MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

24th June 2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SINTERMET, LLC

 

 

Registered Office :

222 North Park Drive, West Hills Industrial Park

Kittanning, Pennsylvania                         

16201-888, United States

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

15/11/2000

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged as a manufacturer of tungsten carbide rod mill rolls.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 


 

 

IDENTIFICATION & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

Company Name:                      SINTERMET, LLC

Address:                                 222 NORTH PARK DRIVE

                                              WEST HILLS INDUSTRIAL PARK

City:                                       KITTANNING

State/Province:                        PENNSYLVANIA                         

Zip Code:                                16201-888                  

Country:                                  UNITED STATES               

Telephone:                              724 548-7631                

Facsimile:                               724 545-1824

Legal Form:                             Limited Liability Company

Website:                                 www.sintermet.com

@rating Opinion:

As of:

Sales / Revenue:

Net Income:

Total Equity:

 

Business Activity:

The Firm is engaged as a manufacturer of tungsten carbide rod mill rolls.

 

 

 

NOTE TO CLIENT

 

Please Note:  The Firm requested was Sinter Mel LLC. The Pennsylvania Secretary of State's Office as well as a nationwide search of the Secretaries of State's Office including Delaware failed to locate a

registration under this name. At the requested address we found Sintermet, LLC, for which a report follows.

 

Person Contacted:  Mr. Paul C. Fleiner, President

 

Mr. Fleiner declined to provide information via telephone and requested a written inquiry, which was sent.  If it is returned, any new information will be immediately forwarded.

 

 

 

LEGAL

 

Legal Form: Limited Liability Company                

Since (D/M/Y):  15/11/2000

State/Province of Incorporation:  DE

Status: ACTIVE

Previous Legal Form:

Company is NOT required to publish an annual financial report.

Delaware registration:

 

File Number: 3316685

Incorporation Date / Formation Date: 11/15/2000 (mm/dd/yyyy)

Entity Name: SINTERMET, LLC

Entity Kind: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC)

Entity Type: GENERAL

Residency: DOMESTIC

State: DE

REGISTERED AGENT INFORMATION

 

Name: THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY

Address: CORPORATION TRUST CENTER

1209 ORANGE STREET

City: WILMINGTON

County:NEW CASTLE

State: DE

Postal Code: 19801

Phone: (302)658-7581

 

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Pennsylvania Registration:

Entity Type                             FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (BUSINESS)

Entity Name                            SINTERMET, LLC

Entity No.                                               2974854

Filing Date                                              11/28/2000

Letter of Consent                     Yes

Address %                              CT CORPORATION SYSTEM

-   Pennsylvania                       USA

County                                                   Philadelphia

Jurisdiction                                             DE

Purpose  -

 

Limited Authority                     No

 

 

 

Managers/Key Personnel

 

Mr. Paul C. Fleiner                    President

Mr. Tom Gallagher                    Senior Vice President

 

 

 

AFFILIATED ENTITIES

 

The following Firms are affiliated through a common parent:

 

Babcock-Hitachi K.K. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Cable, Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Capital Corp. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Capital Insurance Corp. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Chemical Co. America Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Cupertino, CA

itachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japa

Hitachi Hometech Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Kashiwa, Japan

Hitachi Kiden Kogyo, Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Amagasaki, Japan

Hitachi Lighting, Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Kawasaki, Japan

Tokico (USA) Inc. (Subsidiary) - Berea, KY

Tokico (USA) Inc. (Subsidiary) - Allen Park, MI

Tokico (USA) Inc. (Subsidiary) - Compton, CA

Tokico Europe GmbH (Subsidiary) - Dusseldorf, Germany

Tokico (Thailand) Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Hitachi Maxell Ltd. (Japan) (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Maxell Corporation-Battery Products Div. (Subsidiary) - Fair Lawn, NJ

Maxell Corporation of America (Subsidiary) - Fair Lawn, NJ

Maxell Corporation of America-Computer Products Div. (Subsidiary) -

Fair Lawn, NJ

Hitachi Medical Corporation (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Ward Manufacturing, Inc. (Subsidiary) - Blossburg, PA

Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Matsudo, Japan

Sintering Technologies, Inc. (Subsidiary) - Greensburg, IN

Hitachi Power Engineering Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Hitachi, Japan

