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RE Profits,

Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 6:16 pm
by RoSy
RE profits jump by a massive 74.5%

The best accounting numbers ever posted by Royal Enfield India. That's the official word from the Chennai-based manufacturer of the seemingly timeless 500cc Bullet and 500cc Continental. But Royal Enfield, owned by the Eicher Group, builds hundreds of thousands of smaller bikes for its domestic market, and it's largely these machines that are responsible for rising sales.

Nevertheless, Royal Enfield reckons that in the 12 months to March 2016, the firm's revenue jumped by 55.7% to £543.9million. This, we hear, is due to sales of 508,099 machines which is a 53.4% increase. The operating profit was 74.5%, or £141.58million. The company's net profit rose to £105.8miliion (66.1%)
Currently under the shrewd and watchful eye of chief executive and hands-on-handlebars Siddhartha Lal, Royal Enfield has been investing heavily in developing new machines and consolidating its position as a manufacturer of alternative/cool/classic motorcycles for the style-dude and dudess about town. The company is busy developing a new R&D facility in Leicestershire and is rumoured to be working on new and more radical models.

Last year, Siddhartha Lal was anticipating sales of at least 450,000 units. It seems that that number has been safely passed. The firm is now setting its sights on sales of 675,000 motorcycles for the 2016 - 2017 financial year. Taken from Sump magazine.

RE Profits,

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 10:33 pm
by Scalyback

Well, it's not surprising, seeing that they got that second ragandamn plant running. Good for them, and it seems to be going well.

RE Profits,

Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:52 am
by nigelphoto
Scaly - isn't that second damn plant Oragadam??

RE Profits,

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:39 pm
by jefrs
Is this just for Royal Enfield or for Eicher as a whole with tie-ins to Volvo trucks and Polaris/Victory and apparently to Greaves Cotton India too? The 'smaller bikes' would be the 350s and the Himalayan with the Rotax motor?

RE Profits,

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:50 pm
by Mark M
I don't mean to be rude but does anyone care about RE profits? The bikes yes, I get it, but extracts from these awfully worded PR puff pieces are of no interest at all. Is Rosy working for a PR agency?! Hmmm. I know, tell us all about the Sprag Clutch, that's the Turing Test in this situation! (These remarks are tongue in cheek and no offence meant to anyone!)

REgards, Mark

RE Profits,

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:08 pm
by rustygman
Well personally I would care about their profits. A profitable company should mean further investment and research which leads to new models and hopefully one day we might see that rumoured 750 twin.

RE Profits,

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:22 pm
by Scalyback

Hi Nigelphoto, I must have been mixing the name up with Rag & bone, that other RE supplier.