 CRISIL A1+ Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee** 45 CRISIL A1+
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee@ 122.5 CRISIL A1+ Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee@ 122.5 CRISIL A1+
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee@@ 8 CRISIL A1+ Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee@@ 8 CRISIL A1+
Long Term Loan 320 CRISIL AA-/Stable Long Term Loan 282.5 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Proposed Term Loan 30 CRISIL AA-/Stable Proposed Term Loan 67.5 CRISIL AA-/Stable
Total 1255 -- Total 1255 --
*Fully interchangeable with Fund Based and Non Fund Based facilities
**Fully interchangeable with letter of credit
***Fully interchangeable with letter of credit and working capital demand loan
#One way interchangeable from FBWC (CC/WCDL) limit to NFBWC (LC) limit to the extent of 50%
##Includes sublimit of Rs.15 crore for working capital demand loan
###Interchangeable with Letter of Credit/Bank Guarantee upto Rs 75 crore
@Includes sublimit of Rs.20 crore for bank guarantee
@@Includes sublimit of Rs.1 crore for bank guarantee
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
Rating Criteria for Petrochemical Industry
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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