Hitachi Telecom Technologies Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Japan Servo Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Ricoh Printing System (Subsidiary) - Tokyo, Japan

Techna Co. Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Toyohashi, Japan

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (Holding) - Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. (Subsidiary) - Schaumburg, IL

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Gaithersburg, MD

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Westwood, MA

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Dallas, TX

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Dallas, TX

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Lexington, KY

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Huntsville, AL

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - San Jose, CA

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Pleasanton, CA

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - New Brunswick, NJ

Hitachi High Technologies America (Subsidiary) - Pleasanton, CA

Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. (Subsidiary) - San Jose, CA

Hitachi Home Electronics America (Subsidiary) - Chula Vista, CA

Hitachi Home Electronics (America) Inc. (Subsidiary) - Chula Vista, CA

Hitachi High-Technologies Canada, Inc. (Subsidiary) - Richmond, Can

Hitachi High Technologies Canada Inc. (Subsidiary) - Etobicoke, Canada

Hitachi High Technologies Corporation (Subsidiary) - London, United

Kingdom

Hitachi High Technologies Europe GmbH (Subsidiary) - Krefeld, Germany

Hitachi High Technologies Corporation (Subsidiary) - Velizy-

Villacoublay, France

Neomax Co., Ltd. (Holding) - Osaka, Japan

Neomax America, Inc. (Subsidiary) - Schaumburg, IL

AccSys Technology, Inc. (Subsidiary) - Pleasanton, CA

Hitachi America, Ltd. (Subsidiary) - Brisbane, CA

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (Subsidiary) - Santa Clara, CA

Hitachi Data Systems Inc. (Subsidiary) - Montreal, Canada

Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. (Subsidiary) - Norcross, GA

Renesas Technology America, Inc. (Subsidiary) - San Jose, CA

Professional Industrial Sales (Subsidiary) - Fair Lawn, NJ

Euclid-Hitachi Heavy Equipment, Inc. (Joint Venture) - Cleveland, OH

HVBAE Power Systems Inc. (Joint Venture) - Suwanee, GA

Hitachi Home Electronics Asia (S) Pte Ltd (Subsidiary) - Singapore,

Singapore

 

 

 

 

Parent Companies

 

Parent Company:    Hitachi, Ltd

 

JAPAN

 

The Firm's parent company, Hitachi, Ltd, is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol HIT.

 

Recent Close                          $ 63.65 USD

52 Week Range                       $ 76.57 / $ 59.68 USD

 

Common Shares Outstanding    336,813,000

 

The following annual figures are for 2006 and are quoted in millions of Japanese Yen:

 

 

Total Revenue                           9,464,801.00

Net Income                             37,320.00

Total Current Assets                 5,512,805.00

Total Assets                            10,021,195.00

 

Total Current Liabilities             4,121,451.00

Total Liabilities                        7,513,422.00

Total Shareholder Equity          2,507,773.00

 

 

 

BANKS

 

PA

Telephone:

Facsimile:

Account Number:

Account Manager:

The primary bank could not be confirmed.  Steel Valley Bank was listed as a secured party for financing.

 

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

BUSINESS   DATE  LAST  PAYMENT CREDIT   BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

CATEGORY   REPTD SALE  TERMS      $        $      %  30  60  90  91+ COMMENTS

---------- ----- ----- ------- -------- -------- --- --- --- --- --- --------

ADVERTISNG 06-04 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  3 YR

BUS SERVCS 06-05 00-00 NET 7   1600     1600     100 0   0   0   0

 

CHEMICALS  06-05 00-00 NET 30  600      300      0   50  50  0   0

COMPUTERS  06-06 01-03 CREDIT  25000    0        0   0   0   0   0

ELEC DISTR 06-04 05-03 VARIED  1000     0        0   0   0   0   0

FINCL SVCS 06-06 04-03 NET 30  1900     0        0   0   0   0   0

FINCL SVCS 06-05 00-00 NET     1600     1600     100 0   0   0   0   CUST  2 YR

FREIGHT    06-04 06-04 VARIED  4100     2700     100 0   0   0   0

FREIGHT    06-02 00-00 VARIED  800      300      100 0   0   0   0

HARDWARE   06-06 00-00 CREDIT  5000     0        0   0   0   0   0

IRON& STEEL 06-06 00-00 NET 30  48800    5400     100 0   0   0   0

OFFC SUPPL 06-06 99-10 CREDIT  3500     0        0   0   0   0   0

PACKAGING  06-04 00-00 NET 30  100      100      0   100 0   0   0   CUST  1 YR

RETL TRADE 06-05 06-05 VARIED  1300     200      100 0   0   0   0   CUST  2 YR

SAFTY PROD 06-03 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  2 YR

SAFTY PROD 06-06 00-03 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST 14 YR

