Gammon History Part 1:
Gammon India was incorporated in 1922 and converted into a public Ltd. company on 31st April 1962. At the time of incorporation, the name of the Company was J. C. Gammon (Mumbai) Ltd. The first work carried out by Mr. J. C. Gammon was the construction of reinforced oncrete pile foundations for Gateway of India. The name was changed to Gammon India Ltd. In 1975, Gammon Nirma Ltd. was incorporated as a subsidiary of the company.
Another subsidiary Gammon Turnkeys Ltd. was formed. In 1977 company associated with Gammon Eastern Union Ltd., Hong Kong, which promoted Gammon Mideast Ltd. joint venture Company in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This joint venture company was incorporated to undertake construction and service contracts in the Middle East and elsewhere.
A new joint venture company, Heitkamp Gammon Ltd., was being established with Gammon India Ltd., and Heitkamp Rohrbau GmbH, West Germany as the principal promoter shareholder. In 1989 R&D Division of the company undertook development of energy efficient GFRP bladed fans for ID Cooling towers and PP splash grid modular packing system for ND/ID covering towers, alternative packing systems etc.
Gammon History Part II:
Company`s R & D division developed, fabricated and put into commission the headmast and tail- mast for 700 m span cable ropeway for Alamatti Dam as also 1500 mm dia. double-wall casing for executing the pile foundations for transmission towers at Tezpur for 60 m deep piles. It also designed and manufactured a special reverse circulation-pilling rig for 1500 mm diameter piles capable for depths upto 75 m. This division also developed special techniques for installation of 1500 mm diameter piles for a Bridge across Brahmaputra River at Jogighopa. Sikkim Hydro Power Ventures Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle Company was incorporated for the development of 60 MW Rangit - II Hydro Electric Power Project in Sikkim is a subsidiary of Gammon Infrastructure Projects Ltd.
Products & services:
Company has presence in all areas of civil construction. Company has executed many multifarious civil engineering works from Cotton Godowns, Bridges, flyovers, bitumen & concrete Roads, Marine Structures, Cooling Towers, Chimneys, Tunnels, Dams etc. Company has specialization in tunnel engineering, marine structures, bulk storage structures, energy projects & high-rise structures, ground engineering & environmental protection, hydraulic works & irrigation projects, industrial structures, public utility structures, transport engineering, bridge engineering. Gammon has established strong presence of pre-stressed concrete in India. Company can claim for the largest numbers of bridges and flyovers built in India.
Company provides start-to-end solutions like the Builders and contractors, reinforced concrete specialists, engineers, architects, surveyor`s estimators and designers. Gammon is the only Indian Construction Company to have been accredited with ISO 9001 certification for all fields of Civil Engineering Works including design, stands out as gateway for Technological and Engineering excellence in Civil Engineering fields. Company has dedicated and experienced team of planners, designers and construction engineers are ever ready to contribute their expertise together and turn vision into reality. Company made the longest river bridge in the world across the mighty Ganges at Patna. The tallest bridge in Asia, the longest span cantilever bridge in India across river Jadukata, the longest road bridge in India across the open sea and first cable stayed bridge in India. As builders to the nation, Gammon has made concrete contributions by designing and constructing bridges, ports, harbours, thermal and nuclear power stations, dams, high-rise structures, chemical and fertilizer complexes environmental structures, cross country water, oil and gas pipelines.
At current market price, stock is trading at 14.72 P/E multiple of its FY2011 estimated earnings par share. We recommend investors to buy "Gammon India" at every correction with medium to long-term investment prospective.
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