India's Motherson Sumi Wiring reports near three-fold surge in Q4 profit

Motherson Sumi Wiring India

19/05/2023 10:43

BENGALURU, May 19 (Reuters) - Motherson Sumi Wiring
India Ltd  MSWI.NS  reported a nearly three-fold jump in
quarterly profit on Tuesday on the back of a recovery in the
automotive industry and operating efficiencies.
    Motherson Sumi's profit rose to 1.38 billion rupees ($16.9
million) in the fourth quarter ended March 31, from 464.2
million rupees, a year earlier.
    Japan's Sumitomo Wiring Systems holds a 25% stake in the
company, which makes wiring harnesses and other electrical wires
used in vehicles as well as in other industrial applications.
Its clients include companies like Maruti, Tata and Hyundai.
    Domestic retail vehicle sales had jumped 14% to more than 2
million in March on festival demand and buying ahead of the
implementation of new fuel emission norms, according to data
from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations. 
    Motherson Sumi's total revenue from operations increased 12%
to 18.64 billion rupees during the quarter, marking its
highest-ever quarterly revenue since the start of operations as
an independent entity in January 2022.
    The cost of materials consumed rose about 17% to 12.55
billion rupees during the quarter.
    Motherson's focus on operational efficiency has driven
profitability, it said in a statement.
    "Ramp-up phase of new facilities is over and the utilisation
will scale up in the upcoming quarters," Chairman Vivek Chaand
Sehgal said in the statement.



($1 = 81.7800 Indian rupees)

 (Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru; editing by
Eileen Soreng)
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