MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

19.12.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NATIONAL FACTORY FOR AIR CONDITIONERS CO (NFAC)

 

 

Registered Office :

Al Essa Building, 6th Floor, Airport Road, P O Box – 20409, Riyadh 11455

 

 

Country :

Saudi Arabia

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1974

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

1010013523, Riyadh

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Partnership

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture of Air Conditioners

 

 

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 :

US$ 1,500,000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Company Name                         : NATIONAL FACTORY FOR AIR CONDITIONERS CO (NFAC)

Country of Origin                                    : Saudi Arabia

Legal Form                                            : Limited Liability Partnership

Registration Date                                   : 1974

Commercial Registration Number            : 1010013523, Riyadh

Issued Capital                                        : SR 98,000,000

Paid up Capital                                      : SR 98,000,000

Total Workforce                                     : 650

Activities                                               : Manufacture of air conditioners

Financial Condition                                 : Good

Payments                                             : Nothing detrimental uncovered

Operating Trend                         : Steady

Recommended Credit Limit                     : US$ 1,500,000

 

 

 


COMPANY NAME

 

NATIONAL FACTORY FOR AIR CONDITIONERS CO (NFAC)

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

 

Building             : Al Essa Building, 6th Floor

Street               : Airport Road

PO Box             : 20409

Town                 : Riyadh 11455

Country             : Saudi Arabia

Telephone         : (966-1) 2241212 / 4031719 / 4031723

Facsimile          : (966-1) 4035859 / 4027639 / 4985715

 

 

Premises

 

Subject operates from a large suite of offices that are owned and located in the Central Business Area of Riyadh.

 

Branch Office (s)

 

Location                                                                                                Description

 

Al Kharj Road, Km 34                                                                             Owned factory premises

PO Box : 20409

Riyadh 11455

Tel : (966-1) 4983730

Fax : (966-1) 4027639 / 4985715

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

 

Name                                                                                        Position

 

Fahad Saleh Al Essa                                                                 Chief Executive

 

Sunny Alex                                                                               Finance Manager

 

Sherif Edin Ahmed                                                                     Accounts Manager

 

Baby Moothaparambil                                                                 Administration Manager

 

Qazi Syed Aziz Akhtar                                                               Materials Manager

 

Prasan Kumar                                                                           Purchasing Manager

 

Baby M. Dinesan                                                                       Assistant Sales Manager

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

Date of Establishment  : 1974

 

History : Subject’s operations date back to 1974, however it was incorporated on 4/11/1397 Hijri    (Corresponding to 1977) between the following partners :

 

              1. Sheikh Abdulaziz Hamad Al Essa

              2. Sheikh Saleh Hamad Al Essa

 

In December 1998, and under an amendment entered with the Riyadh Commercial Register,   the two partners withdrew from the business and assigned all their shares in the capital to   two new partners, namely Al Hassel Commercial Investments Co Ltd and Al Hassel Economic Development Company Ltd.

 

Subsequently, subject was re-registered as a Limited Liability Partnership with the current partners.

 

Legal Form                  : Limited Liability Partnership

 

Commercial Reg. No.  : 1010013523, Riyadh

 

Industrial Licence No.  : 77 & 80

 

Issued Capital              : SR 98,000,000

 

Paid up Capital            : SR 98,000,000

 

 

Name of Partner (s)

 

Al Hassel Commercial Investments Co Ltd

 

Al Hassel Economic Development Company Ltd

 

 

 

AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

National Refrigeration Co

Al Essa Building

King Abdul Aziz Street

PO Box : 2091

Riyadh 11421

Tel : (966-1) 4031212

Fax : (966-1) 4027639

 

Hamad A. Al Essa & Sons Co

Al Essa Building, 5th Floor

King Abdul Aziz Street

PO Box : 2091

Riyadh 11451

Tel : (966-1) 4020178 / 4039284

Fax : (966-1) 4035859

 

Al Essa Business for Trading & Contracting Co Ltd

PO Box : 2091

Riyadh 11451

Tel : (966-1) 4039295

Fax : (966-1) 4035859

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities: Engaged in the manufacture of an extensive line of residential room air conditioners, evaporative coolers, and refrigeration equipment, centrifugal fans, window freon air conditioners, various wall-mounted air

conditioning units, central air conditioners and water coolers.

 

The plant is an ISO-9001 accredited factory.

 

Annual Production Capacity :

 

Centrifugal fans                                                              100 units

Window freon air conditioners                                          250,000 units

Various wall air-conditioning units                                    1,000 units

Various split air conditioners                                           12,000 units

Central air conditioning units                                           500 units

Water coolers                                                                20 units

 

Agents for :

 

Haas

Gibson

Hitachi

Bauknecht

Champion

Arvin

Crafft

Dolphin

 

Import Countries: The Far East, United Kingdom, Germany, the United States of America and India

 

International Suppliers:

 

Kelvinator International                United States of America

A O Smith Corporation               United States of America

Qualitair Ltd                               United Kingdom

York Deutschland GmbH            Germany

Micron International                    India

 

Export Countries: Subject’s products are marketed throughout the Middle East and China

 

Operating Trend: Steady

 

Subject has a workforce of approximately 650 employees.

 

 


FINANCIAL DATA

 

Financial highlights provided by local sources are given below:

 

Currency: Saudi Riyals (SR)

 

                                                Year Ending 31/12/06:                Year Ending 31/12/07:

 

Total Sales                                SR 420,000,000             SR 450,000,000

 

Local sources consider subject’s financial condition to be Good.

 

The above financial figures are based on estimations by our local sources.

 

 

BANKERS

 

Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi

Airport Road

PO Box : 1290

Riyadh

Tel : (966-1) 4760284

 

Saudi American Bank

PO Box : 833

Riyadh 11471

Tel : (966-1) 4774770

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

No complaints regarding subject’s payments have been reported.

 

Date of transaction                                 December 2005

Credit amount                                        68,000

Amount overdue                         0

Payment terms                                      180 days

Payment Method                                   Letters of Credit

Paying record                                        No Complaints

Currency                                               Pounds Sterling

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

 

National Factory For Air Conditioners Co (NFAC) is one of the largest integrated manufacturers of air conditioning units in the Middle East, employing some 650 people with a total annual production capacity of over 260,000 units.

 

According to local sources subject’s financial position is considered to be good with payment obligations generally met promptly. As such NFAC is deemed a sound trade risk.


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.47.08

UK Pound

1

Rs.71.17

Euro

1

Rs.66.98

 

 

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%)

 

 

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