MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

03.05.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

KANSAI PAINT CO LTD

 

 

Registered Office :

4-3-6 Fushimimachi Chuoku Osaka 541-8523

 

 

Country :

Japan

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

May 1918

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Company (Kabushiki Kaisha)

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing of paints & coatings

 

 

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 :

Yen 6943.1 millions

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

--

 

 


name

 

KANSAI PAINT CO LTD

 

 

REGD NAME

 

Kansai Paint KK

 

 

MAIN OFFICE

 

4-3-6 Fushimimachi Chuoku Osaka 541-8523 JAPAN

Tel: 06-6203-5531

Fax: 06-6203-5725

URL: http://www.kansai.co.jp/

E-Mail address: info@kansai.co.jp

 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

Mfg of paints & coatings

 

 

BRANCHES

 

Tokyo, Nagoya, Sapporo, Sendai, Saitama, Chiba, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Suzuka, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, other (Tot 22)

 

OVERSEAS: UK (2), USA (2), Canada, China (9), Thailand (2), Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, India, Mexico (--subsidiaries/affiliated)

 

 

FACTORY(IES)

 

Amagasaki, Ono (--Hyogo), Nishikamogun (Aichi), Hiratsuka, Kanuma (Tochigi)

 

 

CHIEF EXEC

 

SHOJU KOBAYASHI, PRES

 

Yen Amount:     In million Yen, unless otherwise stated

 

 

SUMMARY

 

FINANCES        FAIR                             A/SALES          Yen 210,964 M

PAYMENTS      REGULAR                     CAPITAL           Yen 25,658 M

TREND             STEADY                       WORTH            Yen 152,175 M

STARTED         1918                             EMPLOYES      6,770

 

 

COMMENT

 

MFR OF PAINTS & COATINGS.  FINANCIAL SITUATION CONSIDERED FAIR AND GOOD FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS ENGAGEMENTS.

                       

MAX CREDIT LIMIT: YEN 6,943.1 MILLION, 30 DAYS NORMAL TERMS

 

                        Forecast (or estimated) figures for 31/03/2007 fiscal term

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

The subject company was established by Katsujiro Iwai in order to mfg pigments & paints.  These products had been imported and he ventured to produce them in Japan.  The firm has since been focusing on mfg of paints & coatings and has made the firm the largest paint mfr with highest sales ratio to carmakers in domestic market and Asia.  Manufactures paints & coatings for cars, machines, marines, electronic goods, other.  Automotive coatings are the core products, highly competitive in new car coating films.  Promoting application of photo-resists, car paint protective films and external coverings for fiber-optic cables.  Tied up with PPG, USA in overseas business.  Active in operations in China, India, Thailand, other S/E Asian countries, with 18 subsidiaries & affiliates in these areas, particularly 9 in China alone.  Actively advancing into non-automotive paints. 

 

Recent overseas projects include:

 

1.         Reported the firm invested Yen 500 million to build a new factory in Suzhou, China, having the capacity to

            make 300-400 tons of paints/year for personal computers and construction materials.  The factory is

            slated to begin operations in June 2007.

2.         In Taiwan, where the firm already has one firm for automotive paints, the firm will spend Yen 600 million

            to expand the total capacity by 40%.  The plant will begin operations in 2008, when the firm will shift

            automotive paint production there and use the older facility to make paints for consumer electronics &

            colored steel plates for home roofing.

3.        The firm will build a new factory in Bangalore, India for making automotive paints primarily but also

            produce construction paints in anticipation of projected economic development in southern India.  Monthly

            production will be 6,000 tons paint, investing Yen 6-7 billion.  The new factory will begin operations in late

            Mar 2009, the firm’s production capacity will be doubled in India to nearly 20,000 tons.  The firm’s total

            production capacity in Asia is expected to rise to 45,000 tons per month at the end of Mar 2009, a 41% up   from current capacity.

 

(News excerpt from Nikkei Shimbun)

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The sales volume for Mar/2006 fiscal term amounted to Yen 210,964 million, a 7.2% up from Yen 196,785 million in the previous term.  Sales edged up in Japan but grew over 10% abroad.  The core automotive paint production rose 2.6% due to 5.6% increase in exports.   Industrial coatings rose for industrial machinery market, including construction machinery and machine tools due to robust exports to N America and Oceania.  In China the market for marine coatings was brisk.  In total, Coatings Div was up 7.5% to Yen 204,732 million.  Despite higher materials costs, profits hit new highs via price markups & retirement payment cuts.  The recurring profit was posted at Yen 22,042 million and the net profit at Yen 12,048 million, respectively, compared with Yen 19,526 million recurring profit and Yen 10,196 million net profit, respectively, a year ago.

 

For the term just ended Mar 2007 the recurring profit was projected and believed posted at Yen 25,000 million and the net profit at Yen 13,500 million, respectively, on a 4.3% rise in turnover, to Yen 220,000 million.  Domestic demand was flat.  Overseas construction/automotive-us paints rose further via startup of new plants in Malaysia, Indonesia & Thailand after spring 2006, following automotive paint plants in China in late 2005.  Net profit hitting another high on growing sales & price hikes.

 

(Apr/Dec/2006 results): Sales Yen 171,459 million (up 10.0%), operating profit Yen 16,313 million (up 16.8%), recurring profit Yen 18,411 million (up 11.9%), net profit Yen 10,280 million (up 15.7%).  (% compared with the same period the previous term).  Sales of automotive coatings & industrial-use coatings were brisk and rose particularly in Asia.

 

The financial situation is considered FAIR and good for ORDINARY business engagements.  Max credit limit is estimated at Yen 6,943.1 million, on 30 days normal terms. 

