Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Century Plyboards (India) Limited's Q3 FY26 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the management's opening remarks. Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing Star, then Zero on your touchtone phone. Please note th at this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Naveen Agarwal, Head Institutional Equities, SKP Securities Limited. Thank you, and over to you, sir. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I'm pleased to welcome you to this financial results conference call on behalf of Century Plyboards and SKP Securities. We have with us Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, MD and CEO, Mr. Keshav Bhajanka, Executive Director, Mrs. Nikita Bansal, Executive Director, along with Mr. Arun Julasaria, CFO, Mr. Navarun Sen, COO, Plywood Business, Mr. Sumant Wattas, CEO, MDF and Particle Board Business, and Mr. Vishu Goel, CEO, Laminates Business. We'll have the opening remarks from Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, followed by a Q&A session. Thank you, and over to you, Mr. Agarwal. Thank you, Naveen. Thank you. You are doing a wonderful job for us. Thank you. Yeah, yeah. So good afternoon, everyone, and a very warm welcome to our Q3 FY 2026 earnings conference call. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. This call is not intended as a solicitation to invest. The financial results and investor presentation have already been shared and are available on the stock exchange websites. The company delivered a strong and broad-based performance during the quarter, with healthy growth across all key business segments. This performance highlights the structural strength of our business model, strong brand equity, and the tangible benefits of our continuous efforts to improve productivity and operational efficiency. Q3 is not directly comparable to Q2, as Q3 typically experiences softer demand relative to Q2 due to seasonality associated with festive period. At a consolidated level, the company recorded its quarterly revenue of INR 1,350 crores, representing a year-on-year growth of 18.4%. This growth was driven by sustained demand across product categories and robust performance from our newly commissioned units. On a nine-month basis, FY 2026 revenue grew 17.3% year-on-year, demonstrating our ability to sustain momentum despite a challenging macroeconomic environment. On the profitability front, we achieved our consolidated EBITDA, excluding Forex, of INR 170.5 crores. The EBITDA margin, ex Forex, improved to 12.6% compared to 10.7% in the corresponding quarter last year. This improvement was driven by higher volumes, operating leverage, and the benefits of our ongoing cost optimization initiatives. Overall, the quarter reflects not only strong growth, but also a significant improvement in the quality of earnings. Segmental performance. Let me now walk you through the performance of our key business segments. Plywood segment. The plywood business achieved quarterly revenue of INR 710 crore, with 14.9% year-on-year growth. This performance was supported by healthy volume growth and an expanded distribution reach. EBITDA margin stood at 15.1%, supported by operating leverage and stable input costs. Laminate segment. The laminate division continued its improving trajectory, reporting its quarterly revenue of INR 183 crore. Revenue grew 9.6% year-on-year and 13% on nine-month basis. EBITDA margin stood at 7.7%, driven by better cost absorption and an improved product mix. Going forward, we expect a steady improvement in both volumes and profitability as the business benefits from strong brand recall and enhanced manufacturing scale. MDF segment. The MDF business continued to deliver strong growth, with revenue increasing 19.1% year-on-year. Growth was driven by higher volume and improved capacity utilization across plants. EBITDA margin stood at 12.1%, compared to 10.7% in the corresponding quarter last year. Particle board segment.... With improved capacity utilization and higher sales volume, the segment achieved its highest ever quarterly sales of INR 65 crores, with EBITDA at breakeven. Financial overview. From a financial perspective, Q3 reflects consistent improvement in both scale and earning quality. Our continued focus on operational excellence and disciplined capital allocation has enabled us to maintain healthy return ratios. We remain committed to investments in brand building, technology upgrades, and distribution expansion to support long-term growth. Looking ahead, we expect the growth momentum to continue across all major business segments. The medium-term outlook for the building material and interior solutions industry remains positive, supported by rising urbanization, increased disposable incomes, and the growing preference for branded and premium products. With a diversified product portfolio, strong brand equity, and expanding distribution network, and upcoming capacity additions, Century Plyboards is well positioned to deliver sustained growth in coming quarters. We will continue to focus on value creation through operational efficiency, prudent financial management, and responsible growth, with shareholder return remaining central to our strategy. That concludes our management commentary. We will now open the floor for questions. Thank you very much. We will now begin the question and answer session. Each participant is requested to limit themselves to a maximum of two questions. Time permitting, we will respond to any further questions that you may have that remain unanswered. Anyone who wishes to ask a question may press star and one on their touchtone telephone. If you wish to remove yourself from the question queue, you may press star and two. Participants are requested to use handsets while asking a question. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while the question queue assembles. We'll take our first question from the line of Rahul Agarwal from Ikigai Asset. Please go ahead. Hi, Rahul. Hi, sir. Good afternoon. Thank you so much for the opportunity. Yes. Sir, two questions: firstly, you know, some bit of indication on how do you look at fiscal 2027 across segments on, you know, on growth and margins? That's the first question. Keshav? I think that, Rahul, we haven't published any numbers on FY 2027 yet, but when you look at FY 2026, we've had a very strong growth, and it has been largely in line with guidance. So I think FY 2027 is likely to look similar, if not better. Anything specific on the MDF side, in terms of our growth? What kind of volume would you target, or will it be a similar 20%? Like, you know, our long-term growth ambition is INR 12,000 crore by FY 2031, so that includes an annualized CAGR of 18%+. So next year also, I think we'll see a robust growth in MDF, but for the time being, till we don't close up our numbers, I can't give guidance for next year. Sure. Rahul, we are excited. We are excited about future. Okay. And second question was on capacity. Just on plywood and MDF, I think we're still to add some capacity on the existing plants. So wanted to know how much of that is left, which will get completed in 2027. And then, you know, on the UP CapEx, which you've announced for INR 900 crore, if you just run through your broader thoughts, you know, in terms of how would these plants be better versus existing plants in case there is some efficiency or, you know, different SKUs? How do you plan to source timber and, you know, how do you plan to fund it? So these were the questions on CapEx. Thank you. Should I first answer on the plywood capacity, Keshav, or you want to? Sure, sure, sure, sure, go ahead. Yeah. So on the plywood capacity, throughout this year, we've been doing internal expansion. So if you will see, we've been from where we started this year, we've been growing, and in Q4 we will be at almost 430,000 CBM in this quarter. Because we've been doing expansion in Kandla, we've been doing expansion in Guwahati, we've been doing expansion in Joka. But next year we have two major expansions planned. One is our Hoshiarpur plant, which is coming up. It should be operational in Q3 in, in the next financial year. And, the other is that we are expanding our Chennai unit. So, that also should be operational by Q3 next year. So I think, with existing capacities expansions that we are doing, we will be able to sustain H1, and in H2 we will have two additional capacities coming in. All these expansions are being done with a view of where we want to reach in five years. And even in UP, which, Keshav will elaborate more on, we're also planning a plywood plant there. Out of the entire thing, there will be about. We are planning 90,000 CBM eventually in UP, but obviously we may start and gradually increase it to 90,000 CBM. So over to you, Keshav. Just, just a second, Nikita. Sorry. On Hoshiarpur and Chennai, what is the CBM capacity you'll add? So, currently we have done 60,000 in Hoshiarpur, but we will start operations with 30,000 and minimum is 32,000, and then eventually increase it to 60,000. We put machines worth 60,000, but we will gradually increase it. And in terms of Chennai, currently we are at it will be almost one lakh, if I'm not wrong. Like, in CBM, I usually talk in MSM. So in CBM, it should be one lakh. It's a little higher than the UP plant. Thanks for that. Yeah. Yeah, and on the balance- 1 lakh is not additional, it's total. Yeah. On the MDF side, I think we'll be able to unlock 70,000 cubic meters additional once we're able to extend the line. I think that will be within Q1 of the next financial year itself. Post that, we will be limited by capacity, which will be around 652,500 cubic meters annual. As far as the Uttar Pradesh project is concerned, that will have an MDF capacity of in excess of 300,000 cubic meters again. The time horizon for that, we would be estimating at about two and a half years from the date from which we have land in hand. Currently, we are waiting for approvals to actually get the land in our possession. How do you plan to fund it? Funding now, I think it is a dynamic scenario. Currently, we have very strong internal controls. So going forward, as and when we finalize the funding plan, we shall get back to you. All right, perfect. Thank you so much. I'll get back in the queue. Thank you. All the best. Thank you. We'll take our next question from the line of Balaji Vaidyanath from NAFA Asset Managers Private Limited. Please go ahead. Sir, good afternoon to the management. Hi, good afternoon. Good afternoon, yeah. Sirji, just wanted to understand that this incremental capacity that's been announced for MDF, you know, this 330,000 cubic meters, entire thing is going to be in UP. Is my understanding correct? Yes. Okay. So, you know, my sub-question is, you know, North India pricing was much better compared to South India as far as MDF is concerned. So now, you know, with the capacity being added, so we can expect a cutthroat price war to commence in North India as well. You know, because if you see over the last, say, 4 years -5 years, if you look at all the listed companies, the entire capital employed in MDF segment is roughly INR 3,500 crore, including you, and today it is earning less than fixed deposit. You know, with that in mind, and with an 85% capacity increase that has been announced, are we seeing such a demand for MDF? Because, you know, IT sector is weakening, and of course, that will have some kind of second, third order impact on the housing demand, et cetera. So just wanted to understand this, you know, thought process in terms of this, severe capacity expansion. Or, so is MDF getting into a telecom industry-like situation where, you know, there are three players and they went into a cutthroat pricing war for more than a decade? Looks like that can get replicated, in MDF industry. So I think you've asked a lot of questions in that, but I'll try to answer whichever I understood. The first thing is that, you know, it is not fair for us to comment on competitors and their returns. But as far as we are concerned, I think for the current year, we are at a 24% growth trajectory. And going forward, we believe that MDF still has a lot of room to grow. For the current year, we have guided for 25%+ growth, and I think that we will be able to achieve that. As far as the returns are concerned, currently we are at a decent for the current quarter, 12% EBITDA. This is with a lower base due to festive season and after a flooding situation happened in Punjab, which caused the highest of September. Going forward, I think we are well on line to achieve our aspiration of 15% EBITDA and then build on that. So with these two, with this 25%+ growth and a 15% EBITDA, I think we are in reasonably healthy position. In a hypothetical situation, you know, we have seen, you know, the government of India actually, reverting and kind of going back on QCOs, et cetera, on a lot of product categories. Of course, that's not happened in MDF, but in a hypothetical situation, if that were to happen, then we are gonna have one more player in the form of imports once again, you know, which is currently subdued. You know, any thoughts on that, if that has been factored in, into this? Currently, the pricing that is there, if you look at it, imports, even earlier, never constituted more than 7-8% of the total sales of MDF in the country. And having said that, the prices, like you rightly said, because of the intense competition that has taken place, because of unprecedented capacity addition over the course of the last two years, which is unlikely to be repeated in the foreseeable future, prices have actually bottomed out. I don't see that as much of a challenge. However, having said that, I think BIS is here to stay. The Indian consumer deserves a good product, and the government of India has ensured that that happens. I don't think they're gonna walk back from that. Let me explain a little bit. You see, in, in next, say, 5 years, our chairman said that in next 5 years or, say, 10 years, a lot of capacity of MDF will come in India. You believe that? In 10 years, do you believe that, sir? Definitely, that in 10 years there will be a lot of capacity addition, isn't it? Correct. Yes. So if there will be capacity addition, there are two ways: either new players will come, or if the existing players come in advance, new players will be deterred, they will not come. So there may be a fight of little bit some, for some time, or we believe that we will get a period of, say, a year or two year in between, where we will be making more money. But otherwise, yes, every 2 years or so, there will be a fight for 2 years -3 years, and again, 2 years will be nice. But ultimately, the capacity addition will be done by just one or 2 years or 3 players. That's a good thing to happen for an industry. So that is the. If you look at the steel industry, it's not passing through a good phase, but a lot of addition is coming. Cement industry, a lot of addition of capacity is coming and a lot of capacity is unutilized, but still everybody makes some profit. So that is how it's going to be in the MDF industry also. And MDF is a growing industry. It's growing at 20% per annum. It has shown that it has the possibility. So. And even then, the plywood is also growing. We have a projection that next year, 5% to 7, 7% increase will be there in plywood, growth will be there. So we believe that, yes, all this will help the company to grow in long term. In short term, there may be issues, which nobody can deny, and that could be there in any industry. If you look at short term, you cannot plan. We are planning for next 50 years. Wow! I hope- Thank- I have been able to make it clear. Yeah, yeah. Thank you so much, Sanjayji. Just, one- Yeah. Last thing is, Keshavji mentioned that, you know, prices have kind of bottomed. If you could maybe throw some light on, you know, whether it's referred to South India or North India or, you know, both put together. You see, why we say prices have bottomed, there is only one reason: the prices are not going down. Nobody is talking, there is nothing happening in the market, and still we are selling, and there is an EBITDA. So that itself is the proof that the prices have bottomed. The- Capacities are still unutilized in certain, maybe some certain, many manufacturer. So that means prices have bottomed. They will not go down further. Okay, sir. And we really expect the prices to go up actually a little bit, and the raw material prices will go down because the plantation which has happened across the country, we have done very elaborate survey across all fields. A lot of plantation has happened. The prices of raw material has to go down. Nobody can stop that. Yeah, it's taking its own time. That's, the reality, because it takes time to grow. Thank you, Sanjayji. Thank you, Keshavji. Wish you all the best. Thank you. Thank you. Next question is from the line of Rehan Syed from Trinetra Asset Management. Please go ahead. Yeah, good afternoon to the team there. Hi, Rehan. Good afternoon. Rehan, I'm sorry to interrupt. Can you use your handset mode, please? Yeah, sure. Just give me a minute. Is it clear now? Yes, please go ahead. Yeah. So sir, my first question is around... I want to just understanding regarding your guidance that you have given regarding MDF margin. So for the current nine months, EBITDA margin ex Forex for MDF stands at 13.2%, and your FY 2025-2026 guidance target at a higher 14%-15% range. So with the quarter three margin coming in at 10.1%, and you have rightly put that it's because of softening demand in quarter three. So what specific triggers, such as raw material softening or a higher capacity utilization from the new Andhra Pradesh plant, will bridge this gap going forward? This is my first question. So I think, we are looking at a higher margin in the current quarter because of two things: firstly, like I mentioned, there was a flooding situation in Punjab in the last quarter that led to slightly higher prices for North plant, which has now eased out. Secondly, we will be looking at higher capacity utilization in the current quarter. Q4 is traditionally always better than Q3, as far as demand is concerned. So I think that these are going to help us look at slightly higher margins for the quarter. Lastly, chemical prices have also stabilized, and I think that is also going to aid in the pursuit of higher margins. Could you please repeat the last time what you have said? Chemical prices have also stabilized, and this is also likely to aid margins. Okay. Okay. And my second question is around just want an understanding regarding your CFS segment volatility. So the CFS segment saw a 43.3% year-over-year revenue jump this quarter. So but, EBITDA margin ex Forex dropped to 18.8% from 19.9% in the same period last year. So could you explain the cost pressures or change in the service mix that led to this margin contract despite the higher output? You have, Keshav, some idea you can use. It's regarding CFS, no? Yeah, yeah, CFS. Arunji, you have some idea, you can explain, or otherwise, we will explain later. So please note down then the name. We will call you later on to explain. Sure. Yeah, this is good. I have only one question, I will join back in again. Rehan, you're through with your question, right? Yeah, yeah, I am done with my question. Yeah. Can I repeat my question again? No, they will call you. This is regarding CFS, no? Yeah, yeah, CFS segment Yeah, yeah. So CFS, actually, we are not updated very much, very frankly, I should be, but, really I'm not updated, right now. So we will call you, our investor relations. Vinay will call you and update you. Sure. Okay. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yeah. Yes, yeah. Thank you. We'll take our next question from the line of Sneha Talreja from Nuvama. Please go ahead. Hi, good afternoon, team, and congrats on- Hi, Sneha. Yeah, thank you. This is just a couple of questions now. Firstly, on the laminates front, you know, we are seeing a lot of product mix changes there while we don't see volumes having gone down by 7%, 15% Q2. We've seen a huge jump in your average realization, and, you know, margins are also, you know, sequentially, you know, slightly improving. So what is the outlook and how do we read this segment, and, you know, how do we see the growth in this particular segment coming in? So Sneha, as we have discussed earlier as well, in laminates we are confident of a 15%+ growth for the year, and I think that, this is based on both domestic as well as export demand. As far as the export market is concerned, it is hard, higher, larger sizes, and because it