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Mukand Ltd

NSE: MUKANDLTD BSE: 500460

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mukand ltd History

1937

  • Incorporated on 29 November in Mumbai.
  • Established continuous sequence casting with flying tundish and special alloy addition technique in steel melt shop.
  • Took over vendors' business as going concern from 21 October and Hindustan Iron and Steel Products Ltd. from liquidator.
  • Issued 59,000 Equity shares and 5,900 Deferred shares.

1944

  • Issued 68,750 right Equity shares in proportion 1:2.

1946

  • Issued 10,000 right Preference shares in proportion 1:20.

1958

  • Issued 2,04,725 right Equity shares in proportion 1:1.

1960

  • Issued 4,09,450 right Equity shares in proportion 1:1.

1963

  • Issued 1,00,000 right Equity shares in proportion 1:8.
  • Issued 9,18,900 right Equity shares in proportion 1:1.

1970

  • Issued 2,44,601 bonus Equity shares in proportion 1:10 in March.

1972

  • Issued 2,691,075 bonus shares in proportion 1:1.

1976

  • Issued 26,91,187 bonus Equity shares in proportion 1:2 in July.

1979

  • Incorporated Mukand Holdings Pvt. Ltd. as investment company; became wholly owned public limited subsidiary.

1983

  • Commissioned ladle refining furnace and vacuum degassing station.
  • Issued 17,50,000 Equity shares at Rs 5 premium converting 13.5% debentures.

1984

  • Commissioned 10.5 metre radius bloom caster, largest in India.
  • Formed research and development division effective 1 January.
  • Revalued land, roads, and buildings as on 30 June.

1985

  • Government approved collaboration with Advanced Design Materials Corporation, U.S.A.
  • Revalued plant and machinery as on 30 June, crediting Rs 27,48,78,249 to revaluation reserve.
  • Formed to acquire businesses of Mukand Iron Works, Mukand Steel Rolling Mills, and Mukand Steel Foundry (since 1920).

1986

  • Received basic engineering package from BBC Brown Boveri, Switzerland; implemented project.
  • R&D introduced super steel-60 bars and established CSL process for colouring steel.

1987

  • Modernisation included top and bottom blown converter and additional roughing stand for bar mill.
  • Installed scanning electron microscope and automatic polishing machines in R&D.
  • Designed and installed pilot plant for coloured stainless steel components.

1988

  • Installed oxygen top and bottom blown converter and dust collection system.
  • Issued 49,11,781 bonus shares in proportion 1:2.

1989

  • Changed name from Mukand Iron & Steel Works Ltd. to Mukand Ltd.
  • Supplied bulk equipment for medium merchant and structural mill to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.
  • Developed railway and non-railway castings for USSR, wear-resistant castings for USA and Japan.
  • Installed electro-magnetic stirrer, auto mould level controller, shot blasting machine, pollution control in bloom caster.
  • Mukand Dravo Wellman Pvt. Ltd. became subsidiary.

1990

  • Lower production and sales of steel and alloy castings due to USSR shortfall and lack of railway orders.
  • Manufactured heavy duty cranes (140-200 tonnes) and iron ore handling equipment.
  • Installed bell furnace for spheroidise annealing of wire rods.
  • Mukand Soviet Engineering Ltd. became subsidiary.

1991

  • Machine Building Division supplied 11,000 tonnes equipment including to Visakhapatnam steel plant.
  • Received orders from SAIL for Rourkela steel plant modernisation.
  • Increased exports to new markets like Latin America and Northern Europe; introduced carbon steel fasteners.
  • Modernised casting facilities; proposed ladle refining, vacuum degassing, rolling.
  • Added hot briquetted iron systems, annealing furnaces, heat treatment, straightening machines.
  • R&D developed heat treatment and import substitution steels; studied surface finish, machinability.

1992

  • Machine Building division received preliminary acceptance for Visakhapatnam steel plant equipment.
  • Supplied and commissioned sponge iron plant equipment to Bellary Steel and Alloys Ltd. and Raipur Alloys & Steel Ltd.
  • Expanded machining facilities and shed area in Machine Building division.
  • Set up Engineering Construction Division for surveys, engineering, and turnkey jobs.
  • Merged Becom Engineering Co. Ltd. as a division.
  • Becom Engineering Division developed new lathe and drilling machines.
  • Commissioned Wire rod mill unit No. 2.
  • Offered 36,94,744 equity shares at Rs 90 premium on 1:4 rights basis; all taken up.
  • Offered 1,84,737 equity shares at Rs 90 premium to employees; all taken up.
  • Offered 36,94,744 16% Non-convertible debentures with warrants on 1:4 rights basis.
  • Offered 1,84,737 16% Non-convertible debentures with warrants to employees; 1,82,179 taken up.

