MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

28.03.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SONGWON INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

737-2, Yeocheon-Dong, Nam-Gu, ULSAN 680-090

 

 

Country :

Korea

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

12/15/1965

 

 

Legal Form :

Listed Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture of All Other Chemical Products

 

 

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 :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


Basic

 

Company Name

SONGWON INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

Registered Address

737-2, Yeocheon-dong, Nam-gu, ULSAN, KOREA

(C.P.O. BOX 154, NAM ULSAN)

Zip Code

680-090

Tel

+82-52-273-9841

Fax

+82-52-272-3528

E-mail

info@songwonind.com

Website

www.songwonind.com

Trading Address

/Export Department

737-2, Yeocheon-dong, Nam-gu, ULSAN, KOREA

Tel

+82-52-273-9841

Fax

+82-52-272-3528

Seoul Office

Songwon Building 59-4 Banpo-4dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

(C.P.O. BOX 4473, SEOUL)

Tel

+82-2-536-3600

Fax

+82-2-536-3773

Suwon Factory

460, Sin-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, GYEONGGI-DO, KOREA

(C.P.O. BOX 25, SUWON)

Tel

+82-31-204-8801

Fax

+82-31-204-2612

Busan Office

266 Yonsan-dong, Tongrae-gu, Busan, Korea

Tel

+82-51-758-9151

Fax

+82-51-758-9157

Type

Export/Import

Industry

Manufacture of All Other Chemical Products n.e.c.

  Main Business

Antioxidant, PVC Stabilizer

Established (mm/dd/yyyy)

12/15/1965

The Subject owns the premises of the Ulsan factory(86,343.92), Suwon factory(28,729.64), Busan Office(3,630.90), and Seoul Office(2,211.43).

 

 

Detailed Products

 

Activity

Detailed Products (UNSPSC)

Sell

Anti corrosives(15121800)

Sell

Polymerics(12162002)

Sell

Flocculents(47101608)

Sell

Resins(13111000)

Sell

Polyvinyl Chloride PVC(13102030)

Sell

Anti oxidants(12162200)

Sell

Phenolic resin(13111002)

Sell

Pesticides or pest repellents(10191500)

Sell

Polyurethane resins(13111061)

Buy

Butane(15111505)

Buy

Ethers or its substitutes(12352112)

Buy

Phenols or its substitutes or derivatives(12191503)

Buy

Magnesium(11101707)

Buy

Tin ore(11101610)

Buy

Chemistry reagents or solutions(41116105)

Buy

Machine finished or glazed kraft paper(14122102)

Buy

Alcohols or its substitutes(12352104)

Buy

Polyurethane resins(13111061)

Buy

Proteins(12352202)

Buy

Inorganic metal salts(12352302)

Buy

Anti corrosives(15121800)

 

 

CEO’s

 

Name

Park Jong-Ho

Address

 

Date of Birth

02/22/1973

Title

President & CEO

Sex

Male

Nationality

Korean

 

 

Profiles

 

Capital

12,000,000,000 KRW

Employees

351

Formation

Listed Company (KSE: 004430) as of June 1977

Bank Details

Korea Exchange bank

Shin Banpo Branch

Corporate Registered No.

180111-0000636

Business Registered No.

610-81-07100

Permit & Licenses

07/12/1995 ISO 9002

01/12/2000 Single PPM

 

Int’l Trade No.: 731726

 

Awards

1976 Nov won "Prize for Export Merit" from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

1978 Nov won "Presidential Citation" on the 15th Export Day

1979 Dec selected as one of the Ten Major Korean Enterprises by Korea Productivity Center

1982 Mar won "Industrial Medal of Iron Tower" on the 16th Tax Day

1983 Dec won "Pusan Industrial Prize(Management Award Category)" from the Pusan Chamber of Commerce and Industry

1983 Dec selected as one of the Ten Major Korean Enterprises by Korea Productivity Center

1984 Apr won "Industrial Medal of Copper Tower" on the 17th Science Day

1985 May won "May 16 National Prize for Industry" from the May 16 National Prize Foundation

1987 Nov won "Industrial Medal of 20 million Dollar Tower" on the 24th Export Day

1992 Mar won "Presidential Prize" on the 26th Tax Day

1994 May won "Best Enterprise of 1994" from Korea Productivity Center

1994 Nov won "Industrial Medal of 50 million Dollar Tower" on the 31st Export Day

2002 Apr awarded "Korean World-Class Product Award 2002 (No.2002-348)" for Bi Phenol by Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Korea

