Diffusion Engineers Ltd IPO

Our Company was incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 with the name Diffusion Engineers Private Limited pursuant to certificate of incorporation dated November 05, 1982 issued by Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra. Further, pursuant to resolutions passed by our Board of Directors at its meeting held on May 06, 1995 and by our Shareholders at the extra-ordinary general meeting held on May 17, 1995, our Company was converted into a public limited company. Consequently, our name was changed to Diffusion Engineers Limited and a fresh Certificate of Incorporation dated July 03, 1995, was been issued by the Registrar of Companies, Karnataka at Bangalore.

Welding consumables market in India is estimated at around Rs 51 billion in fiscal 2024, with fiscal 2027 projections around Rs 64-66 billion. Due to the rise in demand for improved infrastructure, a lot of investment is happening in infrastructure development, such as construction of roads, bridges, ports and airports. The wear plates market in India is estimated at around Rs 22 billion in fiscal 2024 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8-9% to Rs 28 billion in fiscal 2027. Wear plates are essential part of the industries such as power plants, steel mills, quarrying, cement etc., as these plates protect key components of these industry. As India continues to undergo rapid industrialization, each of these industries would grow and require wear plates to protect their equipment and machinery. India's heavy engineering capital goods industry is estimated to be Rs 3,100-3,200 billion as of fiscal 2024, and is projected to clock a CAGR of 7.5-8.5% over fiscals 2023-27 to reach Rs 3,800-3,900 billion. Heavy electrical engineering, earthmoving, construction and mining machinery, and process plant equipment are the largest segments of the industry. Amongst the players considered for the industry between fiscal 2021-2024, our Company recorded third highest CAGR of 21% for operating income, second highest CAGR of 38% for profit after tax and third highest CAGR of 33% for EBITDA.

We are engaged in the business of manufacturing welding consumable, wear plates and wear parts and heavy engineering machinery for core industries and provide special and customized repairs and reconditioning services of heavy machinery and equipment. We are also involved in trading of anti-wear powders and welding and cutting machinery.