MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

10.07.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

VIJAY TANKS AND VESSELS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

B – 504, Vrindavan Apartment, Link Road, Mulund (West), Mumbai – 400 080, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.09.2004

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

14340

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U29132MH2004PLC014340

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMV01330A

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACV4048A

 

 

Legal Form :

A Public Limited liability Company. The Company’s Shares are not Listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer, Exporter and Importer of Pressure Vessels, Tanks and Bullets.

 

 

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 2205500

 

 

 

 

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

 

 

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments :

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

 

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

 

 

 

INFORMATION PARTED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Baiju

Designation :

Admin. Manager

Contact No.:

91-9227548313

Date :

30.06.2008

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

B – 504, Vrindavan Apartment, Link Road, Mulund (West), Mumbai – 400 080, Maharashtra, India

E-Mail :

ho@vijaytanks.com

akbari@vijaytanks.com

Website :

http://www.vijaytanks.com

 

 

Main Office / Works :

National Highway No. 8, Sankarda, Baroda – 391 350, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.:

91-265-2840168/ 2840171/ 2840572

Fax No.:

91-265-2840577

Area :

5,50,000 Sq. ft.

Location :

Owned

 

 

Factory :

Gandhidham,India

Area :

60,000 Sq. ft

Location :

Leased

 

 

Factory  :

Haji Adam Mansion, Homji Street, Mumbai – 400 001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. V. Sundar Rajan

Designation :

 Marketing Director

Date of Birth/Age :

54 Years

Qualification :

B.Sc

 

 

Name :

Mrs. R. Kanan

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

54 Years

Qualification :

B.Sc

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Raghvan

Designation :

Managing Director

Date of Birth/Age :

38 Years

Qualification :

B.E. Mechanical

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer, Exporter and Importer of Pressure Vessels, Tanks and Bullets.

 

 

Products :

v     Atmospheric, Pressurised and Cryogenic Storage Systems

v     Shop fabricated Process Columns, Pressure Vessels and Heat

v     Exchangers

v     Dry and Wet Gasholders, Silos

v     Offsites and Process Piping

v     Fired Heaters and Stacks

v     Hot Tapping of Tanks and Pipelines

v     Drums and Barrels

v     Civil and Structural Works

v     Process Plant

 

 

Exports :

 

Products :

v      Pressure Vessels

v      Tanks

v      Bullets.

Countries :

v      Australia

v      African Countries

v      Gulf Countries

 

 

Imports :

 

Products :

v      Steel Plates

Countries :

v      Belzium

v      Romania

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

L/C

 

 

Purchasing :

L/C

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

v      Wholesalers

 

 

No. of Employees :

Total : 6355 (Office : 355, Factory : 6000)

 

 

Bankers :

v      Dena Bank

Mumbai

 

v      State Bank of India

Mumbai

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Sharp Tenean and Associates

Chartered Accountants

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

70,00,000

Equity shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 70.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

54,64,100

Equity shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 54.641

millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

54.600

54.600

54.600

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

386.500

344.600

334.500

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

441.100

399.200

389.100

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

75.000

203.700

215.500

2] Unsecured Loans

2.100

13.700

16.900

TOTAL BORROWING

77.100

217.400

232.400

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

518.200

616.600

621.500

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

222.400

201.800

204.000

Capital work-in-progress

6.300

7.900

0.700

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.100

0.100

0.100

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

186.200

49.400

38.900

 

Sundry Debtors

292.300

270.900

270.500

 

Cash & Bank Balances

35.000

18.600

30.800

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

286.500

355.900

405.400

Total Current Assets

800.000

694.800

745.600

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

460.800

238.000

297.000

 

Provisions

49.800

50.000

31.900

Total Current Liabilities

510.600

288.000

328.900

Net Current Assets

289.400

406.800

416.700

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

518.200

616.600

621.500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

2155.200

1599.500

1581.900

Other Income

46.100

4.300

6.300

Total Income

2201.300

1603.800

1588.200

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

50.400

16.700

15.400

Provision for Taxation

6.800

6.000

11.500

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

43.600

10.700

3.900

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing Expenses

116.200

118.400

135.200

 

Administrative Expenses

66.000

84.300

100.600

 

Raw Material Consumed

1706.700

1172.200

1704.100

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

129.200

138.300

163.600

 

Interest

35.500

35.900

51.200

 

Power & Fuel

19.200

20.400

28.400

 

Depreciation & Amortization

19.000

14.500

14.900

 

Other Expenditure

59.100

3.100

(625.200)

Total Expenditure

2150.900

1587.100

1572.800

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Debt-Equity Ratio

0.36

0.59

0.47

Long Term Debt-Equity Ratio

0.15

0.25

0.25

Current Ratio

1.54

1.65

1.72

TURNOVER RATIOS

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

5.30

4.14

4.12

Inventory

18.30

36.23

31.08

Debtors

7.65

5.91

6.43

Interest Cover Ratio

1.24

1.53

1.22

Operating Profit Margin(%)

2.92

4.34

4.88

Profit Before Interest And Tax Margin(%)

2.04

3.43

3.94

Cash Profit Margin(%)

1.2

1.67

1.13

Adjusted Net Profit Margin(%)

0.32

0.76

0.18

Return On Capital Employed(%)

7.91

9.04

11.38

Return On Net Worth(%)

1.69

3.19

0.77

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Trade References

 

v      Indian Oil Corporation

 

v      Bharat Petroleum

 

v      HPCL

 

v      Reliance Refinery

 

v      S R Oil

 

As Per Website Details

 

History

 

Subject was founded in 1956 with a mission to develop an Indian engineering & construction company that would participate in the pioneering challenge of building India's oil & gas infrastructure.

