MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

19.02.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

UNION BUSINESS MACHINES CO. LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 2, 4 & 6, 2/F., Block A, Hong Kong Industrial Centre, 489-491 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

22.03.1985

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

09582623

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer, Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of Time-recorder, Time Stamp, Car-Park Time Recorder, Watchman Clock Etc.

 

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

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

                   (01.04.2010)                  

Current Rating

(30.06.2010)

Hong Kong

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

Company name

 

UNION BUSINESS MACHINES CO. LTD.

 

 

Company ADDRESS

Unit 2, 4 & 6, 2/F., Block A, Hong Kong Industrial Centre, 489-491 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PHONE:                  2745 1342,  2785 5959

FAX:                       2310 2699,  2785 0396

E-MAIL:                  sales@union-business.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ng Wai Kin

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Establishment         : 1976.

 

Incorporated on        : 22nd March, 1985.

 

Organization            :  Private Limited Company.

 

Capital Nominal       : HK$1,500,000.00

Issued                     : HK$1,500,000.00

Business Category   : Manufacturer, Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Annual Turnover       : HK$100~110 million.

 

Employees              :  500.  (Including workers in China)

 

Main Dealing Banker: DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation      :  Satisfactory.

 

Company ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office & Workshop:-

Unit 2, 4 & 6, 2/F., Block A, Hong Kong Industrial Centre,
489-491 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

China Offices:-

Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, etc.

 

China Factories:-

Shenzhen Factory
Shenzhen Union Tianmei Technology Co. Ltd.
Room 302, Block 1, Zhu Guang Innovative Science & Technology Park, Tao Yuan Street, Nanshan, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone 518001, China.
Tel:                         86-755-8387 4291, 8387 4770
Fax:                        86-755-8344 0607, 8387 4677
E-mail:                    timmy@nideka.com.cn

 

Dongguan Factory
Dongguan Union Tianmei Business Machines Co. Ltd.
Industrial Zone IV, South Gate, Humen, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China.
Tel:                         86-769-8556 1311
Fax:                        86-769-8556 2784
E-mail:                    dgtimmy@126.com

 

 

Trading as

 

Time Recorder City, Hong Kong.

Union System Engineering, Hong Kong.

 

 

Related Company

 

Jobkeep Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

09582623

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0148735

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ng Wai Kin

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,500,000.00 (Divided into 1,500,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$1,500,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 22-03-2010)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

NG Wai Kin

 

1,499,899

NG Tak Chuen

 

101

 

 

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Total:

1,500,000

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DIRECTORS  

(As per registry dated 22-03-2010)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

NG Wai Kin

Unit 2, 2/F., Block A, Hong Kong Industrial Centre,
489-491 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

NG Tak Chuen

Flat B, 15/F., Tower B, Clague Garden Estate, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

 

 

 

SECRETARY

 

NG Tak Chuen  (As per registry dated 22-03-2010)

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was established in 1976 and incorporated on 22nd March, 1985 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

Formerly the subject was located at Unit 12 & 13, 7/F., Block B, Hong Kong Industrial Centre, 489-491 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to Unit 2, 4 & 6, 2/F., Block A of the same building in April 1992.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities                 :Manufacturer, Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines                      :Time-recorder, time stamp, car-park time recorder, watchman clock, strapping machine, shreddering machine, card rack, time-card, parts for time recorder and cash register.

 

Brand Names:         ACROPRINT, LUCKS, MIEKO, NIDEKA, TIME-POWER, TIMMY, WIDMER, etc.

 

Sole Agent of:-         Nideka” micro computer time recorder.

                              Widmer” electronic time stamp, watchman clock, automatic strapping machine.

 

Office/Workshop Space:  10,610 sq.ft. – owned.

 

Employees              :500.  (Including workers in China)

 

Raw Materials          :Imported from Japan, USA and Europe.

 

Markets                  :Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asia.

 

Annual Turnover       :HK$100~110 million.

 

Terms/Sales            : COD or as per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying          : As per contracted.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,500,000.00 (Divided into 1,500,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$1,500,000.00

 

Alternation of Capital:-

Initially

paid up

HK$         10,102.00

01-04-1999

paid up

HK$     1,489,898.00

 

 

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Total:

paid up

HK$     1,500,000.00

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Increase of Nominal Capital:-

From

HK$500,000.00

to

HK$1,500,000.00

on

01-04-1999

 

Mortgage or Charge (since 2001)       : (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss                                    : Traded at a profitable angle.

 

Condition                                           : Keeping in an active and satisfactory manner.

 

Facilities                                            : Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:  So far so good.

 

Commercial Morality                          : Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-          DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

                        Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

                        Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong.

                        The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

                        Dah Sing Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Standing           :  Normal.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Union Business Machines Co. Ltd. is almost wholly-owned by Mr. Ng Wai Kin who is the Managing Director.  The subject is an experienced manufacturer of NIDEKA fingerprint/RFID/punch card time and attendance recorders, door access controllers, security guard patrol system, paper shredders, time stamp, etc.

According to the subject, it has achieved over 90% of the local market share in the 80’s and climbed continuously to attain the leading position in the industry.  Meanwhile, the subject’s products have been exported to worldwide countries and its sales network covers most of the regions of the world.  The subject has over 10 branch offices spreading from Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to Shanghai.

