Move to invest Rs270 crore pits the construction solutions company against paints biggies such as Asian Paints, Kansai Nerolac and Berger
Aaditya Sharda, Co-founder, Infra.Market
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Continuing with its string of investments and acquisitions, Infra.Market is set to pick up a 24 percent stake in Shalimar Paints, according to sources close to the development. The proposed investment of Rs270 crore in the legacy paints brand will be through a combination of equity and debentures. Founded in 1902, Shalimar Paints has been in the business of decorative paints, industrial coatings and allied product categories.
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Infra.Market’s move will not only pit the construction solutions company against paint biggies such as Asian Paints, Berger Paints, Kansai Nerolac, JSW Paints and Indigo Paints, but it will also enable the unicorn to deepen its play in creating a horizontal construction material-managed marketplace. In September 2021, The Tiger Global-backed company bought 100 percent in RDC Concrete—the largest non-cement ready mix concrete company in India—for about Rs730 crore, and went on to buy Hyderabad-based Equiphunt in a $10 million deal.
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