MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

16.08.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FRIENDS PACKAGING

 

 

Registered Office :

Plot No. 31, Sector – 20, Friends Colony, Old Faridabad – 121 002, Haryana

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1993

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole Proprietory Concern

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Pause Packing Machines.

 

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 3200

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed concern having satisfactory track. Proprietor is reported as experienced and respectable businessman. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The concern can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office /

Factory 1:

Plot No. 31, Sector – 20, Friends Colony, Old Faridabad – 121 002, Haryana, India

Tel. No.:

91-129-2262317

Mobile No.:

91-9891971863

Fax No.:

91-129-2262317

E-Mail :

friendspackaging@readeindia.com

Area :

500 Sq. mtrs.

Location :

Owned

 

 

SOLE PROPRIETOR

 

Name :

Mr. Sudhir Kumar Rawat

Designation :

Proprietor

Address :

Faridabad, Haryana, India

Mobile No.:

91-9891971863

Date of Birth/Age :

35 years

Qualification :

Graduate

Experience :

9 years

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Ishwar Chander

Designation :

Key Executive

Mobile No. :

91-9811461864

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Pause Packing Machines.

 

 

Products :

  • Automatic FFS Machine (FP-CS-003)
  • Automatic FFS Machine (FP-TS-004)   
  • Automatic FFS Machine for Liquid
  • Candy Packing Machine/Candy Pillow Wrap Machine
  • Horizontal Pillow Wrapping Machine/Horizontal Pillow Pack Machine
  • Form Seal and Seal Machine
  • Naked Biscuit Packaging Machine
  • Family Pack Biscuit Packaging Machine
  • Pneumatic Machine.

 

 

Exports :

 

Products :

Pause Packaging Machine

Countries :

Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Cash or Credit (30 days)

 

 

Purchasing :

L/C, Cash or Credit (30 days), Sight

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Products

 

 

 

Actual Production

Pause Packaging Machine

 

 

 

As Per Demand

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

Retailers

 

 

No. of Employees :

27 (Office: 7; Factory: 20)

 

 

Bankers :

ICICI Bank

21 C, Faridabad, Haryana, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs. 0.800 million

Borrowed :

-

Total :

Rs. 0.800 million

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Particulars

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

3.800

3.600

3.259

 

 

 

 

Profit/Loss for the year

0.350

0.295

0.171

 

Group Turnover: Over Rs. 800.000 millions

Expected Sales (2007-08): Over Rs. 4.500 millions

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Subject has 3 units admeasuring 1acre each and 1 unit is of 50000 Sq. mtrs. 

 

Trade References

 

v      Mega Packers, Ludhiana

v      Goldi Masala

 

 

Website details attached:

 

Profile

 

Their consistent growth has spanned the period of 15 years, during which they have unveiled a number of leading-edge innovations, and acquired the distinguished expertise in their field. Friends Packaging was established in the year 1993, and through its unmatched quality products and customer centric approaches has established itself as the most prominent manufacturer and exporter of an extensive range of Food Packaging Machinery such as Automatic FFS Machine, Candy Packing Machine, Horizontal Pillow Wrapping Machine, Form Seal and Seal Machine, Pneumatic Machine, etc.  They, through their innovative ideas and strict adherence to internationally acclaimed industry norms, maintain supreme grade quality standard with all these products. At the manufacturing unit of their company, their technocrats extend the boundaries of what technology can help to achieve and thus, bring into existence a fantastic range of sophisticated packaging machinery which are beyond comparison in terms of reliability, durability and performance.



As a result of their passion for perfection and innovation, the market base of Friends Packaging has expanded all over the country. Some of their highly reputed clients include Goldy Masala, Megga Biscuits, Sonia Food Products, etc. They have also created a niche for theirselves in the international market, exporting almost 20-25% of their total products to their clients spread all over the world

 

Product Range

 

With their reputation as the most reliable source for cutting edge Food Packaging Machinery at highly affordable prices, Friends Packaging is an industrial leader in its field. They are the manufacturer and exporter of the following range of products-

  • Automatic FFS Machine (FP-CS-003)
  • Automatic FFS Machine (FP-TS-004)   
  • Automatic FFS Machine for Liquid
  • Candy Packing Machine/Candy Pillow Wrap Machine
  • Horizontal Pillow Wrapping Machine/Horizontal Pillow Pack Machine
  • Form Seal and Seal Machine
  • Naked Biscuit Packaging Machine
  • Family Pack Biscuit Packaging Machine
  • Pneumatic Machine.

All the above stated packaging machinery are used for packing various powders, granules, detergent powder, seeds, tea, tables, coffee, spices, snuff powder, pan masala, gutkha, dhana dal, mehandi powder, supari, salt, sugar, hair dye powder, various types of liquids and pastes, etc.

 

Quality

 

Friends Packaging, which endeavors to earn complete satisfaction of the customers, has lived up to its motto of quality, value for money and extensive choice. To ensure that their highly esteemed clients rely on us as the one and only reliable source for superlative quality products, they maintain a quality management policy which gives a focal point for promoting the best practices and continuous improvement. Their prime concern has always been the same - to understand the exact requirements, to satisfy them beyond the expectation, and to continually improve upon the quality of their products and services. To ensure all these, they emphasize upon thorough quality checking system right from the procurement of raw materials (iron, steel, bearings, paints, etc.) to the final production, and also engage theirselves in constant research. The company is facilitated with in-house quality checking and R&D units which enable us to minimize the production cost and thus, to avail their products at highly competitive price.

 

 

 

 

Infrastructure

 

In their mission for further development of their successful product series, they are empowered by a highly motivated and experienced team of workers. Their company is staffed by technocrats with extensive and varied industrial experience, who remain committed to achieve and sustain the company's success in the industry. Besides this strong workforce, Friends Packaging is also equipped with a sound infrastructural base primarily comprising of their advance manufacturing unit, highly captive quality control and R&D facilities.

 

Primary Competitive Advantages

 

*       International quality products

*       Timely delivery

*       Competitive price

 

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 40.69

UK Pound

1

Rs. 81.87

Euro

1

Rs. 55.42

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

5

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

45

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

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.

 

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

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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