The subject is the manufacturer, exporter and trader of specialized types of office equipment and supplies.  With heritable, advanced technology from Japan and has made large investments in R&D since 1986, the subject begin business as a time recorder manufacturer.  Then, in order to meet the different needs of the market, the subject expanded and diversified to produce a wide range of products including fingerprint/proximity card time and attendance recorders, door access controller, security guard patrol system, paper shredders, time stamps, and accessories for time recorders.  Most of the products bear the following brand names: Acroprint”, “Lucks”, “Mieko”, “Nideka”, “Time-Power”, “Timmy”, “Widmer”, “etc.

The main office in Hong Kong provides full customer services, repairing and maintenance services, sales and marketing, warehousing and logistic activities and other supporting services.  Its manufacturing plants are located in both Hong Kong and China.  Altogether there are more than 500 workers in total.  The subject has instituted in-house workshops of moulding for both metal and plastic parts, carving of cannon steel printing wheels, etc.  Teams of technicians and professional engineers are trained in Japan so that they can provide up-to-date technology to the group.

Currently, the subject has had two factories in China which are known as Dongguan Union Tianmei Business Machines Co. Ltd. and Shenzhen Union Tianmei Technology Co. Ltd.  The former is in Dongguan City while the latter is in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China.

The subject’s significant products are time recorders.  Nideka” was originally invented by the Japanese.  The very first model was the “Nideka” model 500, which was invented in 1936.  In 1935, Model MD-2, a fully automatic electronic time recorder was launched.  In 1964, a new break‑through in this technological realm was made when the Model NE-7, a fully automatic time recorder with built-in batteries for power-backup, was developed.

The subject took over the Japanese technology and production know-how in the 1980’s.  Since then, the subject has developed its own brand name “LUCKS” and “TIME-POWER”.  In 2009, the subject got ISO 9001:2008 certification.

On the whole, consider the subject good for normal business engagements.

 

 

REMARKS

Court case record:-

Date

Plaintiff

Defendant

Cause

Amount

Mar. 1995

Chung Yiu Keung

Union Business Machines Co. Ltd.

Amount due

HK$216,927

 

Property information of the company:-

1.  Property Location           :Workshop A2, A4 & A6 on 2/F. of Block A,
Hong Kong Industrial Centre, 489-491 Castle Peak Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Owner                           : Union Business Machines Co. Ltd.

Date of Purchase           :  04-12-1991

Purchased Price            :  HK$13,500,000

Incumbrances:-

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

04-12-1991

-

The Daiwa Bank Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 

2.  Property Location           : Workshop A3 on 2/F. of Block A, Hong Kong Industrial Centre, 489-491 Castle Peak Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Owner                           : Union Business Machines Co. Ltd.

Date of Purchase           :  24-03-1992

Purchased Price            :  HK$2,583,900

Incumbrances:-

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

14-08-1992

-

Dah Sing Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 

3.  Property Location           : Workshop 3 on G/F., Trust Centre, 912-914 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Owner                           : Union Business Machines Co. Ltd.

Date of Purchase           :  n.a.

Purchased Price            :  n.a.

Incumbrances:-

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

31-01-1994

-

Dah Sing Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 

4.  Property Location           : Flat A on G/F. including Garden of Block 48 and Car Park No. 125 on  Level 1, Southern Carpark, Savanna Garden, 4283 Tai Po Road, Tai Po Kau, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Owner                           : Union Business Machines Co. Ltd.

Date of Purchase           :  n.a.

Purchased Price            :  n.a.

Incumbrances:-

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

23-01-1989

-

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 

5.  Property Location           :House 1 including Garage, Flat Roof, Garden & Roof,
Savanna Garden, 4283 Tai Po Road, Tai Po Kau, Tai Po, New Territories,                        Hong Kong.

Owner                           : Union Business Machines Co. Ltd.

Date of Purchase           : n.a.

Purchased Price            : n.a.

Incumbrances:-

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

14-12-2007

-

DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

(Since 2001)

 

Date

Particulars

Amount

14-12-2007

Instrument:      Mortgage

Property:

52/7,700th parts or shares of and in Tai Po Town Lot No. 72 (House 1 including Garage, Flat Roof, Garden & Roof of Savanna Garden, 4283 Tai Po Road, Tai Po Kau, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.)

Mortgagee:      DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

To secure all monies in respect of general banking facilities

10-09-2009

Instrument:      Charge Over Deposits – CD 1 (09a)

Property:

1)   By fixed Charge:  all the Company’s rights in respect of (i) the sum deposited by the Company; and (ii) all other sums in any currency from time to time standing to the credit of the Company or the credit of any other person for the Company’s benefit whether alone or jointly with others, on any deposit account with the Bank or any other SCB Group Company including additions to or renewals or replacements of such sum; and all interest from time to time accruing or payable on the sums specified in (i) and (ii) above;

2)   By assignment:  all Deposits held with any SCB Group Company

Mortgagee:      Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

To secure the payment or discharge of all moneys, obligations and liabilities, whether actual or contingent at the date of the Charge or at any time after the date thereof, due, owing or incurred by the Company to Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.45.18

UK Pound

1

Rs.73.04

Euro

1

Rs.61.43

 

 

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

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

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NB

New Company

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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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