MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

16th February, 2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HANGZHOU STEAM TURBINE CO., LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

No. 357 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310022 Pr China

 

 

Country :

China

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31/12/2005

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

23.04.1998

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

002150

 

 

Legal Form :

Shares Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in designing and manufacturing the steam turbine and relevant accessories, parts, selling its owned products and providing after-sale service

 

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

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear


 

NAME & ADDRESS

 

HANGZHOU STEAM TURBINE CO., LTD.

NO. 357 SHIQIAO ROAD, HANGZHOU,

ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, 310022 PR CHINA

TEL: 86 (0) 571-85780198          

FAX: 86 (0) 571-85780433

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

INCORPORATION DATE                        : APRIL 23, 1998

REGISTRATION NO.                              : 002150

REGISTERED LEGAL FORM                 : Shares limited company

CHIEF EXECUTIVE                                : MR. NIE ZHONGHAI  (CHAIRMAN)

STAFF STRENGTH                                : 2,399

REGISTERED CAPITAL             : rmb 220,000,000

BUSINESS LINE                                    : manufacturing

TURNOVER                                          : RMB 1,735,737,000 (AS OF DEC. 31, 2005)

EQUITIES                                             : RMB    863,276,000 (AS OF DEC. 31, 2005)

PAYMENT                                            : AVERAGE

RECOMM. CREDIT RANGE                   : FAVORABLE TERMS

MARKET CONDITION                            : COMPETITIVE

FINANCIAL CONDITION                         : STrong

OPERATIONAL TREND              : UPWARD

GENERAL REPUTATION                       : fairly good

EXCHANGE RATE                                 : RMB8.02 = US$1 AS OF 2006-05-25

 

 


 

Rounded Rectangle: HISTORY 

 

 

 


SC was registered as a Shares limited company at local Administration for Industry & Commerce (The official body of

issuing and renewing business license) on April 23, 1998.

Company Status: Shares limited co.

This form of business in PR China is defined as a legal person. Its registered capital is divided into shares of equal par value and the co. raises capital by issuing share certificates by promotion or by public offer. Shareholders bear limited liability to the extent of shareholding, and the co. is liable for its debts only to the extent of its total assets. The characteristics of the shares limited co. are as follows:

The establishment of the co. requires at least five promoters and at least three of them must be PR- China controlled legal persons. Natural person can not be allowed to serve as promoters.

The minimum registered capital of a co. is RMB 10M. while that of the co. with foreign investment is RMB 30M. The total capital of a co. which propose to apply for publicly listed must not less than RMB 50M.

The board of directors must consist of an odd number of five to nineteen directors.

If the co. raises capital by public offer, the promoters must not subscribe less than 35% of the total shares. the promoters’ shares are restricted to transfer- within three years of the offer. Directors can not transfer the shares they hold in the co. during their terms of office.

A state-owned enterprise that is restructured into a shares limited co. must comply with the conditions & requirements specified under the law & administrative rule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SC’s registered business scope includes manufacturing and processing textile machinery, paper manufacture machinery, pump, casting products, electric tools, speed-transfer gear, heat exchanger, tube, and numerical control appliance and the standby redundancy of the above product; undertaking internal and overseas machinery project and internal international biding project, and dispatching labors for the above projects; undertaking thermoelectricity project; purchasing the raw material, equipment and standby redundancy for the group members, selling the member companies’ products, and supplying water, electronic, gas  to the group subsidiaries.

 

SC is mainly engaged in designing and manufacturing the steam turbine and relevant accessories, parts, and selling its owned products and providing after-sale service.

 

Mr. Nie Zhonghai has been chairman of SC since 2003.

 

SC owns about 2,399 staff at present.

 

SC is currently operating at the above stated address, and this address houses its operating office and factory in the industrial zone of Hangzhou. Our checks reveal that SC rents the total premise about 84,964 square meters.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: WEB SITE 

 

 


http://www.htc.net.cn The design is professional and the content is well organized. At present the web site is both in Chinese and English versions.

 

E-mail: webmaster@htc.net.cn

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: KEY EVENTS/RECENT DEVELOPMENT 

 

 


SC is a listed company in Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market and its stock code is: 200771.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND 

 

 


MAIN SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Name                                                                                                              % of Shareholding

 

HangZhou Steam Turbine & Power Group Co., Ltd.                                                           63.64

DRAGON BILLION CHINA FUND                                                                         2.71

GUOTAI JUNAN SECURIES HONG KONG LIMITED                                                         2.49

PRUDENTAL UNIT TRUSIS-DRAGON PEACOCK FUND                                       1.14

HTHK-VALUE PARTERS INTELLIGENT FD-CHINA B SHS FD                                          1.04

BBH BOS S/.A MST TSTBK OF JP RE: JF CN ACTIVE OPEN MOTHER FD                     0.84

CHINA MERCHANTS SECURITIES (HK) CO., LTD.                                                          0.81

SKAN IA GLOBAL FUNDS PLC                                                                                      0.77

GSI S/A GOLDEN CHINA MASTER FUND                                                                       0.76

BBH BOS S/.A MAT TSTBK OF JP-JF MTB GREATER CH OPEN F                                 0.73

Other circulation stocks                                                                                                  25.07

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: MANAGEMENT 

 

 


l         Chairman:

 

Mr. Nie Zhonghai, 49 years old with university education. He is currently responsible for the overall management of SC.

 

Working Experience(s):

 

From 1979 to 1984                     Worked in Hangzhou Match Co., Ltd.

From 1984 to 1997                     Worked in Hangzhou Economy & Trade Committee;

From 1997 to 2003                     Acted as chairman and general manager of Hangzhou Thermal Power Group Co., Ltd.

From 2003 to present                 Working in SC as chairman.