2005 Nov won "Industrial Medal of 100 million Dollar Tower" on the 42nd Export Day

 

 

Shareholder Position

Name

Shares

%

Songwon Moolsan

5,730,410

23.88

REDTULIP INVESTMENTS

2,202,540

9.18

Kyungshin Industrial

2,196,910

9.15

Yuri Asset Management

1,485,490

6.19

Others

12,384,650

51.60

Total

24,000,000

100.00

Company History

Dec. 1965 Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. with head office and plant in Pusan, was established

Mar. 1966 Started production of Liquid PVC Stabilizers for the first time in Korea

Nov. 1968 Opened Seoul Office

Apr. 1971 Started production of Metallic Soaps and Lead Salt Stabilizers

May. 1974 Started production of Polyurethane Elastomer for synthetic leather

Nov. 1975 Started production of Polyesterdiol, elementary raw material for Polyurethane Resin

Jan. 1976 Started production of Antioxidants for Rubber

May. 1976 Started production of Polyurethane Systems for Shoe Soles

Feb. 1977 Started operation of Suwon Plant

Jun. 1977 Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. went public

Dec. 1977 Opened General Research Center at Suwon

Nov. 1979 Started production of Flocculants with self-developed technology

Apr. 1981 Started production of Tin intermediates with self-developed technology

Mar. 1983 Started production of Polyurethane Systems for Floor Coating Materials

May. 1983 Started production of Cytin, Acytin and Fenbutan ; agrochemical technical grade

Nov. 1983 Established own R&D Center with the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea

Mar. 1984 Started production of Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)

Feb. 1985 Started production of Antioxidants 1010 and 1076

Mar. 1986 Started production of Super-Absorbent Polymer with self-developed technology

May. 1986 Started operation of Ulsan Plant

Mar. 1988 Moved Head Office to Ulsan Plant from Pusan

Jul. 1993 Started production of Antioxidant 1680

Apr. 1995 Started production of Antioxidant 2450

Jul. 1995 Approved ISO-9002 certificate

Jul. 1996 Started production of Antioxidant 3114

Jan. 1997 Started production of Methyl Tin Stabilizers

Nov. 1998 Started production of Antioxidant 2,4-DTBP and 2,6-DTBP

Jul. 1999 Started production of Antioxidant FR

Sep. 2000 Started production of Antioxidant 6260

Oct. 2000 Developed Biphenol

Mar. 2001 Started production of Antioxidant 1035

Jul. 2001 Started production of Biphenol

Aug. 2001 Developed 2M6B(6TBOC)

Oct. 2001 Started production of 2M6B(6TBOC)

Jan. 2003 Started production of OTBP

Mar. 2003 Started production of 4M6B

Mar. 2003 Started production of TMBP

Apr. 2003 Started production of Antioxidant 2450 DW & Songstay-L DW

Jun. 2003 Started production of PTBP-H

Jan. 2005 Started production of Liquid Phosphites

Oct. 2005 Establishment of Shanghai Songwon Brilliant Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Jul. 2006 Establishment of Songwon International AG & Songwon International - Americas, Inc.

 

The Subject Company is engaged in the production of fine chemicals, including additives, intermediates and resins. The Company also offers polyvinyl chloride (PVC) products such as stabilizers, plasticizers, lubricants and surface-coating agents; polyurethane and polyester diol products; alkyl phenol products, including mom-alkyl phenols, di-alkyl phenols and alkyl cresols; biphenols; and flocculants. In addition, the Company produces super-absorbent polymers, agrochemicals, tin intermediates, n-butyramide and acryl foam tapes. The Company is based in Seoul, Korea, and also has an overseas office in Tokyo.

 

 

 

Management

 

Job Description

Title

Name

Nationality

Date of Birth

Education

President & CEO

Mr.