 

 

REGISTRATION

 

Date Registered:            May 1918

Legal Status:                 Limited Company (Kabushiki Kaisha)

Authorized:                    793,476,000 shares

Issued:                          272,623,270 shares

Sum:                            Yen 25,658 million

Major shareholders (%): Master Trust Bank of Japan T (6.1), Japan Trustee Services Bank T (5.5), Nippon Life

                                    Ins (3.9), Dai-ichi Life Ins (3.4), Toyota Motor (3.0), State Street Bank & Trust (3.0),

                                    Material Suppliers’ S/Holding Assn (2.8), Daido Life Ins (2.7), Tokio Marine Nichido Fire

                                    Ins (2.5), Goldman Sachs Int’l (2.3); foreign owners (21.2)

No. of shareholders:       24,011

Listed on the S/Exchange (s) of: Tokyo, Osaka

Managements:               Shoju Kobayashi, pres & CEO; Toshinobu Otani, s/mgn dir; Kazuhiro Fujita, mgn dir;

                                    Shin’ichi Hamamatsu, mgn dir; Akifumi Fujita, mgn dir; Koichi Imada, mgn dir; Osamu

                                    Isozaki, mgn dir; Yuzo Kawamori, mgn dir; Koji Yamamoto, dir; Kozo Sasaki, dir

 

Nothing detrimental is known as to the commercial morality of executives.

 

 

Related companies

 

Kansai Paint Sales, Kanpei Trading, other (Tot 33 as of Sept/06)

           

 

 

 

 

OPERATION

 

Activities: Manufactures paints & coatings (97%), others (3&)::

 

(Sales breakdown by divisions):

 

Automotive coatings (52%): Core business area of coating for new cars, including automotive parts, and automotive refinish paints;

Industrial coatings (22%): coatings for construction materials (pre-coated metals coating, electrodepositing coatings for aluminum sashes), industrial machinery and equipment, machine tools, beverage cans (PET bottles, home electric appliances;

Decorative coatings, others (21%): coatings for housing, commercial buildings, public facilities, consisting of two markets: for repairs & maintenance, and for new buildings.

Marine & Protective coatings (5%): coatings for marine containers, steel structures;

Overseas sales ratio 32.5%: Asia 30.1% (India, Thailand, Taiwan), Americas 1.2%, Europe 1.2%.

 

Clients: [Wholesalers, mfrs] Kansai Paint Sales, Kanpei Trading, Ohgi Paint Trading, Eguchi Iwao Shoten, Ueda KK, other.

 

No. of accounts: 2,000

 

Domestic areas of activities: Nationwide

 

Suppliers: [Mfrs, wholesalers] NN Chemical, Nagase Corp, Moriroku Co, Kohyo Co, Matsuo Sangyo, other.

 

Payment record: Regular

 

Location: Business area in Osaka.  Office premises at the caption address are owned and maintained satisfactorily.

 

 

Bank References

 

MUFG (Osaka)

Mizuho Corporate Bank (Osaka)

 

Relations: Satisfactory

 

 

FINANCES

 

(Consolidated in million yen)

 

 

 

Terms Ending:

31/03/2006

31/03/2005

INCOME STATEMENT

 

 

 

  Annual Sales

 

210,964

196,785

 

  Cost of Sales

146,122

133,242

 

      GROSS PROFIT

64,842

63,543

 

  Selling & Adm Costs

45,939

46,014

 

      OPERATING PROFIT

18,903

17,528

 

  Non-Operating P/L

3,139

1,998

 

      RECURRING PROFIT

22,042

19,526

 

      NET PROFIT

12,048

10,196

BALANCE SHEET

 

 

 

 

  Cash

 

37,148

29,742

 

  Receivables

 

67,053

61,382

 

  Inventory

 

19,751

16,529

 

  Securities, Marketable

806

7

 

  Other Current Assets

6,283

5,575

 

      TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

131,041

113,235

 

  Property & Equipment

45,983

45,461

 

  Intangibles

 

953

1,178

 

  Investments, Other Fixed Assets

88,909

59,865

 

      TOTAL ASSETS

266,886

219,739

 

  Payables

 

48,569

44,928

 

  Short-Term Bank Loans

2,140

1,328

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Other Current Liabs

18,266

14,070

 

      TOTAL CURRENT LIABS

68,975

60,326

 

  Debentures

 

 

 

 

  Long-Term Bank Loans

7,028

7,060

 

  Reserve for Retirement Allw

8,095

8,565

 

  Other Debts

 

19,212

8,611

 

      TOTAL LIABILITIES

103,310

84,562

 

      MINORITY INTERESTS

11,401

9,209

 

Common stock

25,658

25,658

 

Additional paid-in capital

27,157

27,156

 

Retained earnings

70,664

61,017

 

Evaluation p/l on investments/securities

30,642

15,563

 

Others

 

(1,290)

(2,891)

 

Treasury stock, at cost

(656)

(537)

 

      TOTAL S/HOLDERS` EQUITY

152,175

125,966

 

      TOTAL EQUITIES

266,886

219,739

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

 

Terms ending:

31/03/2006

31/03/2005

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

 

20,174

10,087

 

Cash Flows from Investment Activities

-10,668

-6,772

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

-3,175

-3,686

 

Cash, Bank Deposits at the Term End

 

36,268

29,316

ANALYTICAL RATIOS            Terms ending:

31/03/2006

31/03/2005

 

 

Net Worth (S/Holders' Equity)

152,175

125,966

 

 

Current Ratio (%)

189.98

187.71

 

 

Net Worth Ratio (%)

57.02

57.33

 

 

Recurring Profit Ratio (%)

10.45

9.92

 

 

Net Profit Ratio (%)

5.71

5.18

 

 

Return On Equity (%)

7.92

8.09

 


 

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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