Thursday 31 May 2018

Royal Enfield Classic 500 ‘Pegasus’ motorcycle launched in India


MUMBAI (HPN) : L-R: Mark Wells Head Global Product Strategy Industrial Design Rudratej Rudy Singh President Shaji Koshy Head India Business Royal Enfield @ India launch of Classic-500 Pegasus in Mumbai – photo by Sachin Murdeshwar Inspired by Royal Enfield’s legacy of ‘Made Like a Gun’ – pedigree of making resilient enduring machines
A tribute to the Royal Enfield RE/WD 125 ‘Flying Flea’, the legendary lightweight World War 2 motorcycle
250 motorcycles to be available in India at Rs. 2,49,217/- (on-road Mumbai), exclusively onhttps://royalenfield.com/pegasus
MUMBAI, 31 May, 2018 (HPN) : The oldest motorcycle brand in continuous production, Royal Enfield, launched the limited edition Classic 500 Pegasus motorcycle in India. The ‘Pegasus’ is inspired by the legendary RE/WD 125 Flying Flea motorcycle that was manufactured at Royal Enfield’s facility in UK during the World War 2. Conceived as a tribute to the Flying Flea and Royal Enfield’s military heritage, the Classic 500 Pegasus is a chance to own a piece of motorcycle history with only 1000 units available globally. In India, 250 motorcycles, in wartime colour of Service Brown, will go on sale at a price of Rs. 2,49,217/- (on-road Mumbai), exclusively onhttps://royalenfield.com/pegasus on July 10th 2018. Each of these 250 limited edition commemorative models will be available along with a set of bespoke military-style canvas panniers bearing the Pegasus logo, one helmet and a t-shirt from the Pegasus collection.
Launching the limited edition Classic 500 Pegasus motorcycles, Rudratej (Rudy) Singh – President Royal Enfield said “The association with the Pegasus Parachute Regiment is another reminder of how Royal Enfield history is deeply steeped in motorcycling pedigree. I am confident that the Classic Pegasus edition will, like many of our other armed forces inspired variants, become a collectors’ piece. We have been making army tough and versatile machines – ‘Made Like a Gun’ – since 1901, and we will continue to share some of these ‘hidden gems’ and stories through our motorcycles”
As the motto ‘Made Like a Gun Since 1901’ suggests, Royal Enfield has a long and proud history of building tough, versatile machines. Royal Enfield produced munitions, artillery equipment and motorcycles during both World Wars and supplies the Indian armed forces with motorcycles to the present day. But by far its most storied wartime creation was the airborne troops’ ‘Flying Flea’, a compact but hugely capable two-stroke 125cc motorcycle used by airborne forces. The Flying Flea was the only proper motorcycle to be dropped by parachute with paratroopers. Often used by commanders to carry vital messages, the Flying Flea’s strength and go-anywhere handling made it almost unstoppable, even over the harshest terrain. Confronted with a fence, stream, bomb crater or ditch, the rider could simply dismount and lift the 56 kilo bike over the obstacle.
Simple, tough and resilient, the Flying Flea (or WD/RE to use its official title) was deployed extensively during World War 2 as a front line combat machine. An invaluable asset to the elite soldiers of the newly-formed Parachute Regiment, it was dropped from aircraft in a protective steel cradle or carried in assault gliders towed by aeroplanes. On the ground, it was used for reconnaissance, communications and transporting soldiers into battle. Inspired by that military heritage, the new Classic 500 Pegasus collector’s edition motorcycle is destined to become a sought-after modern classic.
To celebrate the Flying Flea and share its extraordinary untold story, Royal Enfield officially teamed up with Britain’s Ministry of Defence and Parachute Regiment to create the Classic Pegasus. Mark Wells, Royal Enfield’s Head of Global Product Strategy and Industrial Design explains: “It was really important to work closely with the Ministry of Defence, so we approached the Parachute Regiment about 18 months ago and the collaboration has been great. These new Classic 500 Pegasus motorcycles encapsulate a lot of the history and legacy of Royal Enfield. This is something only Royal Enfield could have done. Many brands have military motorcycles in their past but only Royal Enfield has the Flying Flea. We wanted to authentically recreate the inspiration, so we have paid great attention to details. We have even recreated the yellow stripe on the engine cover which, on the Flying Flea was originally used to denote the motorcycle’s centre of gravity, when it was loaded on the aircraft”
Just 1000 of these special edition will be available across the world out of which only 250 will be available in India. Each of the Classic Pegasus motorcycles wears a maroon and blue Pegasus emblem – the official Parachute Regiment insignia – on the fuel tank along with an individual stencilled serial number. The famous Royal Enfield ‘Made Like a Gun’ decal on the battery box is another reminder of the machine’s military heritage and is used after a long time on the motorcycle. Keeping alive its authenticity, the Pegasus motorcycles’ markings are based on a genuine World War 2 Flying Flea used by the 250th (Airborne) Light Company, now in Royal Enfield’s official collection at the company’s UK Technology Centre.
Revealing the price of the new limited edition Classic 500 Pegasus motorcycles Shaji Koshy – Head India Business+, Royal Enfield said “250 of the Classic Pegasus will be on sale on July 10th exclusively on the Royal Enfield website. Each motorcycle will include canvas panniers, helmet and a Pegasus collection t-shirt. The online registration for interested customers will begin today itself on our website”
An array of Gear, inspired by this decorated motorcycling legacy, are also going to be available. Ranging from shirts, t-shirts, caps, lapel pins, bags and helmets, the limited-production apparels & accessories of this collection are also adorned by the official military insignia & the Pegasus emblem.
Each of the limited edition motorcycle comes with a set of military-style canvas panniers bearing the Pegasus logo. Each motorcycle will have authentic markings of military motorcycles, including brown handlebar grips, a leather strap with brass buckles across the air filter, blacked out silencers, rims, kickstart, pedals and headlight bezel to complete the period look. In addition, consumers can also buy a range of Genuine Motorcycle Accessories that are compatible with the motorcycle.
About Royal Enfield: The oldest motorcycle brand in continuous production, Royal Enfield made its first motorcycle in 1901. A division of Eicher Motors Limited, Royal Enfield has created the mid-sized motorcycle segment in India with its unique and distinctive modern classic bikes. With its new manufacturing base in Chennai, India, Royal Enfield is able to grow its production rapidly against a surge in demand for its motorcycles. With more than 50% growth every year for the last 5 years, Royal Enfield is fast becoming a very important player in the global mid-size motorcycle market and is working towards re-inventing this space with motorcycles that are evocative and engaging and great fun to ride.
Royal Enfield’s product line‐up in India includes the Bullet, Classic and Thunderbird models in 350 and 500cc displacement along with Continental GT 535cc café racer and the purpose-built Himalayan powered by the new LS410 engine. Royal Enfield operates through 17 company-operated stores and 705+ dealers in all major cities and towns in India, and exports to over 50 countries across the world including the USA, UK, several European and Latin American countries, as well as the Middle East and South-East Asia.
Royal Enfield also organizes and supports many motorcycling events and rides globally, more prominently the Rider Mania – an annual gathering of Royal Enfield riders from all over the world to the lovely beaches of Goa, and the Himalayan Odyssey, the most arduous motorcycle ride over some of the toughest roads and highest mountain passes in the Himalayas. Royal Enfield also conducts the popular ‘One Ride’ where people around the world ride out on their motorcycles on the first Sunday of April.
For more information on Classic 500 Pegasus –https://royalenfield.com/pegasus
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1500 delegates and 50 speakers adorned inaugural day of (DSC) Data Science Congress 2018


