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Thermax on Wednesday posted a nearly 25 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 198 crore in the September 2024 quarter compared to a year ago, mainly on the back of higher revenues. Its consolidated net profit stood at Rs 159 crore in the quarter ended on September 30, 2023, according to a regulatory filing. Total income rose to Rs 2,671.36 crore in the quarter from Rs 2,368.32 crore in the same quarter of the preceding fiscal. The current quarter's revenue and profit are favourably impacted by an accrual of Rs 66 crore as income towards the incentive receivable under the Packaged Incentive Scheme (PSI), 2007 from the Maharashtra government, the company said in a statement. As of September 30, 2024, the order balance in the reported quarter was Rs 11,593 crore, up 13 per cent from Rs 10,264 crore a year ago on a consolidated basis. The order booking for the quarter jumped 70 per cent to Rs 3,353 crore. During the quarter, Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions Ltd
Energy and environmental services major, Thermax Ltd, said on Friday that it is in discussion with several steel companies in the eastern region for a commercial-scale high-ash coal gasification project. This project will be the first of its kind in the eastern region. Thermax is also in dialogue with Coal India on coal gasification technology. CIL has plans to set up a coal-to-SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) project in the Eastern Coalfields Limited command area. In this domain, Thermax claims to have patented technology. "We are currently in talks with steel companies for a project that will pioneer high-ash coal gasification in the eastern region. Deliberations are going on regarding the funding, which is facing a viability gap of approximately 30-40 per cent of the project cost," Thermax MD and CEO Ashish Bhandari said. Although the government is expected to provide viability gap funding of around 15 per cent, companies will need to address the remaining funding gap, he said. "We
Thermax on Thursday posted nearly 88 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 237.06 crore in the December quarter, mainly on the back of higher revenues. Its consolidated net profit was Rs 126.40 crore in the year-ago period, a BSE filing showed. Total income rose to Rs 2,382.76 crore in the quarter from Rs 2,091.57 crore a year ago. The company's board approved additional capex of Rs 45 crore to set up an ion exchange resin manufacturing plant at Jhagadia, Gujarat. As of December 31, the order balance for the quarter was Rs 10,717 crore as compared to Rs 9,859 crore in the previous fiscal, up 9 per cent, it stated. The order booking for the quarter under review was Rs 2,506 crore, 14 per cent higher than Rs 2,204 crore in the last fiscal, it stated.
Energy and environment solutions provider Thermax on Tuesday posted a 59 per cent jump in its net profit to Rs 126 crore in the December quarter mainly due to higher revenues. "Profit after tax (PAT or net profit) stood at Rs 126 crore, up 59 per cent as compared to Rs 79 crore in the corresponding quarter of FY 2021-22," a company statement said. For the third quarter of FY 2022-23, Thermax posted a consolidated operating revenue of Rs 2,049 crore in the quarter compared to Rs 1,615 crore in the same period a year ago. The profitability was driven by good performance in all three segments - Energy, Environment and Chemical; last year's margins were affected by higher commodity and freight costs, which have now stabilised, the company said. As of December 31, 2022, Thermax Group had an order balance of Rs 9,859 crore. The order booking for the quarter was 10 per cent lower at Rs 2,204 crore compared to Rs 2,462 crore in the same period year ago. The order book last year was highe