MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

31.03.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

POLYRAM RAM-ON INDUSTRIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

Registered Office :

Mobile Post Megido Ram-On  19205       

 

 

Country :

Israel

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

23.02.1986

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Partnership

 

 

Line of Business :

Developers, manufacturers, marketers and exporters of engineering thermoplastic compounds for the automotive (main client sector) irrigation, , electrical and electronic sectors, as well as for D.I.Y, infrastructure and construction industries.

 

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 :

US$ 1,500,000

Status :

Good

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

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 – December 31, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2010)

Current Rating

(31.12.2010)

Israel

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

Name and address        

 

POLYRAM RAM-ON INDUSTRIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Telephone    972 4 649 95 55; 649 99 00

Fax             972 4 649 97 63

Mobile Post Megido

RAM-ON-19205-ISRAEL

 

E-mail: sales@polyram.co.il

Website: www.polyram.co.il

 

 

HISTORY & LEGAL FORMATION

 

A limited partnership, established on the 23.02.1986, registered as per file

No. 55-000832-0.

 

 

PARTNERS

 

1.    POLYRAM (1999) LTD., 99.9%, a public limited company whose shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, controlled by Moshav Ram-On (17.8%), a cooperative agricultural cooperative settlement (known as "Moshav"), and by several members of the Moshav,

2.    RAM-ON PLASTIC INDUSTRIES LTD., 0.1%, being the general partner.

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

1.    Joseph Bitan, Chairman,

2.    Yehushua (Shuka) Segev, General Manager.

 

 

BUSINESS

 

Developers, manufacturers, marketers and exporters of engineering thermoplastic compounds for the automotive (main client sector) irrigation, , electrical and electronic sectors, as well as for D.I.Y, infrastructure and construction industries. This activity comprised 83% of sales in 2010 (88.6% in 2009).

 

Also developers, manufacturers, marketers and exporters of impact adhansers and adhesives, under the trade name "Bondyram", which are coupling agents which are additives to the combinations of thermoplastic compounds.

 

Some 57% of sales in 2010 were for export – to 45 countries, mainly to Europe (export rate was 54% in 2009).

 

Amongst clients: NETAFIM, RAVIV (Kibbutz Revivim), JOHN DEERE WATER, Z.A.G. INDUSTRIES, ARKAL-BEIT ZERA, NAAN DAN JAIN IRRIGATION, BERMAD, BACCARA GEVA, METZERPLAS INDUSTRIES, DANIA PLAST, RION, ZRICHA NLAVIN INDUSTRIES, SHALON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, PLASTOKIT, etc.

Amongst foreign clients: MEMOLEX (France), TRW (manufactures for OPEL), BLUEWATER (manufactures for Mercedes).

 

Amongst local suppliers: CARMEL OLEFINS, NILIT, MARLOV, etc.

Amongst foreign suppliers: BASF (Germany), MORIROUI, COTRIMEX, etc.

 

Operating from premises, owned by the RAM-ON Group (offices, plant, logistics center), on a total area of 34,300 sq. meters (of which 17,000 sq. meters are built), in Ram-On, a locality in the north of Israel. Also operating from branch offices in the U.S.A, China and throughout Europe, and warehouses in Belgium, Mexico and U.S.A., and distributors worldwide.

 

Having 130 employees serving the whole POLYRAM Group (had 110 employees in the end of 2009, and 82 employees in mid 2009).

 

 

MEANS

 

In August 2004 parent company listed its shares for trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, raising a sum of NIS 29.6 million.

 

Parent POLYRAM (1999) LTD. current market value US$ 73 million.

 

Subject is an “Approved Enterprise” and as such receives State benefits.

In June 1998 the Israeli Investment Center (IIC) approved a US$ 600,000 expansion plan for subject’s plant.

In June 1999, another US$ 2.6 million investment plan was approved by IIC for further expansion of the plant.

 

During 2007, subject signed agreements to purchase another manufacturing line in a cost of NIS 3 million.

 

In March 2011 the Board decided on self share purchasing in volume of NIS 4 million.

 

Financial data is included in the consolidated B/S of parent company, POLYRAM (1999) LTD., which shows (note: in practice, the financial statements reflect subject and its subsidiaries operation, as subject is POLYRAM (1999) LTD. chief holding):

 

                                                                                      NIS (thousands)

                                                                             31.12.2009              31.12.2010

ASSETS

Current assets

     Cash and cash equivalents                                         16,472                    10,136

     Short term financial assets                                         24,885                    15,499

     Customers                                                                55,994                    73,562

     Other receivables                                                         4,600                      6,705

     Stock                                                                        67,909                    94,357

                                                                                   169,860                   200,259

Non-current assets

     Fixed assets, net                                                       33,261                    37,607

     Intangible assets, net                                                   1,451                         705

     Other non-current assets                                              2,292                      1,012

                                                                                     37,004                    39,324

                                                                                   206,864                   239,583

                                                                                 =======                =======

 

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities                                                             63,475                    83,334

Non-current liabilities                                                       32,609                    18,786

Equity                                                                          110,780                   137,463

                                                                                   206,864                   239,583

                                                                                 =======                =======

 

ANNUAL SALES

 

Subject ended 2007 with a net profit of NIS 19,667,000.

