MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

09.02.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SUMEET EXPORTS INDIA

 

 

Registered Office :

217- R, Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1990

 

 

IEC No.:

3091000281

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

JLDS04094G

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAJFS5241A

 

 

Legal Form :

Partnership Concern with an Unlimited Liability of the Partners

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of Cotton Knitted Garments, Kids wear and Fabrics.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 650000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established government recognised export house. Trade relations are fair. Financial position is reported as good. Payments are correct and as per commitments.

 

The concern is doing well.

 

It can be regarded as a promising business partner in medium to long run

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

217-R, Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Tel. No. :

91-161-2634961-966

Mobile :

91-9814022011 / 9876322011

Fax No. :

91-161-2632531

E-mail :

sumeet@sumeetexports.com

sei@satyam.net.in

vandana@sumeetexports.com

Website :

http://www.sumeetexports.com

Area :

10000 sq. ft.

Location :

Owned

 

 

Factory 1 :

Street No. 1, Vishnu Nagar, Rahon Road, Ludhiana-141007, Punjab, India

Tel. No.:

91-161-2634961/966 /2630959/ 2630960

Fax No.:

91-161-2632531/ 2630959/ 2630960

Mobile No.:

91-9814022011

Area :

125000 sq. ft.

Location :

Owned

 

PARTNERS

 

Name :

Mr. Kuldip Thapar

Designation :

Partner

Address :

217 R, Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab

Date of Birth/Age :

60 years

Qualification :

B.A.

Experience :

35 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sumeet Thapar

Designation :

Partner / Chief Executive Officer

Address :

217 R, Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab

Date of Birth/Age :

36 years

Qualification :

Graduate

Experience :

16 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vineet Thapar

Designation :

Partner

Address :

217 R, Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab

Date of Birth/Age :

34 years

Qualification :

B. Com

Experience :

14 years

 

 

Name :

Ms. Reva Thapar

Designation :

Partner

Address :

217 R, Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab

Date of Birth/Age :

55 years

Qualification :

B.A.

Experience :

20 years

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Baby wear, and Kids wear for Marks & Spensers, Next, Tesco, Mothercare, Carefour, Disney, etc.

 

 

Products :

Body Suits, Bodies, Onesies, Sleep Suits, T-shirts, Rompers and Twin Sets

 

 

Brand Names :

LITTLE STAR

 

 

Exports to :

U.K., U.S.A., France, Europe and Canada [Baby wear, Knitted Garments and Kids wear]

 

 

Imports from :

Hong Kong, England and China [Snaps, Buttons, Labels, Tags and Accessories]

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

L/C, Cash and Credit

 

 

Purchasing :

L/C, Cash and Credit

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

Installed Capacity

Actual Production

Bodysuit, Sleep suit, T- Shirts, Pyjamas, Twin sets, Bibs, Blankets

Pcs.

40000 per day

32000 per days

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Vardhaman Spinning and Weaving Mills Limited, India

Mahavir Spinning and Weaving Mills Limited, India

Prym Fashion

Snapwell Fasteners

 

 

Customers :

Wholesalers and Retailers 

 

Hema, Holland

Kooshies, Canada

H & M, Sweden

Wool Worth, England

Tesco, England

Carrefour, France

Wallmart, Canada

Mothercare, England

Next, England

TCP, U.S.A.

M & S, England

 

 

No. of Employees :

460

 

 

Bankers :

Canara Bank, Bharat Nagar Chowk, Ludhiana, Punjab

Tel. No.: 91-161-2447482

Fax No.: 91-161-2442298

 

 

Facilities :

Cash Credit : Rs. 57.500 millions

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

Harminder Singh & Company

Chartered Accountants,

Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab

Mobile :

91-9872344556

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs. 95.000 millions

Borrowed :

Rs. 70.000 millions

Total :

Rs. 165.000 millions

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Particulars

 

 

 

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

 

 

250.000

 

 

 

 

Export Value

 

 

250.000

 

 

 

 

Import Value

 

 

30.000

 

 

 

 

Net Profit

 

 

3.000

 

Expected Sales (31.03.2007) : Rs.400.000 millions

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Trade References :

 

Swastik Trading Company

9, Guru Nanak Market, Ludhiana, Punjab

Contact Person : Mr. Bhatia

Tel. No.: 91-161-2704227

Fax No.: 91-161-2704238

 

VGM Traders

217 R Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab

Contact Person : Mr. Kuldip Thaper

Tel. No.: 91-161-2403448

Fax No.: 91-161-2632531

 

Prym Fashion India

A 7/22 DLF Phase I, Gurgaon

Contact Person : Mr. Volker

Tel. No. : 91-124-4051031

 

Bebebe International

 

Vardhaman Spinning and Weaving Mills Limited, Ludhiana

 

Mahavir Spinning and Weaving Mills Limited, Ludhiana

 

Company Profile

 

They are glad to introduce to you their company as a specialist manufacturers of quality knitted garments for babies and children in their vertically integrated manufacturing unit.