Park Jong-Ho

Korean

73.02.22

Boston University

Executive Director

Mr.

Kim Ok-Keun

Korean

51.10.15

Busan National University

Executive Director

Mr.

Kim Sang-Ha

Korean

54.08.26

TULANE University

Director

Mr.

Lee Jong-Hyung

Korean

53.09.22

Busan National University

Director

Mr.

Kang Dae-Chul

Korean

54.06.16

Busan National University

Outside Director

Mr.

Byun Ki-Soo

Korean

46.12.18

Busan National University

Outside Director

Mr.

Moon Sub-Kook

Korean

49.12.14

Busan National University

Auditor

Mr.

Kwon Yong-Hoon

Korean

45.12.30

Busan National University

 

 

Financials

                 

Unit: KRW

Year

Sales

Assets

Net income

2006

236,324,475,147

384,565,605,683

(-)10,972,527,870

2005

251,937,613,501

314,756,944,995

9,614,005,330

2004

213,799,710,550

292,195,112,934

(-)1,810,500,847

 

 

Financial Description                       

 

Unit: KRW

Authorized Capital

50,000,000,000

Paid-Up Capital

12,000,000,000

Total Issues Shares

24,000,000

 

Balance Sheet

Unit : Korean Won

As of 12/31/2006

As of 12/31/2005

As of 12/31/2004

Total Assets

384,565,605,683

314,756,944,995

292,195,112,934

Current Assets

115,017,977,325

108,760,227,747

105,105,990,650

-Quick Assets

62,942,254,897

62,231,329,930

68,866,399,361

-Inventories

52,075,722,428

46,528,897,817

36,239,591,289

Fixed Assets

269,547,628,358

205,996,717,248

187,089,122,284

-Investment

10,892,052,203

17,185,107,207

14,453,282,106

-Tangibles

256,935,283,252

187,006,935,653

172,363,752,433

-Intangibles

1,720,292,903

1,804,674,388

272,087,745

Total Liabilities

265,067,579,674

183,298,879,249

169,723,508,583

Current Liabilities

145,638,979,670

115,823,046,143

112,861,313,149

Fixed Liabilities

119,428,600,004

67,475,833,106

56,862,195,434

Capital Stock

12,000,000,000

12,000,000,000

12,000,000,000

Capital Surplus

83,505,294,052

83,505,294,052

83,505,294,052

Profit Surplus

35,159,674,707

47,105,912,577

38,173,504,247

Capital Adjustment

(-)11,166,942,750

(-)11,153,140,883

(-)11,207,193,948

Total Equity

119,498,026,009

131,458,065,746

122,471,604,351

Liab. & Shareholder’s

Equity

384,565,605,683

314,756,944,995

292,195,112,934

 

Current Liabilities

145,638,979,670

115,823,046,143

112,861,313,149

Trade payables

17,230,872,128

18,178,766,734

12,505,015,997

Short-Term Borrowings

76,123,737,614

58,273,984,392

68,518,300,000

Account Payables

22,392,450,790

14,790,144,319

13,508,007,234

Advance Receipts

48,656,893

161,464,677

8,990,700

Withholdings

205,404,104

150,093,244

72,816,894

Accrued Expenses

2,993,356,563

2,500,771,152

1,992,672,276

Accrued Income Tax

-

220,525,285

-

Accrued Dividends

1,321,105

1,235,955

1,188,459

Fixed Liabilities

119,428,600,004

67,475,833,106

56,862,195,434

Debentures

30,000,000,000

25,000,000,000

45,000,000,000

Long-Term Account

Payavles

1,929,501,000

3,710,613,000

5,491,725,000

Long-Term Borrowings

 

30,000,000,000

-

Provision for Severance & Retirement

17,042,439,389

16,393,507,459

14,534,010,000

Deposits for Employees' Severance Insurance

(-)8,933,301,085

(-)9,056,640,115

(-)9,133,254,465

Transferred to National Pension Fund

(-)378,225,300

(-)394,158,900

(-)413,180,900

Leasehold Deposits Received

1,962,000,000

2,072,500,000

2,075,500,000

 

