Quadrant Tek Overview

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Global economies to grow at a steady rate with growth rates in US supposed to drop to 1.9 percent and the Europe to 0.4 percent. Emerging markets are expected to grow faster than already developed markets. India is going to remain as one of the fastest growing markets globally. 

India speciality power cables sector

  • Speciality cables are used when regular power cables can’t do the job and are mainly used for industrials and sectors like that

  • Most of the speciality cables are used for mid voltage and then low voltage accounts for about 30 percent with high voltage accounting for only 5 percent

  • Market growth of almost 10 percent CAGR

  • Because all the investments coming in for metro and smart grid systems speciality cable demand is expected to shot up

  • Shipping is the biggest user of these cables followed by railways and then defence

  • Indian railways are going to became the biggest in the world due to multiple investments which should help them

  • Defence is another big user of speciality cables

  • Ships are the most used method for shipping in India and they also require speciality cables

  • EV’s also use speciality cables a lot because of all the electric stuff going on there

  • Because of the intense heat and rays for solar panels, speciality cables are mainly used there also

  • Key growth drivers include government support of infrastructure, new tech and control systems in railways, expansion renewable energy and lastly growing demand for EV’s

  • Some threats and challenges are high competition, high production requirements, and raw material prices

India train control system industry

  • More accidents including trains are happening as the amount of trains are increasing but the control system stays the same

  • Train control system can be divided into these parts Automatic train protection, dispatch centralised systems and centralised monitoring system

  • Automatic train protection holds the majority share of 71 percent

  • Growth drivers include increased government spending, surging demand for reliable and efficient transport systems, and application of enhanced tech like AI

  • Threats and challenges include high capital requirements, high tech barriers and security management and tech upgrade risk

Indian interconnect products

  • Interconnect industry plays a critical role in all electric products

  • Growth drivers for them are growth of automobile industry, continuous advancements in automotive tech, rising demand in a lot of sectors such as defence and medicals.

  • Threats are raw material prices, strict quality and delivery requirements and high competition

  • Something I noticed about them is that while their competitors have a debt to equity ratio of less then 0.1 their debt to equity is like 3. 

They are a research oriented company which is focusing on developing new generation train control and signalling systems which offer the highest level of safety and reliability. Their speciality cables are used when stuff like fire resistance, light weight and long term performance are very important and they also provide end to end solutions for electrical connectors and wiring harnesses. Railways are a growing sector in India because of the big part it plays in most domestic travels. They have been working on a solution under KAVACH which is the name of the initiative the government is doing to help with train security. They have already been photo type approved and are deploying their system on 5 tracks. The primary customers for their speciality cables are in railways and defence. For their train systems they only have one customer which is Indian railways. Their business strengths include domain expertise, knowledge and application of global standards, product engineering, innovation and tech development and more. They have been investing money to find a train collusion avoidance solution. Non promoter group clients continue to drive their business forward with more then 80 percent of their revenue coming from them. Because of the way their specialty cables are designed to work under harsh conditions like liquid and fire they have a lot of opportunity to go into new industries.