MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

22.08.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HIND TOOLS

 

 

Registered Office :

G – 4, Industrial Area, MIDC Ambad, Nasik – 422 010, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1988

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

NSKH1075E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABFH8890G

 

 

Legal Form :

Partnership Concern with an unlimited liability of the partners.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Press Tools, Press Components, Jigs, Fixtures, Dies, Moulds and Sub-assemblies of Auto and Electrical Products.

 

 

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 6000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed concern having satisfactory track. Partners are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. 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 dealing at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

G – 4, Industrial Area, MIDC Ambad, Nasik – 422 010, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-253-6601357/ 2384115/ 6611853/ 855

Mobile No.:

91-9225119656

Fax No.:

91-253-2380176

E-Mail :

viveksingh@hindtools.com

Website :

www.hindtools.com

Location :

Owned

 

 

PARTNERS

 

Name :

Mr. J H Singh

Designation :

Partner

Date of Birth/Age :

60 years

Qualification

Under Graduate

Experience :

Around 35 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. R D Singh

Designation :

Partner

Date of Birth/Age :

48 years

Qualification :

Under Graduate

Experience :

Around 25 years

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Vivek Singh

Designation :

Chief Executive Officer

Mobile No.:

91-9225119656

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Press Tools, Press Components, Jigs, Fixtures, Dies, Moulds and Sub-assemblies of Auto and Electrical Products.

 

 

Exports :

 

Products :

v      Press Tools

v      Press Components

v      Jigs

v      Fixtures

v      Dies

v      Moulds

v      Sub-assemblies of Auto

v      Electrical Products

Countries :

Germany, France

 

 

Imports :

 

Products :

Machinery

Countries :

China and US

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Credit (60 days – 90 days)

 

 

Purchasing :

Credit (60 days – 90 days)

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

v     Schneider Electric India Limited.

v     Asea Brown Boveri Limited.

v     Siemens India Limited.

v     Crompton Greaves India Limited.

v     MSS India Limited.

v     VIP Industries

v     Samsonite India Limited.

v     Munjal Auto Industries Limited.(Hero Honda group)

v     Blow Plast Ergonomics Limited

v     Hema Engg. Limited.(For TVS Motors)

v     Technico Industries Limited. (For Maruti Suzuki)

v     Haldex Midland Air Break Systems (India

 

 

 

No. of Employees :

20 (Office: 2; Factory: 18)

 

 

Bankers :

Central Bank of India

Nasik Branch, Nasik, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Facilities :

The concern reported to enjoy some facilities from its banker

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

UMA Enterprises

Line of Business: Manufacturers of different tools.

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs. 1.500 millions

Borrowed :

-

Total :

Rs. 1.500 millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Particulars

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

 

18.000

15.000

 

Expected Sales (2007-08): Rs. 20.000 millions

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Website details attached:

 

Subject, a vision of Mr. J. H. Singh, started in the year 1988 as a partnership firm with only 4 workers .Ambition, coupled with sincerity and dedication, the company grew slowly and steadily over the years and today stands as a reputed and well known organization in its field.

 

They are situated at Nashik about 170 Km. North east of Mumbai (the financial capital of India) in the state of Maharashtra.
 
They are a manufacturing company with complete in-house design and built-in capabilities for manufacturing Press Tools, Press Components, Jigs, Fixtures, Dies, Moulds and Sub-assemblies of Auto & Electrical Products. Except for the tool room activities which are undertaken at UMA Enterprises, their sister concern, all the other manufacturing processes are carried out at their own premises.

 

Management

 

Mr. Jai Hind Singh (Founder)

 

A hardworking enterprising entrepreneur who dared to dream. His dream today stands as a concrete reality in the shapes of Hind Tools and Uma Enterprises. With a strong foundation of having spent 30 years in the tool room at various organizations, he is the guiding force behind the company's continuous and sincere endeavors. An expert at tools, he bears no inhibitions in soiling hands at the machines and is personally actively involved in the tool room.