Income Statement

Unit : Korean Won

As of 12/31/2006

As of 12/31/2005

As of 12/31/2004

Sales

236,324,475,147

251,937,613,501

213,799,710,550

Cost of Sold Goods

218,687,199,473

221,588,014,184

200,099,949,440

Gross Profit

17,637,275,674

30,349,599,317

13,699,761,110

Selling & Admin. Expenses

14,172,895,527

14,426,060,172

11,008,545,798

Operating Income

3,464,380,147

15,923,539,145

2,691,215,312

Non-Operating Income

5,710,277,870

4,629,198,841

6,137,253,639

Non-Operating expenses

14,192,696,032

12,131,797,716

11,187,369,475

Ordinary Income

(-)5,018,038,015

8,420,940,270

(-)2,358,900,524

Special Income

-

-

-

Income Before Taxes

(-)5,018,038,015

8,420,940,270

(-)2,358,900,524

Income Taxes Expenses

5,954,489,855

(-)1,193,065,060

(-)548,399,677

Net Income

(-)10,972,527,870

9,614,005,330

(-)1,810,500,847

 

Cash Flows

Unit : Korean Won

As of 12/31/2006

As of 12/31/2005

As of 12/31/2004

Cash Flows from Operating

12,402,730,927

35,759,027,193

16,608,431,740

-Net Income

(-)10,972,527,870

9,614,005,330

(-)1,810,500,847

-Exp. without Cash Outflow

28,740,813,974

31,007,572,557

28,873,772,503

-Revenue without Cash Inflows

(-)1,620,820,183

(-)226,828,821

(-)1,989,473,809

-Changes in Asset/ & Liability

(-)3,744,734,994

(-)4,635,721,873

(-)8,465,366,107

Cash Flows from Investing

(-)94,894,504,674

(-)38,908,470,988

(-)39,392,090,674

-Cash Inflow from Investing

6,181,943,674

19,590,213,985

36,706,766,420

-Cash Outflows for Investing

(-)101,076,448,348

(-)58,498,684,973

(-)76,098,857,094

Cash Flows from Financing

72,958,743,636

2,521,547,116

38,484,951,434

-Cash Inflows from Financing

880,793,409,298

692,369,036,839

653,672,786,184

-Cash Outflows from Financing

(-)807,834,665,662

(-)689,847,489,723

(-)615,187,834,750

Increase/Decrease in Cash

9,533,030,111

(-)627,896,679

15,701,292,500

Cash at the Beginning of Year

18,866,436,539

19,494,333,218

3,793,040,718

Cash at the End of Year

9,333,406,428

18,866,436,539

19,494,333,218

 

 

Products, Technologies, Services

Description

 

Main Products & Services

PVC

1) Stabilizers

2) Plasticizers

3) Lubricants

4) Surface Coating Agents

 

Polyurethane 

1) Hi-Thane Series

2) Hi-Foam Series

3) Urecast Series

4) Songstomer Series

 

Polyester Diol

 

Antioxidant

1) 1010, 1076, 1680, 2450, 3114, 1024, 1035, 6260, P-EPQ, B Blends

2) RD, FR

 

Alkyl Phenol

1) Mono-Alkyl Phenol: OTBP, PTBP-H

2) Di-Alkyl Phenol: 2,4-DTBP, 2,6-DTBP

3) Alkyl Cresol: 2M6B, 4M6B

 

Biphenol

 

Flocculants

1) Cation

2) Anion, Nonion

3) Liquid Cation

 

Super-Absorbent Polymer

 

Agrochemicals

 

Tin Intermediates

 

Others

1) n-Butyramide

2) Acryl Foam Tape

 

Brand Name:

SONGNOX,DTBP, TMBP, BIPHENOL

DBTO, DOTO,MBTC, DMTC, FENBUTAN

SONGSTAB, Antioxidant RD, Antioxidant FR

HI-THANE,SONG-STAR,SONG-STOMER

FOAM TAPE, HI-SWELL, SONG-FLOC

SONG-CIZER

Production Capacity

(Unit: Ton)

Products

2006

2005

2004

TIN

24,000

24,000

16,300

PU

14,000

14,000

14,900

ACRYL

21,600

21,800

21,800

 

 

Trade Partners

 

Suppliers

LG International Corp.