 

They would like to present to you their brief company profile as they understand that you are one of the major buyers of high quality but very competitively priced baby and children’s clothing.

 

About them :

 

They are located at Ludhiana in North India, which is a hub of high quality cotton production and popularly known as ‘MANCHESTER OF EAST’.

 

They are dealing with the top of the line highly quality conscious high street retail store clients in Europe & Canada.

 

At present they have a capacity to produce 30000 units per day in their modern set up.  The foundation of Smeet Exports was laid in 1990 and since then their single minded commitment to excel in the specialized manufacturing of high quality babywear has enabled them to reach the present level of a team of 700 fully skilled people from a start up company of 10 people within the last 10 years.

 

Their product profile for baby and children wear is based on customer needs and designs

 

Product Profile

 

They specialise in knitted baby and children wear.

 

They have mastered the following which are the popular style of babies wear / children wear.

 

Bodysuits / bodies, in various variations in style and fabrics.

 

Sleepsuits / rompers / pyjamas / union suits

 

Different styles of baby t – shirts – basic round neck, polo neck t – flat collar t – shirt, v – neck t – shirts.

 

Shorty rompers with bibs & booties

 

Twin sets – tow pieces pyjama sets and shortama’s

 

They produce different kinds of popular accessories like blankets, booties, hats, mittens, bibs.

 

Various different kinds of fabric is being used for these styles – such as interlock, single jersey, terry, velour, fleece, different kinds of ribs, pique, popcorn, waffle etc.

 

Infrastructure :

 

Their’s is a modern unit which is fully vertically integrated.

 

Right from the knitting of the yarn till the final garmenting / finishing they are equipped with the best machinery which enables them to counter the tough international quality standards.

 

They have Knitting machines terrot / Germany, camber U.K, keum yong Korea

 

They are using fongs soft flow machines for dyeing the fabric.

 

Compacting of all fabrics is done in house with the use of latest felt technolog compactor.  Printing is also done in house using pigment and plastic colours with the latest technology for embroideries they have 5 barudan computerized machines

 

Sewing is done on the latest computerised Pegasus, Juki and brother machines capable of delivering highest quality standards, cutting room is equipped with Gerber cad, cam and spreaders.

 

Steam Ironing is being done on machinery supplied by Viet GmbH of Germany.

 

Latest models of prym / fiocchi and ykk [stocko] machines are being used for applying snaps / poppers.

 

All the garments are passed through Hasima japan compterised metal/ needle detection machine before they are finally packed.

 

The plant layout and all infrastructure is planned in such a way that it ensures smooth functioning & canalised movement of the material, thereby leading to best results in the limited required time.

 

It includes the following styles that they specialize in


Body suits, bodies, onesies.
Sleep suits, rompers and pyjamas.
T-shirts (round, polo, flat collar ,V-neck) 
Rompers (with bibs and booties) 
Twin-Sets (two piece pyjama sets and short amas) 
Accessories such as booties, hats, mittens, bibs etc. 

                                    

The variety of fabrics used for these styles include:


Interlock ,Single jersey, Terry ,Velour , Fleece, Various types of ribs, Pique, Popcorn and Waffle etc.

 

Mission :

 

To offer eco friendly products that deliver comfort and elegant looks and elegant looks to customers worldwide through an organization that unleashes the creative and constructive energies of its people

 

DEPARTMENT

FUNCTION

CEO’s office

To provide strategic vision & overall guidance to the organisation

COO’s office

To ensure operational effectiveness from the point of view of quality, volume and time

Merchandising Team

To serve as a link between the organization and customers and to service all there needs

Planning Team

Formulate critical paths and ensure adherence within the organization

Human resources

To create a culture where an individual can utilise his potential to enhance organisational effectiveness

Quality assurance team

To ensure that quality / safety norms specified are understood and followed at all stages

Procurement team

To ensure timely delivery of materials as per the volume and quality norms

Production team

To meet the quality, volume & time norms as specified by the customer by utilising the best of infrastructure available

 


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.44.12

UK Pound

1

Rs.87.01

Euro

1

Rs.57.45

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

7

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

63

 

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/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

NR

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

No Rating

 

 

 

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