 

Vivek Singh (Chief Executive Officer)

 

A mechanical engineer, he joined the organization in the year 1996 and has since then been responsible for undertaking large scale modernization programmes. With sound technical know-how and crisp management techniques, he has brought about a complete face lift in the company. He today heads a team of dedicated staff members who constantly strive for better quality and enhanced customer satisfaction

 

Bhumika Singh (Management Representative)

 

A fresh entrant in the organization, her responsibility domain stretches to include ensuring that the established Quality Systems is implemented and maintained in accordance with the International standards and reporting on the performance of the Quality system to the top management for review and as a basis for improvement of the System. An enthusiastic worker, she sees to the proper functioning of the entire system smoothly and without hiccups. In addition to this, she also looks after the export division of the company.

 

Quality Systems

They have adopted a Total Quality Management (TQM) approach, centered on quality, based on the participation of all the members and aiming at long term success through customer satisfaction and benefits to all members of the organization and to their clients.

Quality at their company starts with their design review meetings where the internal quality requirements are discussed. Process flows are developed and quality control plans are established. Every production operation is evaluated for the optimum level of efficiency to promote continuous improvement. The analytical approach assists their efforts to lower costs, increase efficiency and improve quality to their customers as they try and compete in a global market.

Quality Policy & Quality Objectives

Quality Certification

Infrastructure

 

They bring to you world class products with the help of the following infrastructure facilities at their disposal:-

List of Production Machines

List of Tool Room Machines

List of Testing Instruments

Their expert team at Hind Tools keeps a keen watch over the latest machines in the market and they keep updating their infrastructure facilities as and when required. Apart from preventive maintenance of the machines at regular schedules, they also carryout Machine Capability Tests at routine intervals to insure consistency in production.

Accolades

 

They have achieved many milestones since their inception in the year 1988. Their customers have also recognized their achievements with various Quality awards and Certification from time to time, including The Award of Excellence as a Vendor by Crompton Greaves India Limited., Nashik, consecutively for the years 1988 and 1999.

 

Associates

 

Expansion in their work circumference came about in the year 1994 when their sister concern, UMA ENTERPRISES, became operational. At the time of its inception, its major chunk of work comprised of job work activities but within a year's time its work profile changed into a full fledged Tool room.
 
Uma Enterprise took upon itself, the extremely challenging responsibility of Design, Development and manufacturing of a large and diverse variety of Tools. This sister concern of theirs has successfully manufactured tools for such diverse industries as Electrical, Automobile, Furniture, Aeronautical, Luggage and various Engineering industries, to name a few. At Uma Enterprise, they make the following different kinds of tools:-

  • Progressive Tools
  • Progressive Combination Blanking Tools
  • Compound Tools
  • Deep Drawing Tools
  • Forming Tools
  • Bending Tools
  • Plastic Injection Moulds

Their team at Uma enterprises, guided and encouraged by Mr. J.H. Singh takes pride in each of its creations, which have become a benchmark of precision, and is currently playing a pivotal role in further augmenting their highly Quality Conscious image.

 

Product and Services

 

The efficiency and dedication to quality of their team of staff and workers at the subject clearly manifests itself in their world-class products. Each of their outgoing products is a benchmark of precision and efficiency and a result of hours of sincere hard work put in by their team. 

 
It is their policy to put every product through a number of checks and tests before it is finally dispatched, to ensure 100% zero defect final products.


Their range of Product and Services include:-

Clientele

 

They serve a wide variety of customers who manufacture industrial and consumer products in diverse industries. Well established names of the industry prefer to work with them because of their record of consistently delivering High Quality Products, on time and at a competitive price.

 

Their customers have expressed their satisfaction in working with them. Their policy of obtaining feedback from their customers from time to time and their open attitude of listening to their complaints and grievances has put them on the "Most-Preferred" list of most of their customers.

 
It is their policy to keep in touch with their customers, constantly, and strive to meet their expectations.

 

 


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. 41.06

UK Pound

1

Rs. 81.41

Euro

1

Rs. 55.34

 

 

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

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--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

YES

--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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