LG Caltex

Yocheon NCC

PT SINAR

BASF Korea

Dow Chemical Korea

Customers

Major Petrochemical companies, PVC Processing companies, Synthetic Leather Manufacturers including LG Chemical, Cheil Industries, Hanwha Corp., Samsung Total, Honam Petrochemical, SK Corp., Dongbu ALT, CLARIANT, CROMPTON, BAERLOCHER, AKCROS, TICONA, SOLVEY, DUPONT, SUMITOMO, MITSUBISHI, PPG, OXON, GLC, BASF, REAGENS, BAYER, KIMBERLY CLARK, IDEMITSU)

 

-Sales Channel

Direct Sales: 97%

Sales through agents: 3%

 

-Payment Condition

Domestic : Periodical Payment

LOCAL : OFFER LOCAL L/C NEGO

Export: INQUIRY OFFER CONTRACT, L/C NEGO

Competitors

Ciba Specialty Chemicals-Swiss

Miwon Corporation-Korea

Dongbu Adeca-Korea

ATOFINA

KOLON Chemical

Daehyup Chemical

Dansuck Industry

Donggu Industry

 

The Subject(OLEFIN Type/STYRENE Type) is ranked as 1sts player in terms of domestic market share(Over 60%) and the 2nd position next to Ciba Specialty Chemicals in terms of global market share.

 

 

Related Parties (Subsidiaries, Joint-

Venture & Affiliates)

 

Affiliates

Songwon Moolsan Co., Ltd.

Kyungshin Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hyun Gallery Co., Ltd.

Matsubara Bussan Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)

Shanghai Songwon Brilliant Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Overseas Office

Tokyo Office

TEL : +81-3-3805-2551

FAX : +81-3-3801-9172

Join Venture

Songwon International AG-Swiss

(The subject:60%/ Mantenere Holding AG : 40%)

Subsidiary

Songwon International - Americas, Inc.

(The Subject has 100% shares.)

Cooperative Enterprise

Sumitomo Corp.-Japan

 

 

Sales by Region (Activity & Markets)

 

Sales/ Unit :KRW

2006

2005

2004

Export

159,191,833,858

173,175,877,561

136,769,034,181

Domestic

77,132,641,289

78,761,735,940

77,030,676,369

Total

236,324,475,147

251,937,613,501

213,799,710,550

 

 

Court Action

 

No.

 

 

News Clipping

 

Anioxidants and light stabilisers for plastics

 

A new European Headquarter for Songwon affiliate Songwon International has been opened in Frauenfeld, Switzerland.

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial Team on 21 March 2007

 

Songwon announced the opening of the European Headquarter of its affiliate Songwon International, in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. 'This is the culmination of the efforts last year to establish Songwon International as our direct channel to market in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Western Asia, and the Americas', said Jongho Park, Chairman and CEO of Songwon Industrial. Maurizio Butti, CEO and President of Songwon International, commented 'It gives me great pleasure to announce the opening of our headquarter and customer service centre in Frauenfeld which is conveniently located just outside of Zurich.

 

Now we are centrally located within Europe to continue to develop our strong position in our market area.

 

We have implemented state of the art systems and processes to insure customer satisfaction through an effective and efficient supply chain.' 'We have made great progress along the four point plan we announced in September of last year', adds Jongho Park.

 

The plan included the investment in a second grass roots antioxidant facility, the establishment of a direct channel to market, the extension and expansion of the product range, and an emphasis on innovation.

 

The construction of the Maeam plant is ahead of schedule and is now scheduled for an April start-up, as announced in January.

 

The Songwon Group of Companies has grown and now includes Songwon International AG and Songwon International - Americas The product range consists of Songnox antioxidants, Songlight hindered amine light stabilizers, and Songsorb ultraviolet light absorbers.

 

Maurizio Butti continued 'The goal of our plan is to become a strategic partner to our customers by positioning ourselves to supply across the broad range of their polymer stabilizer requirements.

 

We are listening to our customers' evolving needs and our technical teams are energized with the opportunities to develop products and solutions to meet those needs.'

 

 

 


 

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

 

 

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%)

 

 

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