Subject ended 2008 with a net profit of NIS 2,412,000.

Subject ended 2009 with a net profit of NIS 22,356,000.

Subject ended 2010 with a net profit of NIS 32,420,000.

 

                                                                             POLYRAM (1999) LTD

                                                                 Consolidated Statement of Income

                                                                                    NIS (thousands)

                                                                                    Year ended 31.12

                                                                           2008                2009              2010

Sales                                                                253,595            217,638          312,752

 

Gross profit                                                          28,808              40,592           57,054

 

Operating income                                                 11,443              20,681           34,570

 

Profits before income tax                                        7,319              18,788           32,768

 

Net income                                                            7,824              16,256           30,293

                                                                      =======         =======       =======

 

 

OTHER COMPANIES

 

POLYRAM (1999) LTD., parent company, it subsidiaries (fully owned unless otherwise stated):

RAM-ON PLASTIC INDUSTRIES LTD.,

RAM ON BUILDINGS (LIMITED PARTNERSHIP),

RAM-ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING (1983) LTD.,

RAM-ON BUILDINGS (2004) LTD. (78% are held by POLYRAM (1999), the rest held by Moshav Ram-On),

POLYRAM FRANCE, 55%,

POLYRAM U.K. LTD.

BANKERS

The First International Bank of Israel Ltd., Afula Branch (No. 111), Afula,

account No. 209619.

Bank Leumi Le'Israel Ltd., Hadera Business Branch (No. 639), Hadera, account No. 103000/07.

 

A check with the Central Banks’ database did not reveal negative information on subject’s a/m accounts.

 

 

CHARACTER AND REPUTATION

 

Nothing unfavorable learned.

 

Subject is ISO/TS 16949:2002 certified, as well as meeting other international quality standards such as NSF Standard.

 

Moshav Ram-On, was established in 1953 in Nurit settlement which changed location to present one in 1960, has 340 members and also deals in agriculture and other farming activities.

 

In April 2008, subject's parent company signed agreements with MEMOLEX of France, a veteran distributor of subject's products in France, for the establishment of a joint company called POLYRAM FRANCE (55% POLYRAM and 45% MEMOLEX), that will take over the distribution operations, as well as other products, in France and other European countries. POLYRAM will invest € 22 million in the share capital of the new company, plus around € 1 million as owners' loan.

 

In August 2008, subject received the permission to use the patent of American EASTMAN, large chemicals and polymers manufacturer.

 

Subject's products received the approval of several auto companies, among them RENAULT, NISSAN, GENERAL MOTORS, OPEL, and more.

 

The Ministry of Industry & Trade data published summary of Israel's Plastic and Rubber Industry in 2009: The Sector’s revenues (local and for export) reached US$ 4,090 million (of which some half for export), representing 4% decrease from 2008 (revenues in 2008 also fell from 2007 by 7.3%, after several years of continuing growth – reaching record revenues of US$ 4,596 million in 2007). The fall is explained by the global crisis that erupted in 2008 2nd half, into 2009.

Sales for export by the Plastic and Rubber Industry badly suffered and plunged in 2009 by 15% from 2008, but recovered in 2010 with 5.8% growth in export, reaching US$ 1,615.6 million, as part of the recovery in global markets.

 

In general, 30% of the Plastic and Rubber sector's sales are household products, 23% - agriculture, 16% - packaging, 9% - building sector, 9% to the industry (rest is to other fields).

 

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, import of Plastic and Rubber raw material for the local industry in 2010 summed up to NIS 2,047.2 million, 30.4% increase from 2009 (then it decreased by 31% from 2008, which reflected the the global recession).

 

Investment in imported machinery and equipment to the plastic and rubber industry totaled NIS 512 million in 2010, some 8% down from 2009, continuing the decreasing trend although in a much lesser magnitude, after a sharp fall of 29% in 2009 from 2008 (then it witnessed a mere 1% increase from 2007).

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Good for trade engagements.

Maximum unsecured credit recommended US$ 1,500,000.

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.77

UK Pound

1

Rs.71.69

Euro

1

Rs.63.02

 

 

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 Business

 

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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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