 

Subject is operations have since grown to span the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Africa. This strong international profile, successfully developed within challenging and often hostile business territories, has honed VTV into a resilient organization and helped it find a place amongst the most respected tank building companies in the world.

 

Over the decades, subject has repeatedly developed new technologies and benchmarked new performance standards, objectives that energise and direct our goals for the present and the future.

 

Subject is evolution into an EPC contractor has been developed by the continual investment of resources in developing a multidisciplinary in-house engineering and construction skill, that helps the company deliver substantial value to its client by staying in direct control over all the critical elements that combine to help deliver the most complicated projects on time and at a competitive cost.

 

Subject is management, human resource and financial strengths are honed by decades of diverse International experience with a focus on the highest standards of quality, a deep sense of economy and total customer satisfaction. This focus continues to fuel Subject is evolution as a diversified engineering company of world-class standards.

 

The pages of this site will convey, in a general way, the range and depth of companies capabilities. Please request for a copy of the Company's Pre qualification Document to get a more comprehensive view of the Company's domestic & international track record, infrastructure and operations.

 

1956 :          Founded as Vijay Industries for the manufacture of underground petroleum storage tanks.

 

1960:           Revamping work of the furnace at Standard-Vacuum's Bombay Refinery. Opens floodgates for mechanical construction assignments at Refinery

 

1963:           Tank-farm project for Gujarat Refinery, India's first indigenous refinery 170 cone and floating roof tanks 20,000 MT. of steel fabrication 4 crude oil floating roof tanks of 56 m. diameter x 12.2 m. height.

 

1964:           First fully equipped pressure vessel factory in Bombay. Designed and manufactured the earliest LPG bullets in India.

 

1965:           Designed and fabricated first 5 m. diameter x 52 m. height crude distillation column for Esso Refinery in Bombay.

 

1967:           Development of in-house manufacturing capabilities for Welding Rectifiers to insulate the company from import constraints.

 

1968:           First Indian company to design and construct Highpressure LPG storage spheres for Esso's Bombay Refinery.

 

1969:           Reconstituted into the limited liability company 'Vijay Tanks & Vessels Limited'. Second pressure vessel factory in Southern India.

 

1970:           Licensee arrangement with Graver Tank manufacturing Co. (U.S.A.) for floating roof and cryogenic tank technology.

 

1971:           First Indian company to design and construct cryogenic storage systems for LOX/LIN service for Hindustan Steel Limited

 

1972:           In-house development of the SAW process for tank construction.

 

1973:           Designed and Constructed Asia's largest Crude Oil Storage Terminal at Vadinar 13 nos. 90,000 cu.m. 79.5 m. diameter x 18.1 m. height Double Deck floating roof tanks.

 

1974:           Foray into the international arena with a tank-farm project for Kuwait Oil Company.Crude and vacuum heaters for Gujarat Refinery's 3 million tonne expansion unit.

1975:           First Indian export of nine LPG storage bullets to Iraq.Turnkey tankfarm projects for Kenya Pipeline Company at Nairobi Terminal & Embakasi Airport.

 

1976:           Developed the Indian Standard Code for tank design and construction as a lead member of the Government of India appointed technical committee US $3.5 million Aviation Fuel Storage & Handling Facility at Kuwait Airport for KAFCO.

 

1978:           Turnkey project for a Pilot Distillation Plant for Gujarat Refinery.

 

1979:           US $17 million tank-farm project by JGC, Japan, for the Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery Modernisation Project, Kuwait

 

1981:           EPC contract for a refrigerated Ammonia Import Terminal at Tuticorin.

 

1983:           US $4.5 million Fuel Oil Storage & Handling Facility at Abukamash, Libya.

 

1986:           EPC contract for a Cryogenic Ethylene Storage Terminal at IPCL, Nagothane, involving India's first 9 % Ni Tanks.

 

1987:           Introduced the concept of tank construction by hydraulic jacking into India.

 

1989:           Turnkey project for two coke chambers at the operating Gauhati Refinery. Subject is innovative construction designs on this project, vetted by the Indian Institute of Technology, have since become an Indian Industry standard.

 

1992:           Embarked on a special project for the development of the 'Varaha Sphere', to enable the progressive construction of a sphere top downwards.

 

1993:           Commissioned the US $33 million project for Brega Petroleum, Libya, for an Oil and Gas Storage and Handling Facility at Sebha. Relocation of the pressure vessel factories to Baroda and Jamnagar.

