Standard Engineering Technology (NSE:SETL, BOM:544333) has agreed to invest 700 million Indian rupees in Japan-based glass-lined process equipment maker GL Hakko to acquire an initial 19.19% equity stake, according to a Monday filing to the Indian stock exchanges.
The Indian company's shares were up over 2% in Tuesday's trade.
Under the deal, Standard Engineering also has the right to increase its shareholding by a further 31.88% for 1.17 billion rupees to 51.07% over three years at the same per-share valuation.
Over the next two to three years, the companies intend to roughly double GL Hakko's revenue to 4 billion rupees.
GL Hakko plans to use the funds to increase capacity for glass-lined shell and tube heat exchangers as well as get equipment for semiconductor-grade chemical processes and a clean room for glass-lined equipment assembly.
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