Vikas Lifecare to acquire Kohinoor Foods at Rs 250 crore

Premium speciality chemicals manufacturer Vikas Lifecare has announced a strategic investment in Kohinoor Foods. In line with the Company’s pre-defined long-term growth strategies, the board on Wednesday approved an investment of up to Rs 250 crores in Kohinoor Foods.

With this, the company expands its product portfolio and expects that this will strengthen its positioning in the industry matrix.

SK Dhawan, MD, Vikas Lifecare, said that the latest acquisition will enable the company to augment its product portfolio and enhance its market presence in the FMCG space, which currently includes at a nascent stage.

"This investment is in line with the company's future-oriented growth strategy articulated to focus on building a robust portfolio

of products," he said.

Kohinoor Foods was incorporated in 1989. It has a presence across India and over 60 countries. Its products include basmati rice, wheat flour and more.

Meanwhile, Vikas Lifecare has announced its financial performance for the first 9 months of the financial year 2022-23. Its standalone net revenue jumped by 74.59 per cent to Rs 34,626.48 lakh compared to Rs 19,833.44 lakh in the same period last fiscal. The net profit stood at Rs 1,288.57 lakh against Rs 577.77 Lakh, higher by 123 per cent.

Shares of Vikas Lifecare jumped more than 6 per cent during today's session to quote Rs 4.40 apiece on NSE.

According to the company, this acquisition will enable Vikas Lifecare to augment its product portfolio and enhance market presence in FMCG space, which currently includes at a nascent stage. This investment is in line with the Company’s growth strategy articulated to focus on building a robust portfolio of products.

Kohinoor’s manufacturing facilities include fully automated rice processing and final packaging plants located at Murthal, Haryana with a milling capacity of 50 metric tonnes per hour. Spread over an area of about 36 acres, with storage capacities of 20,000 metric ton of rice along with 50,000 metric ton of paddy with a production capacity – 1000 metric ton per day supported by 8 rice grading lines 16 color sorter machines, parboiling capacity of 500 metric ton per day, FFS machines for packing pouches and jars from Tetra pack Nichrome, Nitrogen flushing in packs by in house commissioned N2gas plant operating supported with a strong scientific procurement system.