plastics to be stronger than metal of course that opens up a huge opportunity for motherson because we are going to go into engineered plastics and things like that it is a great way to ride how are the synergies panning out post consolidation of pkc given that pkc enjoys greater than 60 market share of us class 8 trucks and 54 of your revenue contribution comes from north america overnight we have seen the north america class 8 truck orders jump 77 on a yearonyear basis how would the recovery contribute to your overall top line growth the timing of buying pkc was excellent because the moment we bought it a month before that the market had already started to rise there is a huge demand that is coming up in europe and in us and as i said we are working a lot of our plants day in and day out because we have to keep up with what the customers are asking us to deliver also read samvardhana motherson international acquires ms global india both sp and smr have seen improved market share in the past three years and are now nearing the end of their capex phase as well what kind of improvement are you expecting if the return ratios are closer to fy20 as of now with the orders that we have in hand this year would be the last year where we would be spending almost about rs 18002000 crore on capex next year it will start to taper down and unless we get huge orders which i hope we will we will start a new capex cycle if required you outline plans to diversify beyond auto post 2020 what are the verticals on your radar and are the revenues you are eyeing from nonauto businesses part of your next five year plans in 2020 we are focussing on 40 of the business to be nonauto our teams are gearing up for almost two years to go so that the pressure is not there in the last two years and with the easing of the capex as well we think the plant should be much more utilised and i think the gross numbers are going to be pretty good given that bullish stance do you believe that the pace of growth is likely to continue yes one can never really guesstimate when you will make acquisitions and take over new companies and things like that by and large we are saying that if we set aside the acquisitions we will do in the last two years the gross returns will be very good whatever new acquisitions we do we would not be buying anything just for the heck of top line motherson sumi is very focused and we know that topline is vanity bottom line sanity and cash in bank reality et now published on jan 5 2018 at 0224 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment