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July 28, 2026
The General Manager, The Manager,
Listing Department, Listing & Compliance Department
Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, The National Stock Exchange of India Limited
P.J. Towers, Dalal Street, Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai – 400 001 Bandra East, Mumbai - 400051
Company code: 533333 Company code: FCL
Subject: Transcript of Q1 FY2026-27 Earnings Conference Call held on July 24, 2026
Dear Sir/Madam,
Pursuant to regulation 30 read with Para A of Part A of Schedule III of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations 2015
and with reference to our letter dated July 20, 2026, please find enclosed a copy of the transcript of the
Investors/Analyst Concall held on Friday, July 24, 2026 at 5.00 PM on Q1 FY2026-27 financial results of the
company.
The above information is also available on the website of the company i.e. www.fineotex.com
This is for your information and records.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For FINEOTEX CHEMICAL LIMITED
Sunny Parmar
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Encl: As above
“Fineotex Chemical Limited
Q1 FY27 Earnings Conference Call”
July 24, 2026
MANAGEMENT: MS. AARTI JHUNJHUNWALA – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -
FINEOTEX CHEMICAL LIMITED
MR. ARINDAM CHOUDHURI – CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER – FINEOTEX CHEMICAL LIMITED
MR. YUSUF K CONTRACTOR – HEAD, MERGERS AND
ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTOR RELATIONS – FINEOTEX
CHEMICAL LIMITED
MR. SANJAY TIBREWALA – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER – FINEOTEX
CHEMICAL LIMITED
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Fineotex Chemicals Limited
July 24, 2026
Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Fineotex Chemicals Limited Q1 FY27
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 presentation concludes. Should
you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing star then
zero on your touch-tone phone. Please note that this conference is being recorded.
I would now like to hand the conference over to Ms. Aarti Jhunjhunwala from Fineotex. Thank
you, and over to you, ma'am.
Aarti Jhunjhunwala: Thank you so much. Good day, everyone. A very warm welcome to our investors, analysts,
shareholders and members of the investment community. Thank you for joining us today for
Fineotex Chemicals Limited's Earnings Conference Call to discuss our performance for the first
quarter of FY27.
We sincerely appreciate your continued trust and support as we continue to build Fineotex into
a diversified global specialty chemicals company that provides tailor-made solutions to its
clients across the globe. Our key focus remains on innovation, operational excellence,
sustainable growth and creating long-term value for all our stakeholders.
Over the last few years, Fineotex has evolved significantly. While textile Specialty Chemicals
continue to remain the foundation of our business, we have successfully diversified into several
high-growth segments, including oil and gas chemicals, water treatment, industrial and
institutional cleaning, construction chemicals, paints and performance chemicals.
Today, our products serve customers across more than 70 countries, supported by a growing
global manufacturing and distribution network. A key milestone in our international expansion
has been the successful integration of our U.S.-based subsidiary, CrudeChem Technologies
Group.
During this quarter, we commissioned a major expansion -- capacity expansion at our Texas
manufacturing facility, increasing the total manufacturing capacity to approximately 148,000
metric tons per year. This strategic investment significantly enhances our ability to service larger
customer contracts, improve execution capabilities, strengthen operational scalability and
support the next phase of sustainable growth in the North American oilfield chemicals market.
Alongside this, our international expansion, we continue to invest in innovation and sustainable
chemistry. Our R&D teams remain focused on developing high-performance, environmentally
responsible solutions that help customers improve productivity while meeting increasing
stringent environmental standards.
Looking ahead, we remain committed to expanding our global footprint, strengthening customer
relations, investing in innovation and maintaining disciplined capital allocation as we continue
building a resilient and diversified specialty chemicals business.
With this, I would like to invite Mr. Arindam Choudhuri to provide an update on our Textile
Specialty Chemicals business. Thank you so much, and over to you, Arindamji.
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Fineotex Chemicals Limited
July 24, 2026
Arindam Choudhuri Thank you, Aartiji. Very good evening, everyone, and thank you all for joining us today. As you
know, our Textile Specialty Chemicals business delivered a resilient performance during the
first quarter despite a dynamic global operating environment.
While geopolitical development and raw material volatility continue to create near-term
uncertainties, the underlying demand environment remains encouraging, supported by
improving exports, healthy domestic consumption and increasing demand for value-added
textile solutions.
Our strategy continues to focus on high-performance specialty formulations that help customers
improve fabric quality, enhance operational efficiency and meet evolving sustainability
requirements of top brands of the world. During the quarter, we continued working closely with
customers across key textile clusters in India and international market through application-
specific solutions and strong technical support by all our stakeholders.
You all know innovation remains central to our growth strategy. Our R&D efforts are focused
on developing next-generation specialty chemicals across all stages of textile processing, like
pre-treatment, dyeing, finishing and functional textile applications.
At the same time, increasing emphasis on sustainable textile processing is creating a strong
demand on sustainable textile processing environmentally responsible chemical solutions, an
area where Fineotex is well-positioned.
We also remain optimistic about opportunities in technical textiles, while growing demand
across automotive, medical, industrial and infrastructure application continues to create
attractive long-term growth potential.
Overall, with a strong innovation pipeline, deeper customer engagement and continued focus on
value-added products, we believe our Textile Specialty Chemical business remains well
positioned for sustainable long-term growth.
With that, I would now like to invite Mr. Yusuf K Contractor to share an update on our oil and
gas Specialty Chemical business and international growth initiatives. Thank you, and have a
good day.
Yusuf K Contractor: Thank you, Arindamji, and good evening, everyone. Our Oil and Gas Specialty Chemicals
business continued to make steady progress during the first quarter as we further strengthened
our presence across key North American energy markets to our U.S.A. plant. Customer demand
remain encouraging across our portfolio of production chemicals, water treatment solutions,
flow assurance products and other specialty formulations.
Under Fineotex's management, the U.S.A. operations has achieved meaningful improvements in
operational efficiency, capacity utilization, execution capabilities and other scalability, resulting
in a significant expansion in EBITDA margin. These improvements have further strengthened
our competitive positioning in the North American oilfield chemicals market.
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Fineotex Chemicals Limited
July 24, 2026
A major achievement during the quarter was the expansion of our manufacturing facility in
Texas, which significantly enhances our production capacity and ability to serve customers
across major oil producing regions in the United States. Combined with our strategically located
Midland facility, this expansion provides greater operational flexibility, faster deliveries a
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