Also working in Hangzhou Steam Turbine & Power Group Co., Ltd.as

chairman.

 

 

l         General Manager:

 

Mr. Yan Jianhua , 48 years old with university education. He is currently responsible for the daily management of SC.

 

Working Experience(s):

 

From 2003 to present                Working in SC as general manager.

 

 

l         Vice General Manager:

 

 Mr. Ye Zhong, 37 years old with university education. He is currently responsible for the daily management of SC.

 

Working Experience(s):

 

From 2004 to present                Working in SC as vice general manager.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BUSINESS OPERATIONS
 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is mainly engaged in designing and manufacturing the steam turbine and relevant accessories, parts, selling its owned products and providing after-sale service.

 

SC’s products mainly include: industrial drive steam turbine and industrial power plant steam turbine.

 

Brand: HTC.

 

SC has successfully developed boiler water pump steam turbine of 600MW used in power station, turbine for an annual capacity of 200,000 tons ethylene set, 50MW turbine for combined heat and power generation (CHP).

 

SC sources its materials 80% from domestic market, and 20% from international market, mainly from USA, Japan and European countries. SC sells 75% of its products in domestic market, and 25% to international market, mainly to South Korea, European countries and Southeast Asia countries.

 

The buying terms of SC include T/T, L/C and Credit of 30-90 days. The payment terms of SC include T/T, L/C and Credit of 30-90 days.

 

SC’s major suppliers include:

Siemens Inc.

Hangzhou Nanfang Gear Speed Reducer Industrial Corp.

Hangzhou Nanling Steam Turbine Accessories Factpry.

 

SC’s major clients include:

Hangzhou Hangfa Group Corp.

HangZhou Steam Turbine & Power Group Co., Ltd.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: RELATED COMPANIES

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is known to have a subsidiary as following:

 

Zhejiang Steam Complete Technology Development Co., Ltd.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: PAYMENT

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


Overall payment appraisal :

(  ) Excellent      (  ) Good      (X) Average      (  ) Fair      (  ) Poor      (  ) Not yet determined

The appraisal serves as a reference to reveal SC's payments habits and ability to pay.  It is based on the 3 weighed factors:  Trade payment experience (through current enquiry with SC's suppliers), our delinquent payment and our debt collection record concerning SC.

 

Trade payment experience : SC did not provide any name of trade/service suppliers and we have no other sources to conduct the enquiry at present.

 

Delinquent payment record :  None in our database.

 

Debt collection record : No overdue amount owed by SC was placed to us for collection within the last 6 years.

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BANKING

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Hangzhou Branch

AC#1202020009814001129

 

Relationship: Normal.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


Balance Sheet

 

Unit: RMB thousand yuan                   

 

                         Dec. 31 of 2004           

Dec. 31 of 2005

Cash & bank

465,662

262,992

Inventory

306,137

392,713

Accounts receivable

204,763

398,129

Other Accounts receivable

54,303

13,547

To be apportioned expense

0

0

Other current assets

189,374

121,107

 

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Current assets

1,220,239

1,188,488

Fixed assets

495,478

570,500

Fixed assets net value

226,779

285,825

Projects under construction

86,531

108,469

Long term investment

110,390

147,342

Other assets

44,236

155,917

 

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Total assets

1,688,175

1,886,041

 

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Short loans

0

0

Accounts payable

92,490

129,827

Other Accounts payable

9,344

24,900

Advances from customers

900,426

802,224

Withdraw the expenses in advance

0

0

Other current liabilities

27,017

62,300

 

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Current liabilities

1,029,277

1,019,251

Long term liabilities

2,966

3,514

Other liabilities

0

0

 

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Total liabilities

1,032,243

1,022,765

Equities

655,932

863,276

 

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Total liabilities & equities

1,688,175

1,886,041

 

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Income Statement

 

Unit: RMB thousand yuan

 

Dec. 31 of 2004

Dec. 31 of 2005

Turnover

899,528

1,735,737

Cost of goods sold

535,939

1,111,420

     Sales expense

18,368

33,679

     Management expense

113,289

186,046

     Finance expense

-2,844

-2,583

Profit before tax

249,724

474,212

Less: profit tax

65,996

118,920

Profits

183,728

355,292

 

 

Important Ratios

 

                                                                        2004                 2005

*Current ratio                                                     1.19                  1.17

*Quick ratio                                                       0.89                  0.78

*Liabilities to assets                                           0.61                  0.54

*Net profit margin (%)                                         20.42                20.47

*Return on total assets (%)                                 10.88                18.84

*Inventory /Turnover ×365                                    124 days           83 days

*Accounts receivable/Turnover ×365                     83 days             84 days

*Turnover/Total assets                                        0.53                  0.92

* Cost of goods sold/Turnover                              0.60                  0.64

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL COMMENTS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


PROFITABILITY: GOOD

l         The turnover of SC appears average in its line.

l         SC’s net profit margin is good.

l         SC’s return on total assets is good.

l         SC’s cost of goods sold is average, comparing with its turnover.

 

 

LIQUIDITY: FAIRLY GOOD

l         The current ratio of SC is maintained in a normal level.

l         SC’s quick ratio is maintained in a normal level.

l         The inventory of SC is maintained in an average level.

l         The accounts receivable of SC is maintained in an acceptable level.

l         SC has no short-term loan in 2005.

l         SC’s turnover is in an acceptable level, comparing with the size of its total assets.

 

LEVERAGE: FAIRLY GOOD

l         The debt ratio of SC is average.

l         The risk for SC to go bankrupt is low.

 

Overall financial condition of the SC: Strong.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: REMARKS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is considered large-sized in its line with strong financial conditions. Credit dealings with SC is favorable terms can be considered.

 

 

 

 


 

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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