MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

12.12.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

KAYDON CORPORATION

 

 

Registered Office :

1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Financials (as on) :

27.09.2008

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

24.10.1983

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

Delaware 2019775

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Designs, Manufactures, and Sells Custom Engineered products in North America, Europe, and Asia

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 3,000,000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

Company Name       

 

KAYDON CORPORATION

Company acronym:     KEYDON BEARINGS

 

 

Contact Information

 

Address

315 e. Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 300

Ann Arbor, MI 48108

USA

Telephone

734-747-7025

Fax

734-747-6565

Website

www.keydonbearings.com

 

 

Registration Data

 

Date of Registration

10-24-1983

Registration number

Delaware 2019775

Legal address

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Legal Form

Public Company

Share Capital

100,000,000 shares common

 

Shareholders with Shares

 

The Company is quoted with the NYSE under symbol KDN.

 

 

Board/Executive

 

Name

Mr. James O'Leary

Position within the company

Executive Chairman, President & CEO

 

 

 

Name

Kenneth CRAWFORD

Position within the company

Vice President & CFO

 

Name

John EMLING

Position within the company

COO

 

 


Changes in Registration Data

 

None recorded

 

 

Activities (realistic and officials)

 

Kaydon Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells custom engineered products in North America, Europe, and Asia. It offers friction control products, such as anti-friction bearings, split roller bearings, and specialty balls used in specialized robotics, medical, aerospace, defense, security, electronic, material handling, construction, alternative-energy, and other industrial applications. The company also manufactures velocity control products, including industrial shock absorbers, safety shock absorbers, velocity controls, gas springs, and rotary dampers used in specialized robotics, material handling, machine tool, medical, amusement, and other industrial applications. In addition, it offers sealing products, such as engine rings, sealing rings, and shaft seals for industrial, aerospace, and defense applications. Further, Kaydon Corporation provides filter elements and liquid and gas-phase filtration systems, metal alloys, machine tool components, presses, dies, and benders used in various industrial applications.

The company was founded in 1941 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

 

Staff

 

Number of staff employed

2,125

 

 

Export/Import

(Countries, goods and total values for the period)

 

Imports From

Europe, Far East

 

Exports To

worldwide

 

 

Facilities

 

Rented

Corporate office

 

Premises Size

50,000 sq. feet

 

 

Subsidiaries and Participation

 

Parent Company

Public Company quoted with the NYSE under symbol KDN

97% of the common stock is held by institutional and mutual fund owners.

 

Subsidiaries

Kaydon Ring and Seal, Inc.

 

Delaware

Kaydon S. de R.L. de C.V.

 

Nuevo Leon, United Mexican States

Cooper Roller Bearing Company Limited

 

United Kingdom

Cooper Split Roller Bearing Corp.

 

Virginia

Cooper Geteilte Rollenlager GmbH

 

Germany

Industrial Tectonics Inc

 

Delaware

ITI Japan Trading Company

 

Delaware

Kaydon Custom Filtration Corporation

 

Delaware

Kaydon Acquisition XI, Inc. (d/b/a Canfield Technologies, Inc.)

 

Delaware

Kaydon Acquisition XII, Inc. (d/b/a Tridan International, Inc.)

 

Delaware

Indiana Precision, Inc.

 

Indiana

ACE Controls, Inc.

 

Michigan

ACE Controls International, Inc.

 

Delaware

ACE Japan, L.L.C.

 

Michigan

ACE Stossdaempfer, GmbH

 

Germany

Purafil, Inc.

 

Georgia

Purafil Europa B.V.

 

Netherlands

Avon Bearings Corporation

 

Ohio

 

Branches

 

Address

The Company maintains several manufactures and branches in the U.S. including Muskegon, MI.

 

 

Bankers

 

Bank

Bank of America

 

Suppliers, Partners

 

Suppliers

Not known

Partners

Not known

 

 

Litigation, Remarks on Payment

 

Litigation

None Recorded

Remarks on Payment

No Complaints

 

 

Financial Information

 

Documents on attachment

 

 


Reporter Comments

 

Comments

The present report was controlled with a S.E.C. officer.

 

Local Reputation

The company being investigated is believed by local reporters to be a Low Trade Risk and to be fair.

 

According to our credit analysts, during the last 6 months, 92% of trade experience indicates a regular payment.

Payments of imports are currently made with an average of 2 to 5   days beyond terms.

 

 

MAX CREDIT

USD 3,000,000=

 

 

 

 

CREDIT REQUIRED

 

MAXIMUM CREDIT

 

Maximum

 

 

USD 3,000,000=

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.48.71

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.85

Euro

1

Rs.64.70

 

 

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

 

 

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%)

 

 

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