is larger sizes, the per unit realization will always be higher. So that could be the reason for the ASP jump. Having said that, domestic is also likely to start rising again from Q4 itself or, or from early next year. A combination of both, we are looking at 20%+ growth for the next financial year. Understood. That was quite helpful. And what sort of margins? Because we are currently seeing margins hovering around 9 odd percent, which earlier used to be double-digit of around 14%-15% odd. Double-digit margins next year for sure. Sure. Noted. Second question was, what's the magic which is happening in plywood segment? You know, constantly seeing 15%+ growth. What I basically want to understand is, you know, what would be the industry level growth at this point of time? I know our industry numbers are very difficult to find, but you know, how much is market share increase we have seen in last two years, and how much is the further scope to see that kind of an increase happening? Like, how confident are we to continue this 15%+ improvement growth? Hi. So the thing is, with respect to plywood, the industry, see, like you said, it is very difficult, but from whatever study that we keep doing, it's somewhere between 6%-7% is the plywood industry growth. So it is not that the industry is not growing, because of other products, et cetera. So industry is growing. We are growing better because we are obviously, our endeavor has to be to increase our market share. And where we look at it, I believe, is that today, at a industry level, we are actually in the last two years, or rather I would say before COVID, we were at 4%, 4.5%. Today, I don't know what we are today at the end of this year, but I know what we were last year. We were at around. These are all estimates. We're around 8%-8.5%. So we've doubled and more in the last, since pre-COVID to now. Where do we want to take it? We obviously want to double it more. We are doing everything we can, and I think that's the vision that we are working towards. So I think it's not magic. I think it's a lot of hard work and a lot of focus towards this that is delivering these numbers. We definitely are confident that we will do everything unless and until something really drastic happens in the market, which is not predictable. But we will put in our 120%. me chip in, Sneha, a little bit. You, we have told earlier that we keep on doing something new. Some new experiments are always on, and we actually fail more than we succeed. But out of the five experiments, even if one succeeds, then it gives us the growth we are looking at. Because with the old systems, nothing can be gained in today's type of economy. Today, ChatGPT has become the most important thing for everybody. Everybody goes to ChatGPT five times a day now. Before going to a doctor, actually, you know all the details about whatever you have. So we have succeeded like that, and for future also, we are quite excited because there are too many things happening and there are too many possibilities now. Earlier it was jaake kuch dealer khol lo, aap us city main nahi ho toh aap naya dealer bana lo. But there are too many possibilities now. We are keeping on doing new, new experiments. Some of them succeed, and that is what gives us this kind of a success. And another thing I will tell you, right now, the division of plywood is in a momentum, good momentum, so that momentum is also helping us. That was great. Thanks, team, for that. Just lastly, on the MDF front now. We've again put up a new capacity. When is the hope that we have when current capacities will see margin revival or industry will actually see margin revival? Because with these capacities, like I think every other participant, we are really concerned on the raw material front. So, which particular quarter is the one where you see turnaround happening in realizations and margins? So, Sneha, although, you know, we are not fortune teller, but I think that going forward, margin recovery is definitely on the cards. The reason, like you rightly pointed out, is a lot of capacity has been added.... But the way the capacity added was added in the last couple of years, I don't think that is likely to sustain. New capacity additions have slowed down, and going forward with 20%+ CAGR as far as, demand scenario or demand growth is, the equilibrium should be reached maybe over the course of next year, year and a half. So during this time period, you should see margin recovery. Exactly which month, which quarter, which week is difficult to predict. Thanks. Thanks for your time, and all the best. Thank you. Thank you, Sneha. Thank you. We'll take our next question from the line of Bhavin Rupani from Investec. Please go ahead. Yeah. Good afternoon, sir, and thanks for the- Yeah. Hi, Hi, Bhavin. Yeah, yeah. Hi. Hi, sir. So, question related to MDF. So our capacity as on FY 2025 annual report, it says 627,000 CBM, whereas our press release we released yesterday, it says 561,000. So how should one reconcile that? Basically, the capacity expansion that we were likely to do or that we will be doing in Q1, that was likely to take place in the current year. However, due to robust demand, we