Mumbai – 31 May 2018 (HPN) : Shri Vijay Goel, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics and Programme Implementation, Govt. of India inaugurated India’s largest data science event, Data Science Congress, 2018 – an initiative of Aegis School of Data Science and mUni Campus. Day 1 of Data Science Congress also witnessed a unique perspective of ‘Data in Politics’ by Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman, Data Analytics Department, Indian National Congress who made his first public appearance at this event.
Data Science Congress 2018 started with an opening act of Mallakhamba by students trained under Mallakhamba legend Uday Deshpande. Post which Mr. Bhupesh Daheria, CEO, Aegis School of Data Science welcomed Hon’ble Minister Shri Vijay Goel who spoke about the importance of Data Science in our technology driven lives. He mentioned how his Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is using technology in a big way. Later, Mr. Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman Data Analytics, Indian National Congress, spoke about the role of Data in Politics.

The day saw some interesting panel discussions & talks on Machine learning in eye care, rise of virtual logistics, Data Science for Telecom, building data science products, and data science for banking between leaders from companies like IIM, Atos, IBM, Reliance Industries, Convergent Communications India, FedEx, Fractal Analytics, Microsoft, Locus, Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio, Acalvio Technologies, CreditVidya, SBI, J P Morgan Chase, Yes Bank and Axis Bank.

Hon’ble Minister Shri Vijay Goel, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics and Programme Implementation said, “I am extremely happy to participate in the Data Science Congress organised by the Aegis School of Data Science and mUni Campus. This confluence of the Data Science Congress has come at the most opportune time when the Government has undertaken various technology based initiatives for improving delivery of government services to citizens under Digital India initiatives. I take this opportunity to commend the efforts of Data Science Congress for organizing this meeting of experts to discuss contemporary issues that will impact the lives of the citizens. ”

Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman Data Analytics, Indian National Congress said, “I applaud Aegis School of Data Science and mUni Campus for organizing Data Science Congress. This was a much needed initiative. It is a great platform for data geeks to get together and share their views. There will be truly impactful initiatives that will come out of this congress.”

