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- Visaka Industries Limited Visaka Industries Limited manufactures building materials, synthetic yarns, and renewable energy products; its core offerings include asbestos cement sheets (ACS), non-asbestos fiber cement boards and panels under the Vnext brand such as Vnext Premium Planks, hybrid solar roofing systems under the ATUM brand, and specialty synthetic yarns known as Wonder Yarn for garments, furnishings, automotive fabrics, and technical textiles. Founded in 1981 by Dr. G. Vivek Venkatswamy and headquartered in Secunderabad, Telangana, India, the company operates 12 manufacturing units across India, maintains 34 marketing offices, and distributes products PAN-India through over 7,000 dealer outlets, serving rural, semi-urban, and institutional customers in domestic and select international markets including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, and Sri Lanka. As the second-largest ACS producer in India with an 18% market share, Visaka Industries derives approximately 60% of revenue from ACS and building products, 25% from non-asbestos boards and panels, and 14% from textiles, while emphasizing sustainable solutions like low-CO2 Vnext boards and thermally efficient ATUM roofs that generate 20% more revenue than conventional solar panels. In recent developments, the company expanded its non-asbestos board and panel capacity by 72,000 metric tonnes at its Midnapur plant in West Bengal at a cost of about ₹130 crore, with commercial production commencing in October 2023 to reduce reliance on the ACS segment from 60% toward 50%; it appointed Abinash Mishra as CEO followed by his resignation, added B Raghavaiah as President for Group HR and Administration, included new persons in the promoter group under SEBI regulations, split its face value from ₹10 to ₹2 in May 2023, and reported a consolidated net loss of ₹8.72 crore for the quarter ended September 2025 amid moderated FY24 performance due to raw material cost pressures and demand slowdown, though Q1FY25 showed improved PBILDT margins of 8.52%.