Report on Cement & Retail Apparel Industry

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KIRLOSKAR INSTITUE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

STRUCTURED INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

GROUP NO-7

REPORT ON CEMENT & RETAIL APPAREL INDUSTRY

INTRODUCTION

• Overview of the Industry
• Economic Perspective and factors affecting the industry
• Overview of the companies and CEO/CMD and Management Ethos.
• Geographical Expansion and Coverage.
• Competition
• Brand Perspective and Elements
• Financial understanding and highlights of each companies.
• Recent happenings and Updates in those industry and companies.

OVERVIEW

Cement industry

Cement is one of the core industries which plays a vital role in the growth and expansion of a nation. The second largest producer of cement in the world.  India's cement industry is a vital part of its economy, providing employment to more than a million people, directly or indirectly. India has a lot of potential for development in the infrastructure and construction sector and the cement sector is expected to largely benefit from it. Cement is indispensable for building and construction work and cement industry is considered to be an important infrastructure core industry. In a developing country like India, the cement industry can play a significant role in the overall economic growth. The regulatory bodies that control the cement industry are Cement Manufacturers' Association and National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCB). All the companies are required to do CSR activities; it can be in any area such as HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY WELFARE, MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENT, SELF HELP GROUPS AND INCOME GENERATION. Today, the Indian cement industry is very large, second only to China in terms of installed capacity, and has grown at a very fast pace in recent years. The rate of growth over the past 20 years has been phenomenal, as shown by Figure 1.3 Since 1992 India's cement production has more than quadrupled from around 50Mt/yr to 220Mt/yr in 2011.

Although the Indian cement industry has some multinational cement giants, like Holcim and Lafarge, which have interests such as ACC, Ambuja Cement and Lafarge Birla Cement, the Indian cement industry is broadly home-grown. Ultratech Cement, the country's largest firm in terms of cement capacity, holds around 22% of the domestic market, with ACC (50%-owned by Holcim) and Ambuja (50%-owned by Holcim) having 15% and 13% shares respectively.

Many of the remaining dozen top players are Indian and are (in order of diminishing market share); Jaiprakash Associates (10%), The India Cements Ltd (7%), Shree Cements (6%), Century Textiles and Industries (5%), Madras Cements (5%), Lafarge (5%), Birla Cement (4%) and Binani Cement (4%).