have been unable to take that expansion. This will be adding close to 70,000 cubic meters of capacity, and that expansion will most likely happen in Q1 of next year. This discrepancy is due to that. Sir, and this is at our south plant? Yes. So in Badvel, our current line is 28.8 meters, and we are going to be moving to 33.8 meter line with a 5-meter extension. So that will be happening Q1 of next year. All right. Next is on our existing expansion. So first of all, wanted to understand what is the rationale behind this Uttar Pradesh expansion. Are there any other players in this region as well? And also wanted to understand on the raw mat availability and proximity at this plant. Uttar Pradesh is the largest and most perennial source of raw material as far as most of India is concerned, with the exception of maybe Andhra Pradesh. Currently, there are no MDF plants that are located within Uttar Pradesh. It is a huge market opportunity, and in line with the same, we are actually putting up a plant there, and we will update you as and when we acquire the land. Post that, within the next 2 years -2.5 years, we should be in a position to set up a unit there. All right. And in case of this MDF plant, what is our machine make? We are yet to decide. All right. If you can just elaborate on what would be the CapEx outlay if we choose between Chinese or European. So, how big is the difference in percentage terms? It is not a very big difference because you are talking about the main press. The main press contributes about 20% of total fixed cost. So in that, there could be a delta of 15%. Fair enough. Okay. And so on this plywood, so we have committed almost INR 330 crore for 90,000 CBM of expansion for Uttar Pradesh. So if we'll just look at the CapEx intensity of this plant, it is far higher versus our MDF plant. So how should I understand this? So what is the reason behind this? Sorry, can you repeat your question? CapEx intensity per CBM for our plywood plant is higher versus our- Actually, I made a mistake. It is actually 120,000 CBM, because we are doing 100,000 MA, so it is 120,000 CBM and not 90,000 CBM. Okay. Ma'am, even if we do 120,000, it comes to somewhere around INR 27,000 per CBM, which is higher versus what we have announced in Uttar Pradesh, which is INR 25,000 per CBM. Sorry, I didn't get it. I'm talking about Uttar Pradesh only. Yeah. So if you look at our capacity, plywood capacity that we have announced in Uttar Pradesh, 120,000, against which we are doing CapEx of INR 330 crore, right? Correct. Yeah. Right? So per CBM, it is somewhere around INR 27,000, right? Yeah. Right. And if we compare it with MDF, for 330,000 CBM, we are putting. We are doing expense of INR 800 crore, which means per CBM it is INR 25,000. So how come our plywood plant is more expensive versus MDF? I think different capacity you are comparing to 25,000-27,000, but- I would like to add in here. Yeah, okay, so- You see, in plywood, whenever we come up with a capacity, we create a capacity for a larger size. Currently, all the brownfield expansions that you have been seeing, which are at nominal cost, they are because the infrastructure has been created. What we need to add on is the bottlenecking equipment. So the shed, the peeling, et cetera, et cetera, is ready, and what we add on is normally a hot press and a dryer. By doing this, going forward, future CapEx becomes much cheaper. So any new plant does have a certain higher CapEx when it is being established. However, going forward, this plant can actually ramp up to a much higher capacity than what is currently being shown. I hope that answers your question. Right. And what would be our brownfield optionality over here at Uttar Pradesh after both this expansion of MDF and plywood? For MDF, it will be difficult to expand further. For plywood, we would definitely be able to scale the unit up. Would it be possible for you to put any numbers over here? No, currently it would not. But if you look at the history of other units, you will get a semblance of the same. Perfect. And so just last one question on MDF. We have seen margin decline both year-on-year and QOQ in Q3. How should one understand the reason behind it? I think it is not a margin decline year-on-year. You see, there was a Forex impact last year. We had a positive Forex fluctuation, 20 or 15 fourth quarter. This year we have had a slight Forex loss. If you look at it, EBITDA adjusted without Forex, this year we are at 12.1%, last year same quarter we were 10.9%. So you are absolutely right, quarter-on-quarter, it's slightly lower. The predominant reason for this is because of slightly lower operating leverage as well as such situation in India, which I had briefed about. Going forward, we are hoping that with better operating leverage, with better capacity utilization, we should have a stronger quarter. All right. Perfect, sir. Thank you so much. Thank you. Before we take the next question, would like to remind participants, to ask a question, please press star and one on your phone. Next question is from the line of Keshav Lahoti from HDFC Securities. Please go ahead. Hi, thank you for the opportunity. Yeah, hi. Firstly, I