MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

03.11.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MERU PRECISION INDUSTRIES

 

 

Registered Office :

#1706, 80 Ft. Road, Prakash Nagar, Banglore – 560 021, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1985

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole Proprietory Concern

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Exporters of Gauges and Gauging Fixtures Components, Aircraft Parts, jigs and Fixtures including Customer Specification, Drilling Metal Working Components for Aerospace, Aircraft and Aeroengine. Aircraft Components in Aluminium, Titanium, Nylon, Teflon etc maintenance parts of Simple SPM, Manufacturer of Plane, Snap, Ring, Location, Position, Receiver Gages.

 

 

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 10000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established concern having satisfactory track. Trade relations are fair. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

Nothing adverse reported.

 

The concern can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

#1706, 80 Ft. Road, Prakash Nagar, Banglore – 560 021, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-23525559 / 23324085

Fax No.:

91-80-23525559

E-Mail :

merushiv@yahoo.com

Website :

http://www.meruindia.com

 

 

Factory 1 :

#1706, 80 Ft. Road, Prakash Nagar, Banglore – 560 021, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-23525559 / 23324085

Fax No.:

91-80-23525559

Area :

1000 sq. ft.

Location :

Rented

 

 

Factory 2 :

At Kamakshipalaya

Area :

1200 sq. ft.

Location :

Rented

 

 

SOLE PROPRIETOR

 

Name :

Mrs. Lakshmi Shivaswamy

Designation :

Proprietor

Date of Birth/Age :

57 years

Qualification :

B. Sc.

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. H S Shivaswamy

Designation :

Chief Executive Officer

Date of Birth/Age :

62 years

Qualification :

A.M.I.E.

Experience :

Wide Experience in Engineering Industry

4 years in H.A.L. and

14 years in Motor Industries Company Limited

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Exporters of Gauges and Gauging Fixtures Components, Aircraft Parts, jigs and Fixtures including Customer Specification, Drilling Metal Working Components for Aerospace, Aircraft and Aeroengine. Aircraft Components in Aluminium, Titanium, Nylon, Teflon etc maintenance parts of Simple SPM, Manufacturer of Plane, Snap, Ring, Location, Position, Receiver Gages.

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

30 to 70 days

 

 

Purchasing :

Against Payment

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

v      Plasma Corporation, Bangalore

v       Usha Steel Centre, Bangalore

v      S R Industrial Supplies, Bangalore

v      Sony Steels, Bangalore

 

 

Customers :

v      S K F Bearings, Bangalore

v      TVS Motors Limited, Hosur

v      Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts Private Limited, Bangalore

v      Rane, Chennai

v      Heavy Vehicles, Chennai

 

 

No. of Employees :

25

 

 

Bankers :

ICICI Bank Limited

80 Feet Road, Bangalore – 56 010, Karnataka, India

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

M/S Chennabasappa

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

Memberships :

Karnataka Small Industries Association

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs. 2.500 Millions

Borrowed :

-

Total :

Rs. 2.500 Millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Particulars

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

 

6.000

5.500

 

 

 

 

Profit/Loss for the year

 

15%

15%

 

Average Value of Inventories at any given time : Rs. 0.500 Million

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

WEBSITE DETAILS ATTACHED:

 

Subject started its operation in the year 1983 mainly to produce ball races (cone sets) for two wheelers .In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the subject’s activities were diversified to manufacture special toolings, Jigs and Fixtures .

They specialise in the manufacture of all kinds of Jigs and Fixtures including test benches, hydraulic and pneumatic fixtures, which have been manufactured for some of the auto-component majors, like MICO, Bajaj Auto and SKF Bearings (India). Further their operations diversified into manufacturing Aircraft aluminium components and sub-assemblies for various customers viz. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Aeronautical Development Establishment, Dynamatic Aerospace etc. Now, they also specialise in the manufacture of clutch rollers and other high-precision parts. They have also further diversified into manufacturing complicated maintenance parts for many Imported and Indian machines for various industries.

 

During the last few years they have started manufacturing of gauging, fixtures and metrology, to give Quality Control support to the industry. They have made rapid progress in this field. Their product ranges are plain plug gauges, snap gauges, ring gauges, location gauges, position gauges, receiving gauges and Gauging Fixtures. They are also into manufacturing of high precision small/medium batch size components for various applications being exported to US, Europe and other parts of the world.

 

They have an extremely talented, result oriented team of highly experienced engineers and designers who can design any of the above mentioned products and give you round the clock service to satisfy your customer needs which make them a total engineering solutions company. They believe in customer delight and do not compromise on Quality.

 

Toolings

 

Their product range includes Jigs, Fixtures and Special Equipment like Test Benches, Assembly and Welding Fixtures etc. They also manufacture high precision work rest blades up to a length of 1 meter (Also with ‘tungsten carbide’ lining); Dies made of Tungsten Carbide and Steel, Tungsten Carbide Rings etc. Their products are world class and they manufacture within any tolerance no matter how close the tolerances are .They totally believe in ‘Customer Delight’  as is an integral part of our company policy.

 

Aircraft Components

           

Their product range in this category is wide and includes products like aircraft door handles, Bulkheads, Engine Mounting Brackets etc.

They specialize in the manufacture and assembly of Mechanical Boxes for electronic circuits and instruments (black boxes). They excel in the production of clutch rollers with a very high degree of surface finish and with tolerances of up to 2 microns for Helicopters.

They also undertake development and prototyping of special components of Air Bus, Boeing and Pilot less Target aircraft.

 

Gauges and Components

 

They undertake design and manufacture of plain snap, Plug and Ring Gauges. They specialize in the design and manufacture of the Location Gauges, Position Gauges, Receiver Gauges, Gauging Fixtures etc.

 

Components

 

They manufacture a wide range of components of small medium and large batches.

Some of the components being manufactured by us are:

v      Bearing Races for 2 and 3 wheelers

v      Customized non ferrous components

v      Clutch Rollers Rear wheel axle for 3 wheelers

v      Any Customized component made of any material.

           

Their Prestigious Customers

 

v      Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore.

v      Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory, Deheradun.

v      Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore.

v      Motor Industries Company (Robert Bosch, India) Bangalore

v      SKF Bearings India Limited.

v      TVS Suzuki Limited, Hosur.

v      Piaggio Greaves Vehicles Limited, Baramati.

v      IFB Industries Limited, Bangalore.

v      Amp Rose India Limited, Bangalore.

v      AMP India Limited, Bangalore.

v      Molex India Limited, Bangalore.

v      Tata Electronics Development Services, Bangalore.

v      VST Tillers & Tractors Limited, Bangalore.

v      H&R Johnson Limited, Bangalore.

v      Bell Ceramics Limited, Bangalore.

v      Triveni Flexibox Limited.

v      Dynamatic Technologies Limited, Bangalore.

v      Bajaj Auto Limited, Pune.

v      Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Bangalore.

v      L&T- Komatsu Limited

 

                                                                                                              


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. 39.37

UK Pound

1

Rs. 81.82

Euro

1

Rs. 56.83


 

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

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--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

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

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL : This information is provided to you at your request, you having employed MIPL for such purpose. You will use the information as aid only in determining the propriety of giving credit and generally as an aid to your business and for no other purpose. You will hold the information in strict confidence, and shall not reveal it or make it known to the subject persons, firms or corporations or to any other. MIPL does not warrant the correctness of the information as you hold it free of any liability whatsoever. You will be liable to and indemnify MIPL for any loss, damage or expense, occasioned by your breach or non observance of any one, or more of these conditions