M&M must focus on reviving its core automotive division
Anish Shah says the exercise of exiting loss-making international subsidiaries is almost done
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Thursday said it has sold a total of 40,403 units in March. The company had dispatched 6,679 units in March 2020 amid sales disruptions due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Mumbai-based automaker sold 16,700 passenger vehicles last month in the domestic market. It had dispatched 3,383 units in March 2020. It sold 21,577 commercial vehicles in the domestic market last month. The company had dispatched just 2,742 units in March 2020 due to coronavirus-led lockdown. "At Mahindra we are witnessing very good momentum in demand and have a strong pipeline of bookings across our SUV range of Bolero, Scorpio, XUV300, All-New Thar and also the Bolero Pik-up," M&M Automotive Division CEO Veejay Nakra said in a statement. In fact Bolero volumes for March have been the highest in this financial year and despite supply constraints the company has been able to ramp up production of Bolero Pik-up significantly during the month, he added. "We expect supply challenges .
With the acquisition of Mahindra First Choice, the subsidiary is driving its pan-India presence with tech solutions and tie-ups
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M&M has got a green signal from the Reserve Bank of India to reduce its ownership in Korean automaker SsangYong Motor
The maker of XUV500 and Scorpio has got a nod from the country's central bank to reduce its stake in Ssangyong to 25 per cent from the current 75 per cent through capital reduction
February 2021 sales were lower compared to January 2021 sales of 87,579 units and production of 96,020 units
Mahindra & Mahindra on Wednesday said it has let go 48 employees in the last one year due to redundancies while another 98 have been given six months to find a role. Refuting reports that the company has fired 300 executives in its automotive and farm equipment sectors, M&M in a regulatory filing said during the pandemic it has taken "series of actions consistent with our core values and strong focus on associates. There were minimal separations...and no widespread layoffs". "Over the last 12 months, we have let go 48 associates due to redundancies. In addition, 98 associates have been given six months to find a role. The combined total (across all levels) is 1.3 per cent of white-collar associates within auto and farm sectors," the company said. M&M also asserted there are no plans for layoffs at Mahindra Research Valley and on the contrary, it said, "...we continue to recruit talent, which will further accelerate as we ramp up our EV (electric vehicle) strategy." As far .
The board approved the appointment of M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells LPP, as Consultant for advising, undertaking and implementing demerger of non-core assets of BEML
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday reported an 11.38 per cent decline in total sales at 28,777 units in February. The company had sold 32,476 units in February 2020, M&M said in a statement. Passenger vehicles sales increased by 41 per cent to 15,391 units last month, as compared with 10,938 units in the year-ago period. In the commercial vehicles segment, the company sold 11,559 vehicles in the domestic market last month, as against 19,699 units in February 2020, a drop of 70.42 per cent. Exports declined by 1 per cent to 1,827 units last month, as against 1,839 units in the year-ago month. "Demand continues to remain buoyant for our range of SUVs and Pick-ups and we have a robust order pipeline. However, supply of semiconductors, as we all know, is a global issue and it is likely to continue for another 3 to 4 months," M&M Chief Executive Officer Automotive Division Veejay Nakra said. Going forward, the company will continue to monitor the situation and closely work
It has also sold its entire stake of optionally convertible redeemable preference shares in Auto Digitech, a wholly-owned arm of Mahindra Holdings for Rs 13.5 crore to TVS
NEW DELHI/DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor has frozen all projects it was working on with Mahindra & Mahindra while it finalises a new India strategy, three people familiar with the U.S. carmaker's plans told Reuters, weeks after the two companies called off their planned joint venture.
Concerns remain on the company's weakening position in the UV segment
Impairment booked on account of Ssangyong dented net profit
Mahindra reported a slump in quarterly profit earlier on Friday, booking a one-time loss of 12.1 billion rupees ($166 million) related to South Korean unit Ssangyong
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Friday hinted at a possible price hike of its range of vehicles in the next few months due to rising commodity prices. The company, which was recently reported to have cut jobs in its North American operations, is likely to reduce it further even as it prepares to launch its off-roader vehicle Roxor. "We have just taken some price increase in January and unless things come under control we would probably be taking one again in Q1 of the next financial year," Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Executive Director Automotive & Farm Sectors Rajesh Jejurikar told reporters in a virtual post-earning press conference. He was responding to a query on the impact of rising commodity prices and how the company was planning to offset it. Jejurikar further said, "We do try to mitigate this kind of commodity increase with other internal cost measures, both on material cost and value engineering, and managing fixed cost. So typically when we have this kind of ...
The company's reported Ebitda came in at Rs 3,520.4 crore for the quarter under review
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