An Indian company wishes to set up a project for manufacturing of sintered powder metal parts for use in automobiles. The proposed location of the project is around Delhi. Estimated total cost of the project is US$ 5 million. The main production equipment and facilities include - press slip, machine shop, tool room, coil winding/machining, assembly line conveyor and testing equipment, painting equipment. The company is part of a reputed industrial house in India and has diversified manufacturing and marketing (both domestic and export) activities. It enjoys a good brand image.

Areas of application: Automobile industry; metallurgy/powder metallurgy.

Investment capability: Financial investment, land, building can be arranged as per the requirement.

Development objectives: As part of their diversification and growth plan, the group is looking at automobile component business with considerable interest.

Stage of development: Feasibility.

Transfer forms: Joint venture;licensing; technical collaboration.

Company profile: The company is part of a reputed industrial house in India with diversified manufacturing and marketing (both domestic and exports activities). The group has an excellent brand image and enjoy good rating in business dealings in India as well as in overseas markets. Besides, its growth rate has been about 20 per cent per annum in recent years. The product portfolio of the group includes fans and domestic appliances; hand tools and industrial sockets with German collaboration; condoms and surgical gloves with Korean collaboration; cooking range with Italian collaboration.

The Company is well established in Indian market in the area of marketing and distribution of fans and domestic appliances. It has a well knit and established marketing network consisting of 24 regional offices and 5,000 direct dealers and 300 sub dealers.

Turnover - US$ 40 million (Group turnover); US$ 30 million (company turnover); Reg. capital-US$ 2 million; Export-US$ 5 million. Workforce - Total-600; managers-30; graduate engineers-100; technicians and skilled workers-470. Year of incorporation - 1986.

Multi-layer printed circuit boards

A Bangladesh company seeks technology for manufacture of multi-layer printed circuit boards. It is currently assembling single layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) for its products.

The company now wishes to establish new high-tech industry of multi-layer PCBs, which are used in all types of the electronic appliances and equipments all over the world. The project is planned to manufacture/assembly of multi-layer PCBs for 100% export.

Gross profit to sales - 42.89%; net profit to sales - 34.85%; break-even point - 30.70%; internal rate of return - 47.10%; generation of employment - 175; current ratio 5.68.

Areas of application: Electronics industry.

Investment capability: Cash - US$ 1,635,500 + bank loan; land - 2,000 sq.m.; building - 1,850 sq.m.

Competition market/market size: A recent study for multi-layer PCB has found that there is demand gap of about US$ 31.9 billion. The market for PCB is estimated to grow at a rate of 11% in USA and to increase by 10.2% of Asian average growth rate.

Stage of development: Commercialized.

Production capacity: Product rate shall be (1) double layer PCBs - 10,000 sq.m. (2) multi-layer PCBs - 20,000 sq.m. per day of 8 hrs shift.

Raw materials: Domestic supply-60%; foreign supply-40%.

Transfer forms: Joint venture; know-how; equipment supply; technical agreement; buy-back agreement.

Company profile: Import - US$ 79,875. Workforce - managers-2; graduate engineers-3; technicians/skilled workers-15.

For enquiries: Dr Vadim Y Kotelnikov, Consultant, Asian & Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, Adjoining Technology Complex, PO Box: 4575, Off New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110016. Ph: 6856276, 6966509, 6966521, 6966619, 6966629 Fax: 91-11-6856271 E-mail: gen@apctt.ernet.in.

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