WAREHOUSE  06-05 05-12 VARIED  100      0        0   0   0   0   0   ACCTCLOSED

AIR TRANS  05-09 05-09         400      0        0   0   0   0   0

AIR TRANS  05-12 00-00 NET 30  1400     800      100 0   0   0   0   CUST 21 YR

BUREAU     05-12 05-12 NET30   0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  4 YR

BUS SERVCS 04-02 02-12 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0

COMPUTERS  04-01 02-11 0000000 0        0        0   0   0   0   0

CRED CARD  05-09 00-00 NET     0        0        0   0   0   0   0

ELEC MFG   04-03 03-12 NET 30  3500     700      100 0   0   0   0

FRGHT FWRD 06-01 00-00 NET 30  12200    2300     96  0   0   4   0

LEASING    06-05 00-00 CONTRCT 300      0        0   0   0   0   0

OFFC SUPPL 05-06 05-06 NET 30  100      100      100 0   0   0   0   CUST  7 YR

SOAP       05-05 00-00 2/10N30 200      200      0   100 0   0   0

TELECOM    06-05 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST 10 YR

TRANSPORTN 05-02 00-00 CONTRCT 1300     600      0   100 0   0   0

TRANSPORTN 03-10 03-01 VARIED  0        0        0   0   0   0   0

TRUCK DLR  04-04 00-00 CONTRCT 0        0        0   0   0   0   0

CURRENT QUARTER                95400    12200    97  2   1   0   0

 

Payment Trends

           INDUSTRY     BUSINESS        BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

DATE      CUR    DBT       DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

--------  ---    ---       ---          -------- --- --- --- --- ---

20060600  0      8         0            55600    100 0   0   0   0

20060500  0      8         1            13600    98  1   1   0   0

20060400  0      8         2            5700     94  3   3   0   0

20060300  0      8         0            5600     97  3   0   0   0

20060200  0      8         1            4300     96  4   0   0   0

20060100  0      8         4            2600     84  10  6   0   0

 

Payment History - Quarterly Averages

                                         BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

QUARTER  YEAR              DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

-------- ------            ---          -------- --- --- --- --- ---

First    2006              1            5200     96  3   1   0   0

Fourth   2005              2            5300     94  4   2   0   0

Third    2005              4            1700     80  18  1   1   0

Second   2005              9            1400     53  40  7   0   0

First    2005              11           500      50  39  11  0   0

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

A written inquiry was sent to the Presdent.  If it is returned, any new information will be immediately forwarded.

 

 

 

CURRENT OPERATIONS

 

NAICS Code:   33211     Forging and Stamping

 

Business Activity:

The Firm is engaged as a manufacturer of tungsten carbide rod mill rolls.

The above address is believed to be the headquarters and sole location of the

Firm.

 

 

 

PUBLIC RECORD

 

FILING INFORMATION

Filing Number:  2005032105216

Filing Date:  03/18/2005

Filing Time:  4:20PM

Filing Type:  CONTINUATION

 

Filing Office:  SECRETARY OF STATE/UCC DIVISION

308 NORTH OFFICE BUILDING

HARRISBURG, PA 17120

 

DEBTOR INFORMATION

Debtor(s):  SINTERMET INC

WEST HILLS INDUSTRIAL PARKN PARK DR

KITTANNING, PA 16201

 

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION

Secured Party:  STEEL VALLEY BANK

PO BOX 638

DILLONVALE, OH 43191

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There was no record of any legal actions, bankruptcy petitions, nor tax liensinvolving the Firm.

 

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

Organized in Pennsylvania in 2000, Sinterment, LLC is engaged as a manufacturer of tungsten carbide rod mill rolls.  The payment record appears prompt.  There was no derogatory information reported, nor noted.  The Firm is considered responsible for normal business transactions.

 

 

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

Credit not recommended

 

 

 

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