Frontier Springs manufactures coil and leaf springs. It is a market leader in this niche segment and supplies to prominent customers such as Indian railways, BHEL, BEML, etc. Moreover, Siemens Germany approved its manufacturing facilities for use in its switch gears production. Management aims to focus on exports to increase future profitability. The company reported growing operating profits on growing revenues in the last five years, although this has taken a slight dip in the last twelve months (see below) – with operating profits of over 5cr on revenues of over 35cr. It operated with a modest net debt load as at 31 st March, 2012. The business is largely dependent on the capital investment cycle for its revenues, which is adversely impacted by high interest rates (such as now). It is also exposed to increasing costs of steel, its primary raw material. This is, in turn, dependent on the global steel demand/supply scenario. Management is attempting to enter
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