More than 50 speakers along with 1500 delegates from different industries showed their presence at Day 1, Data Science Congress 2018.

About Data Science Congress:
In 2017, Aegis launched Data Science Congress to create a vendor-neutral platform for the data scientists, big data professionals, business analysts, cognitive computing experts, CIOs, CXOs to network and exchange ideas on best practices, innovations, data products, solutions in different industries and establishing a dialogue among the practitioners, users and tech vendors. DSC is a three-day conference and one day workshop with key features like product/solution demonstration, exhibition, thought leadership, panel discussion, delegation and research paper presentation and attended by thousands of delegates from different industries and business functional areas.
For more information, please visitwww.datasciencecongress.com/

About Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecom:
Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecom was founded in the year 2002 with support from Bharti Airtel to develop cross functional technology leaders. In 2015 Aegis and IBM collaborated to launch, India’s first Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Data Science, Business Analytics and Big Data and later in 2017 PGP in Cyber Security.  These programs are jointly certified and delivered by Aegis School of Business in association with IBM. IBM has set up high end Business Analytics and Cloud Computing Lab at Campus. Also Aegis and NVIDIA partnered for Deep Learning and applied AI courses. Aegis is no. 1 School of Data Science. Aegis takes up various industry projects, research and consulting assignments in the field of data science under its initiative “Data Science Delivered” and “Data Science for social good”, and helping organizations for devolving skills on data science, ML, DL, Big Data, Analytics etc.  

For more information, please visit:www.aegis.edu.in

Emmbi Industries records 23% jump in Profit margin of FY18 with Improved Rural Marketing Focus and Share of Value added products


Improved Rural Marketing Focus and Share of Value added products help Emmbi to improve Profitability in FY18.
Mumbai, 30th May 2018 (HPN)  :
Emmbi Industries Limited, (BSE: 533161; NSE: EMMBI) a market leader in water conservation and polymer processing declared its results today with a record quarterly performance for fourth quarter and full year FY 2017-18.
Financial Highlights for FY17-18                            (Rs. In Millions)
Particulars
FY18
FY17
% Increase Y-o-Y
GROSS SALES
2,789.83
2,409.89
15.77
EBITDA
352.96
296.53
19.03
PAT
152.62
124.35
22.73
EPS
8.63
7.03
22.73

Commenting on the FY18 financial performance of the Emmbi industries Limited,                 Mr. Makrand Appalwar, MD, said, “The B2C vertical carved out by the company has helped us to move up the value chain by improving our product mix leading to better profitability and scalability during the year. Our conscious efforts to increase B2C share of the business has led us to introduce rural centric brands like Emmbi Jalsanchay and Emmbi Krishirakshak which indeed helped is in increasing our presence among rural consumers. The management is optimistic on the expectations of normal monsoon which will drive its B2C portfolio and improve capacity utilization levels”.
Financial Highlights for fourth quarter ended 31st March, 2018:
Particulars
Q4FY18
Q4FY17
% Increase Q-o-Q
Net income from operations *
684.42
632.21
8.26
EBITDA
97.10
86.97
11.64
PAT
40.63
37.94
7.08
EPS
2.30
2.14
7.08

*Net income for Q4FY18 is excluding GST recovery implemented in India w.e.f. 1st July 2017.                    Net income for previous quarters in pre GST regime is net of excise duty.
Performance Highlights:
Company’s revenue for the FY18 has increased to Rs. 2,789.83 Million from Rs. 2,409.89 Million in FY17. This is an increase of 15.77% over previous year.
The increase in revenue in FY17-18 has been driven due to following reasons:
·         Rise in exports due to increase in global demand of our various products in Specialty Packaging and Advanced Composites Business Verticals.
·         Increase in share of B2C vertical to ~9% through our brand building activities by enhancing our presence in rural markets.
Steady improvement in profit margins through following reasons:
·         Higher contribution of  value added products portfolio driven by strong brand equity;
·         Improved Traction in our newly launched products;
·         Savings in interest cost due to optimal allocation of funds.

For the Year 2018-19:
Emmbi Industries continue to expand its Retail segment by launching margin accretive products developed by in-house R&D technology to cater large untapped market. The management continues to invest in building its consumer brands to increase the share of B2C vertical to drive profitability. The company expects higher growth momentum in revenues going forward due to expansion of capacity in last financial year and commensurate double digit growth in PAT and EPS.ENDS

About Emmbi Industries Limited :
Emmbi Industries Limited is a well-established brand in polymer processing and a niche player with advance applications in the areas of water conservation, logistics, agriculture, packaging, geo-textiles and various other polymer based material. Emmbi enjoys a prudent track record of more than two decades business.

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