want to understand on... Hi, sir. First thing I want to understand on ply expansion, if I understood correct, Hoshiarpur is a 60,000 CBM expansion. Out of that, 30,000 CBM will come in Q3 FY 2027, and balance when it will be coming? And secondly, the Chennai expansion, which company highlighted, what is the CapEx size of that, and what is the size of the expansion in ply? So the thing is, there's one thing I should tell you all, that we are now once these new expansions come in, we are planning to today we outsource Phenolic MR, which is our water-resistant phenolic plywood, which is about, I would say 20% of our. Okay, 8% of our overall plywood revenue is Phenolic MR or whatever we outsource. So we are now planning to make it in-house in, say, the next one year's time. So for that, we need additional capacity, because of which you are going to be finding that the capacity expansion is quite massive, that we are doing in the next one year, compared to what we've done in the past. Having said that, see, with Hoshiarpur, we will start with 30,000. It is very difficult right now for me to say how and when we will reach 60,000 full capacity. It may take one year, it may take two years, but we are planning to start with 30,000. It will make the plant viable with that 30,000 itself. Because 30,000 to 60,000, there is very, there's only two machinery that we need to add additional. So it's not a very heavy, it's just a very less CapEx cost that we are actually adding to the capacity. And as far as Chennai and UP goes, Chennai's CapEx, I think Vinay can get back to you. I don't have it in memory right now, total CapEx that we are doing. And is there any other question I've missed answering? Chennai is a 100,000 CBM expansion by Q3 FY 2027, right? Actually, that time I got the CBM calculations wrong. It will not be 100,000, it will be actually, one second. No, it will be more. 125,000. 125,000 MSM into CBM. 150,000 CBM. Hello? Yeah. So Chennai is 150,000 CBM, new capacity coming in Q3 FY 2027. Total, total. We are already at 75,000 or 80,000. We are taking it to 150,000. Okay. Yeah. Understood. Got it. One book cooking question on MDF side: What is the AP plant capacity right now? The current capacity for Andhra is 247,000 cubic meters. It will be ramped up to 315,000 post the expansion. So the reason I am asking, because if I understand right, Hoshiarpur is 313, if Andhra is 214, so your total capacity right now is 527 KCBM, while presently- 247, not 214. 247. Achha, 247. Okay, got it. INR 2.47 lakh. Understood. Great. One last question. This particle board margin will be 15%. When are we expecting this to reach, and what is the normalized margin of MDF industry in your view? In my view, over any 3-5-year horizon period, we would have looked at a 25% margin for MDF. However, considering the current challenging demand scenario, I would say that a normalized return on MDF would be closer to 20% or better. Alongside that, for particleboard, I think maybe by Q4 of next year, we should be able to target steady-state margins. Okay, that is helpful. Thank you so much. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, to ask a question, please press star and one on your phone now... Participants who wish to ask a question may please press star and one on their phone. We have a follow-up question from the line of Rahul Agarwal from Ikigai Asset. Please go ahead. Yeah, thank you for the follow-up. Yes, Rahul. One question on the capital expenditure side, right? From a cash outflow perspective, could you help us just understand how much would you, you know, I think fiscal 2026 is going to be about INR 400 crore. So if you clarify if this is correct, and then 2027, 2028, how are you going to spend this CapEx? Could you just help us understand that? Thank you. Rahul, it depends on when we get the land allotment. Once we have the same, we will be taking a more detailed view of how this expenditure will play out, and we'll share details. Currently, till we don't have the land in hand, it's very difficult to give you any sort of a breakup. This land, we have been trying for a long time. Now it seems that, yes, we will be able to get it. But until unless the land is there, we are not putting our minds into the how to, how will we manage the funding. But certainly, if, if the funding is not managed, nothing will happen. So it will be certainly, we'll plan it, but it will take some more time. Right. Can I say bulk of the CapEx will happen in fiscal 2028? Is that fair to... fair statement? Again, Rahul, it is not correct for us to comment on this at this point in time. Once we have clarity, we shall give you the same. Sure, I understand that. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Rahul. Yeah. Thank you. Participants who wish to ask a question are requested to press star and one on their phone now. I think- As there are no further questions, I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Sanjay Agarwal for closing remarks. Over to you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everyone for your insightful questions and continued interest in the company. 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