MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

23.05.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

V A PRODUCTS

 

 

Registered Office :

151, 1ts “B”, Main Road, 8th Block, Koramanangala, Bangalore – 560095, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

2004

 

 

Legal Form :

Partnership Concern with an Unlimited Liability of the partners

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Precision turned Components.

 

 

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 14000

 

 

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 dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office/Factory :

151, 1st “B”, Main Road, 8th Block, Koramanangala, Bangalore – 560095, Karnataka

Tel. No.:

91-80-41103509

Fax No.:

91-80-41104946

E-Mail :

jnandish@vaproducts.net

Website :

www.vaproducts.net

Area :

3500sq.fts

Location :

Rented

 

 

US Office:

2405, Windy Ridge Ct

Plano, Tx-75025

Tel No.

001-214-564-8459

Fax No.

001-360-351-1527

E-Mail:

info@vaproducts.net

 

 

PARTNERS

 

Name :

Mr. Nandish J

Designation :

Partner

Date of Birth/Age :

40 Years

Qualification :

Engineer

Experience :

15 Years

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Nandish

Designation :

Partner

Date of Birth/Age :

34 Years

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of precision turned components.

 

 

Products :

Hollow Screws, Spacer Pdngs, Round Nuts, Bushes, Banjo Bolts, Sockets, Sleeves, Housing, Pins and Bushes. Application areas are: Alternators and Starter Motors, Earth Moving Equipments, Machine Building, Pneumatic valves and Torque Tightening Machines.

 

 

Exports :

 

Countries :

USA, UK, Slovakia, Switzerland

 

 

Imports :

 

Countries :

Brazil and USA

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Terms of Export: L/C, B/L 60 days

 

 

Purchasing :

Terms of Import: L/C 60 days

Local Purchase: 45 days

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Visweswarish Steel, Bhadravathi

Kanodia Steel, Bangalore

Citizen Metal, Mumbai

Anand Metals, Mumbai

 

 

Customers :

  • Flowserve, USA
  • Boltech, USA
  • World Tech, USA

§         Motor Industries Co Ltd (Bosch Group)

§         Warmoth Products Inc. (USA)

§         Hewlett-Packard
Molex Inc.

§         Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

§         Engineering Plastics Ltd

§         Nitron Inc. (USA)

 

 

No. of Employees :

32 (6 Technical, 26 other)

 

 

Bankers :

Vijaya Bank, Mayo Hall Branch, M/G. Road, Bangalore - 1

 

 

Facilities :

Terms Loans and Od Facilities to the extent of Rs.15.000 millions from Bank

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

M/s. Kesavan and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Bangalore

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Venkateshwara Auto Products, Bangalore

Catering to Domestic Requirments.

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

 

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs.3.500 millions

Borrowed :

 -

Total :

Rs.3.500 millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Particulars

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

 

25.000

18.000

 

 

 

 

Profit/Loss for the year

 

Indicated around

10 to 15%

 -

 

 

 

 

Export Value

 

25.000

18.000

 

 

 

 

Import Value

 

5.000

3.500

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Average Value of inventories at any given time: Rs.1.000 millions

 

Company Details:

Subject founded in the year 1994 to process components on job work basis, subject has grown from strength to strength. From the modest beginning of one Automatic Lathe, today the company has over a dozen client’s domestic and International, besides being backed up by a band of committed suppliers. With well qualified and experienced personnel, the company can execute any job, however complex and sophisticated, as per the exact specifications of the customers. The modern industry in general and automobile industry in particular demands a very highly cost performance quality components. Our company, with its rich experience, enjoys a good reputation in developing such components. A professionally managed company, well known for its strict adherence to quality. The company enjoys the patronage from reputed customers, placing repeated orders, thanks to the stringent adherence at every stage of the production process.

The company is equipped to manufacture components made out of ferrous and non-ferrous materials upto 42 mm in diameter, with additional facilities like milling, grinding etc.

 

Core Competencies:



Metal Turning



High Precision / Highly Automated / Zero Defect


Volumes few hundreds to several Million


Material
EN1A-PB, EN1A, C1018, FREE CUTTING BRASS, STAINLESS STEEL, COPPER, EN8-M and other Ferrous and Non Ferrous Material




Added Services


Assembly
Broaching
Drilling
Tapping
Milling
Thread Rolling



Our growing list of capabilities includes:



Engineering solutions

Partnered value added services:

Heat treating

Plating
Anodizing
Teflon coating

Forging and Sheet Metal Work

EDM Machining

Rust removal & prevention

 

Quality

 

VA Products has developed a stringent system of quality inspection. Parts are constantly monitored during every phase of production using statistical process control ensuring the highest quality standards for manufacturing precision components. Our dedication to quality shows in our achievement of ISO 9001 certification. By using statistical techniques to develop, manage, and improve our manufacturing processes, they are ensuring highest level of customer satisfaction.


Frequent inspection and adjustment results in fewer rejects and faster production. At VA Products they take

personal pride in the quest for perfection.

 

Principal Equipment:

CNC Turning Centers, 165m Chuck Capacity with 8 Station Turret

 

Traub Screw Machines, 4 MM to 42 MM Capacity

 

Secondary Operations:

 

Drill Presses
Tapping Machines
Centerless Grinder
Milling Machines
Thread Rollers

They can mill, drill, cross drill, thread, tap, slot, knurl, broach, centerless grind, weld, and polish so that there is no need for outsourcing which affords for a speedier delivery, reduces cost and allows complete quality control of the process.
They have approved outside sources for any plating such as zinc chromate, nickel, tin, black oxide, anodizing and chemical film that may be required and heat treatment.

 

 


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.40.57

UK Pound

1

Rs.80.64

Euro

1

Rs.54.57

 

 

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/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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