 

1994:           US $7.9 million EPC contract for Brega's fuel oil storage & handling terminal at Tobruk, Libya.

 

1995:           Built the world's first hydraulically lifted spherical tank using VTV's patented construction process.

 

1998:           Built India's largest crude oil storage terminal consisting of 12 nos. 92 m. diameter x 20 m. height Double Deck floating roof tanks.

 

1999:           US $15 million project for India's largest LPG mounded storage and handling terminal.

 

2000:           15 nos. sphere farm at the Essar / ABB Oil Refinery, consisting of vessels upto 73 mm. thick.

 

2001:           Secured the contract for the construction of 2 Nos. 160,000 Cu.M. Lng storage tanks at Dahej, India from Ishikawajima -Harima Heavy Industries Company Limited.

 

Bio Data

 

 

Founded as Vijay Industries in 1956,incorporated as limited company in the name of Vijay Tanks and Vessels Limited during the year 1969.The company has been engaged in manufacture of underground petroleum storage tanks. 
 
Subject has a central equipment workshop and maintenance facility at its main works in Vadodara for the in-house manufacture and maintenance of critical equipment.One of the subjects key strategic advantages has been its ability to deploy a large equipment infrastructure to suit the most demanding project schedules.

 

Press Release

 

"Major Equipment Orders for IOC Panipat Refinery Expansion Project: VTV has secured US$ 14 Million worth of orders for critical equipment for IOC's Panipat Refinery Project. These include field construction contracts for the Crude and Vacuum Distillation Columns, Coker Drums and Coker Fractionators. EPC Contracts have also been secured for the Paraxylene Columns, Adsorbent Chambers, Stainless Steel Storage Silos and Product Storage Tanks. Inclusion of this diversified range of sophisticated clad & low alloy steel equipment reinforces VTV's credentials as an end-to-end supplier for the wide range of storage and process equipment."

 

 

"Export Order for SS Columns for Fertil, Abu Dhabi: VTV's Kandla Export Facility has secured its first major export order involving an SS Column for Fertil, Abu Dhabi. This inaugural order heralds the start of a new phase of growth in VTV's efforts to tap the growing international demand for sourcing of high quality manufactured equipments from the Indian subcontinent."

 

"KOC Tankage Project in Kuwait:VTV has received an LOI for a Storage Tank Terminal being developed by KOC in Kuwait. This project involves the erection of 4,000 Mt of Steel. VTV's international marketing thrust has yielded significant results with a slew of export orders and augurs well for the growth of the Company in the domestic and international markets."

 

"International collaboration with Zeta (U.K.) for separators for the offshore sector: VTV supplied an ASME 'U' stamp clad steel 2-Phase separator for British Gas (India) Ltd's offshore project. VTV has partnered with Zeta pdm (U.K.), a renowned international high-end process engineering firm, to providesingle point turnkey services for the design & supply of separator systems forthe most diverse offshore platform applications."

 

"Shop Orders for the Shell Hazira LNG Project: VTV has secured an order for the supply of shop fabricated pressure vessels from Shell Hazira LNG Limited. VTV's focus on development of its ASME 'U' Stamp Accredited Manufacturing Plant at Vadodara (India) has received substantial interest from discerning Domestic and International clients."

 

"Prestigious shop export orders secured :


VTV has secured orders for CS/SS shop fabricated equipment from Snamprogetti (Milan) for the OMIFCO Project & from Bechtel (Houston) for the Egypt LNG Project. VTV's presence in the key vendor list of such internationalmajors for specialist shop and field equipment provide a significant thrust forboth our Manufacturing and International Projects Groups
"

 

Major developments in the Pipeline Division : VTV recently secured the EPC yard piping contract for IOC - Gujarat Refinery's LAB Project. This Project marks a significant development for VTV's pipeline division and underlines the company's strong turnkey credentials to address growing demands in this business segment.."

 

Business Standard March 2002

 

"Business Standard March 2002 magazine our rating is in the list of Indian Companies and we feel honoured :
Business Standard, India's leading financial daily, recently released its survey results of the top 500 unlisted companies in India. VTV was ranked at #274 in terms of sales and was amongst the top 20 unlisted companies in India in the Engineering Construction Sector."

 

" An article published in Business India Magazine in its November2000 issue by Shekar Shesan : Success, says Anand Raghavan , is a telephone call from a client saying, " Hey, you have done a great job!" The 29-year-old director of the rs. 109-crore Vijay Tanks And Vessels Ltd. (VTV) is serious about his commitment to the company his grandfather R.Ramanujan founded 44 years ago. "The VTVculture is to strive to satisfy the customer," he says. "There are many things I'm prepared to forego if they conflict with the company's needs."

 

" ASME "U" Stamp : VTV has received accreditation from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for use of the "U" code symbol stamp."

 

" LNG Tank Contract at Dahei. :


VTV has received the contract for detailed engineering, procurement (partial) & Construction of 2 nos."

 

 

 

 


 

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. 43.13

UK Pound

1

Rs. 85.02

Euro

1

Rs. 67.77

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--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

 

54

 

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

 

 

 

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