1993

  • Transferred Engineering Construction Division business to Mukand Engineers Ltd.
  • Allotted 23,759 equity shares in proportion to Beco shares held.
  • Sold assets of Batala Unit of erstwhile Beco Engineering Co. Ltd.

1994

  • Proposed transfer of machine building division to Mukand Industrial Machinery Ltd.
  • Installed electro-magnetic stirrer and auto mould level control equipment.
  • Installed chemically bonded sand system for bright bars and steels.
  • Allotted 33,70,500 shares at Rs 315 premium to FIIs, FIs, corporates; 38,76,923 shares at Rs 90 premium to warrant holders.

1995

  • Steel Foundry division enlarged share of high value alloy and stainless steel castings.
  • Rolling Mill division commissioned solution annealing furnaces and coil finishing facilities.
  • Developed import substitution products for fastener manufacturers and fine wire drawing.
  • Received approvals to develop hotel site on 2 lakh sq. ft. area.
  • Achieved breakthroughs in markets like Suria, South Africa, South East Asia, Europe, USA.
  • Signed agreements with five mini steel plants for technical know-how and services.
  • Proposed alliance with Kalyani Ferrous Industries Ltd. for hot metal conversion.
  • Received permission from Govt. of Karnataka for 1.25 million tonnes steel plant.
  • Promoted joint venture for stainless steel billets and flats at Jodhpur.
  • Received industrial license for steel making capacity expansion to 2,70,000 tonnes p.a.
  • Mukand Industrial Machinery Ltd. became wholly owned subsidiary.
  • Allotted 2,259,250 Equity shares on exercise of conversion warrants.

1996

  • Commissioned in-house designed trip hummer testing facility.
  • Entered technical know-how agreement with Japanese consultancy firm.
  • Installed two short-time cycle furnaces from USA for wire rod heat treatment.
  • Installed largest bloom caster in country for 250 mm square blooms; rehabilitated and modernised Kurla bar mill.
  • Signed MOU with Mitsui Engineering Services, Japan for crane manufacturing.
  • Developed surface wheel lathe for Indian Railways and heavy duty CNC lathes.

1997

  • Rs 82.50 crore outstanding in term loans from financial institutions as of 31 March.

1998

  • International Aluminium Products Ltd. planned 50,000 tonnes rolled products capacity.
  • Formed joint venture with Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd.
  • Signed MOU with Hitachi for boilers to Vizag power project; in talks with NTPC for Talcher project.
  • CRISIL downgraded non-convertible debentures from A+ to BBI+.

1999

  • Set six-month deadline to reduce rejection levels by over 50% at Kalwe and Hospet facilities.
  • Developed technique correlating contaminants and metallurgical features in stainless steel.
  • Developed innovative processes to cope with steel industry slump.

2000

  • Entered joint venture with Satyam Infoway and M K J Enterprises for e-commerce steel trading portal.
  • Decided to close Kurla foundry unit.
  • Appointed Rahul Bajaj as Chairman.
  • Introduced Voluntary Retirement Scheme at Kalwe plant.

2004

  • Launched rights issue in 9:4 ratio at Rs 10 per share to raise Rs 50.64 crore.
  • Jamnalal Sons Pvt. Ltd. acquired 20,535,981 equity shares (28.076% of paid-up capital).

2005

  • Kalpataru emerged as highest bidder for Kurla foundry.
  • Earmarked Rs 120 crore to increase alloy steel capacity by 40% and stainless steel by 80%.

2006

  • Appointed Shri K. J. Mallya as Company Secretary.
  • Recommended dividend payment of 0.01% on Preference capital, including arrears.

2007

  • Appointed Shri K.M. Jayarao as Nominee Director of ICICI Bank Ltd.

2008

  • Signed Joint Venture Agreement with Vini Iron & Steel Udyog Ltd for captive coal mining in Jharkhand.

2010

  • Appointed Shri Amit Yadav as Director.

2011

  • Formed 50:50 joint venture Mukand Bekaert Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd. with NV Bekaert SA.

2012

  • Formed joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation, Japan.
  • Sold Cold Finished Bars & Wires Business to subsidiary Technosys Metal Processing Ltd.

2014

  • Announced rights issue in the ratio 1:1.

2017

  • Partnered with Sumitomo Corporation, Japan for rolling and finishing of alloy steel.

2023

  • Signed PDA for 43.75 MW AC Group Captive Solar Plant with Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited.

2024

  • Collaborated with Amplus Phoenix Energy on 23.89 MWp Group Captive Solar Project.

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