Exl Services Inc (Acquired by Conseco Inc. in mid 2001)
A
1000+ seat, remote service company offering a range of web enabled
customer care services including email response, real-time chat,
knowledge management, eCRM architecture and other value added
services to global eBusiness. Operating from US and India,
it has an impressive clientele comprising of reputed names from the
Insurance and Banking sector. FSLLC managed to create a liquidity
event with a short span of 10 months when Conseco Inc. (NYSE: CNC)
acquired EXL Services for over US$ 50m.
Alfa Transformers makes power, distribution and furnace (specialty)
transformers. Starting commercial production in 1988, the Company has scaled up
its technical and design capability and now manufactures distribution and power
transformers ranging from Small Pole Mounted Distribution Transformers of 10KVA,
12KV Class to Power Transformers of 10MVA, 36KV Class. The Company also manufactures
furnace transformers, which are used in many continuous process industries, including
steel plants. Alfa’s focus on quality has given it the ISO 9001:2000 rating since 1997.
The Company is in the process of expanding its distribution transformer capacity to
meet sharply increasing demand from exports and the domestic market. Alfa is also
setting up an amorphous core transformer plant, which will make it only the 3rd Company
in India to have such a plant. Demand for amorphous core transformers is expected
to increase substantially due to the demand for more efficient transformers by State
Electricity Boards.
Strategic Engineering is a pioneering manufacturer of ‘Composite’
(Glass Reinforced Plastic – GRP) Pipes. The Company designs & manufactures pipes
for a wide range of applications including process pipes, water & sewerage pipes,
fire water piping, oil & gas pipes, power plant piping among others. The Company
has carved out a very important niche for itself, as it is currently the sole
manufacturer of double helical GRP pipes in India. GRP pipes are more flexible,
ductile and longer-lasting compared with Steel pipes, and have a lower cost of
ownership. Hence, GRP pipes are increasingly being chosen for gas pipelines,
water and sewerage lines. Strategic has built up an impressive list of
reference-able clients.
Shilpa Medicare, a bulk drug manufacturing company, focuses on manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients (API) for the niche Oncology segment. The Company is only the third party manufacturer of APIs for
the Oncology segment in India. It has long term contracts to supply APIs to international pharmaceutical firms
such as Midas, Apotex, Cobalt, Transopharma, Helm etc and domestic companies such as Ranbaxy, Intas, Dabur and
Cipla. Exports constitute over 60% of its annual revenues and its products are exported to Europe, USA, Middle
East and Japan. Shilpa has filed for patents for two of its products and has developed a non-infringing process
for a third product in the Oncology segment. The Company is in the process of setting up a new cGMP facility to
manufacture oncology products, which will enable it to obtain approvals for its products from EDQM- France, UK
MCA, TGA Australia, Health Canada and USFDA. Leveraging its strong R&D, the Company is focusing on moving up
the value chain and evolving into a CRAMS model (focused on the Oncology segment).
Designs
and manufactures high-end, mission critical microwave & RF
based components and sub-systems for wireless communication devices
primarily for defense, space and civil telecommunication
applications. AMP is the first private sector company in India
to set up a state-of-the-art MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated
Circuit) test and assembly line. With AMP, FSLLC was amongst the
first India
focused Private Equity firms to have successfully structured a
“PIPE” transaction.
The
Company is actively traded on India’s premier
stock exchange, the BSE.
One
of the largest Healthcare BPO companies operating on the US-India corridor
offering medical transcription & other value added services.
Leveraging the Indian cost advantages, the Company has set up a
unique business model of franchisee-based back-end in India with marketing front-end in
the US.
The company is pursuing an acquisition centric aggressive growth
strategy and is building competitive advantage through adoption of
latest HIPAA compliant technologies.
TWL
is one of the largest private sector manufacturers of Freight Wagon
Units for the Indian Railways. It is the only private Indian company
approved by the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, for the manufacture
of Military Bridges, BaileyBridges,
Rail Mobile Systems, Nuclear Biological & Chemical Shelters,
Electro Magnetic Interference Shelters and other special fabricated
equipment for the Indian Defence Industry. The company has an
in-house design capability and the infrastructure to develop and
supply new types of Rail Wagons for the Indian Railways and
customised structures for the Indian Defence Industry.
A
Pan Asian sourcing & logistics support company specializing in
the chemical and allied sectors. With offices spread wide across
Asia including China, Singapore and Dubai, the Company has the
capability to source desired materials from anywhere in Asia and
deliver the same to anywhere in Asia at the right price and right
time. The company is witnessing a frantic annual growth of over 50%
as it expands its relationship value chain to newer geographies.
A
telecom & network engineering Services Company, offering total
solutions and professional services to Telecom Operators who
provide Basic, Cellular, CDMA & other radio networks. Based out
of Mumbai, Supreme offers these services to a host of clients in India
and abroad. The company also runs a retail chain of outlets
offering sales, services & accessories of cellular/CDMA
handsets & other products
Designs
and manufactures Ground based and Airborne PCM Telemetry and
Timing Products and also provides related services. The company
has a strong R&D focus and has developed a current generation
interpreter/compiler tool for rapid upgrade of Legacy Automatic
Test Equipment in Defense and Avionics, wherein Legacy Test
Program Sets can be ported on to Pentium PC without violating
their integrity. It has also developed ATLAS Development Studio,
which offers a viable alternative to current approaches for
reducing legacy ATE lifetime costs. The company’s products and services are availed by Indian Aviation Industry and other
Asian countries, which do not have the latest generation of
aircrafts.
