RAK Ceramics, one of the leading
players in the global sanitary ware market has seen a stupendous 73% rise in
profits for Q2, potentially ushering in a new era for the market. The global
sanitary ware market is one top performing sector, given factors such as rising
prosperity levels, business consolidation, increasing infrastructure investment
on the back of global demand picking up etc. The experts here at TechSci
Research examine in detail the factors driving RAK Ceramics and also discuss
the issues which make the global sanitary ware market tick.
RAK Ceramics: What Makes For a Winning Strategy
According to TechSci Research
report “Global Sanitary Ware Market,
Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2012 – 2022”, RAK ceramics is a
major player in the global sanitary ware market, along with other companies
such as Roca Group, Geberit Group, Toto Inc. etc. and therefore has significant
resources to carve out a winning strategy for itself. The primary strategy that
led to the Q2 profits was disinvestment; RAK’s divestment of its warehouse
leasing business to focus on multiple acquisitions to reach larger markets was
an immediate winner.
RAK Ceramics sold 50% stake in
RAK Warehouse Leasing for about $34 million, realising a profit of approximately
$16 million, as well as adjusting production and lowering manufacturing and
operating costs. While the shift from non-core to core assets wasn’t easy, the
move is paying dividends.
However, divestment isn’t the
only reason for the windfall gains made by RAK. A fundamental part of the
strategy revolves around the pivot to the hotspots in the global sanitary ware
market that are high growth but underdeveloped. Countries such as India and Bangladesh
are good examples of the same. RAK is leveraging its position in the global
sanitary ware market to establish dominance in such countries.
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India: The Future Leading Demand Generator in Global Sanitary Ware
Market
To take the case of India. Rising
prosperity levels in the country are forcing governments to speed up on infrastructure
investments, including sewage lines. With more and more people getting
connected to the same, demand for sanitary ware is bound to rise, and so is the
global sanitary ware market. Moreover, government policies such as “Swachh
Bharat Mission” are beneficial as well, using a clever mix of social pressure
and financial incentives to build urinals etc. at home.
RAK Ceramics chief executive, Abdallah
Massaad, had this to say about his India ambitions: “in India, we are growing,
but we only have one factory covering the entire country and must outsource 50%.
We are entering into different regions in India to optimise logistics costs and
coverage.” Massaad further added that the first Mr Massaad said that the first
factory, located in Gujarat, had received board approval and was near close. It
is said to have a production capacity of up to 1.2 million pieces a year.
As mentioned in the TechSci
Research report, high growth emerging markets have a huge role to play in the global
sanitary ware market but are usually passed over by the major market players
given the intimidating nature of business regulations and highly fragmented
markets.
RAK Ceramics, however, believes
that latching onto these high growth hotspots will surge its market share in
the global sanitary ware market. The company’s India adventure is quite
possibly being looked at by other major players, who will align their own
respective market strategies depending on the same.
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