MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.01.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HELM AG

 

 

Registered Office :

Nordkanalstr. 28 Hamburg, 20097

 

 

Country :

Germany

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2010

 

 

Year of Establishment :

1900

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

22263

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Parent

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of chemical products

 

 

No. of Employees :

1,340

 

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

 

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 – September 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

Germany

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


Company name and address

 

Helm AG

                                                                                                                                              

 

Nordkanalstr. 28

 

 

Hamburg, 20097

Germany

 

Tel:

49 (40) 23 75-0

Fax:

49 (40) 23 75 18 45

 

www.helmag.com

 

Employees:

1,340

Company Type:

Public Parent

Corporate Family:

27 Companies

 

 

Incorporation Date:

1900

Financials in:

 

 

 

Fiscal Year End:

31-Dec-2010

Reporting Currency:

Euro

Annual Sales:

5,488.8

Total Assets:

1,638.8

                                      

Business Description       

 

International marketing, national distribution, warehousing, cargo handling terminal, processing and service functions in/of medicines, essential oils, inorganic chemicals, aroma chemicals, aromatics, fertilizers, feed additives, plastics, food additives, solvents, olefins, organic chemicals, crop protection chemicals, active pharmaceutical ingredients

          

Industry                                                                                                                               

 

Industry

Chemical Manufacturing

ANZSIC 2006:

3323 - Industrial and Agricultural Chemical Product Wholesaling

NACE 2002:

5155 - Wholesale of chemical products

NAICS 2002:

424690 - Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

UK SIC 2003:

5155 - Wholesale of chemical products

US SIC 1987:

5169 - Chemicals and Allied Products, Not Elsewhere Classified

                      

Key Executives           

   

 

Name

Title

Axel Viering

Executive Director - Derivatives & Polymers

Rainer Detering

Leiter-Finanz

Annegret Schwenkhoff

Leiterin-Marketing

Dieter SchΓΌtt

Leiter-Personal & Verwaltung

Oliver BΓΆsch

Leiter-EDV

         

News  

 

Title

Date

BioExx Signs Product Development and Sales Licence Agreement With Century Foods International
Marketwire (Canada) (1144 Words)

7-Jul-2011

BioExx Signs Product Development and Sales Licence Agreement With Century Foods International
Market Wire (1149 Words)

7-Jul-2011

Reports Outline Proton Pumps Study Results from D. Seiler et al
Biotech Week (356 Words)

22-Jun-2011

BioExx Commences Commercial Protein Operations
Market Wire (1593 Words)

6-Jun-2011

BioExx Commences Commercial Protein Operations
Marketwire (Canada) (1598 Words)

6-Jun-2011

1 - Profit & Loss Item Exchange Rate: USD 1 = EUR 0.7550783
2 - Balance Sheet Item Exchange Rate: USD 1 = EUR 0.7454064

 

 

Corporate Overview

 

Location
Nordkanalstr. 28
Hamburg, 20097
Germany

 

Tel:

49 (40) 23 75-0

Fax:

49 (40) 23 75 18 45

 

www.helmag.com

Sales EUR(mil):

4,144.5

Assets EUR(mil):

1,221.6

Employees:

1,340

Fiscal Year End:

31-Dec-2010

 

Industry:

Chemical Manufacturing

Incorporation Date:

1900

Company Type:

Public Parent

Quoted Status:

Not Quoted

Registered No.(DEU):

22263

 

Member:

Werner Kleinloh

Contents

Industry Codes

Business Description

Financial Data

Subsidiaries

Key Corporate Relationships

 

 

Industry Codes

 

ANZSIC 2006 Codes:

3319

-

Other Agricultural Product Wholesaling

3322

-

Metal and Mineral Wholesaling

3323

-

Industrial and Agricultural Chemical Product Wholesaling

3720

-

Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling

 

NACE 2002 Codes:

5155

-

Wholesale of chemical products

5146

-

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

5152

-

Wholesale of metals and ores

5121

-

Wholesale of grain, seeds and animal feeds

 

NAICS 2002 Codes:

423510

-

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

424210

-

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers

424690

-

Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

424910

-

Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

 

US SIC 1987:

5051

-

Metals Service Centers and Offices

5122

-

Drugs, Drug Proprietaries, and Druggists' Sundries

5169

-

Chemicals and Allied Products, Not Elsewhere Classified

5191

-

Farm Supplies

 

UK SIC 2003:

5155

-

Wholesale of chemical products

5146

-

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

5152

-

Wholesale of metals and ores

5121

-

Wholesale of grain, seeds and animal feeds

 

 

Business Description

International marketing, national distribution, warehousing, cargo handling terminal, processing and service functions in/of medicines, essential oils, inorganic chemicals, aroma chemicals, aromatics, fertilizers, feed additives, plastics, food additives, solvents, olefins, organic chemicals, crop protection chemicals, active pharmaceutical ingredients

 

 

More Business Descriptions

HELM AG is primarily engaged in manufacture of various chemical products: peptones, peptone derivatives, other protein substances and their derivatives not elsewhere classified; chemically modified oils and fats; materials used in the finishing of textiles and leather; powders and pastes used in soldering, brazing or welding; substances used to pickle metal; prepared additives for cements; activated carbon, lubricating oil additives, prepared rubber accelerators, catalysts and other chemical products for industrial use; anti-knock preparations, anti-freeze preparations, liquids for hydraulic transmission; and composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents. This class also includes: manufacture of writing and drawing ink.

HELM AG (Germany) is one of the world's leading independent chemicals marketing enterprises, with branches and sales offices in more than 30 countries. It focuses on national and regional distribution and also develops, manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical and non-active disposable medical products. HELM's business units include Chemicals Germany, Chemical Liquids, Chemical Solids, Pharma, Nutrition, Fertilizer and HELM International.

 

Trading Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Data

 

Financials in:

EUR(mil)

 

Revenue:

4,144.5

Assets:

1,221.6

Current Assets:

1,110.6

 

Total Liabilities:

1,221.6

 

Issued Capital:

100.0

 

Net Worth:

404.2

 

 

 

Date of Financial Data:

31-Dec-2010

 

1 Year Growth

52.6%

NA

 

 

Subsidiaries

Company

Percentage Owned

Country

Helm Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.

 

 

Helm Export-Import GmbH

 

Germany

Kraeft Logistik GmbH

 

Germany

AUSTRALIA GrundstΓΌcksgesellschaft Wessel & Co. (GmbH & Co.)

 

Germany

Carl Emil Wessel GmbH

 

Germany

Helm DΓΌngemittel GmbH

 

Germany

Helm Arabia Holding GmbH

 

Germany

Helm Arabia GmbH & Co. KG

 

Germany

Helm Medical GmbH

 

Germany

D3 Chimie S.A.

 

France

Helm Guangzhou Ltd.

 

Peoples Republic of China

Helm Argentina S.R.L.

 

 

Helm Korea Ltd.

 

South Korea

Helm Chemicals B.V.

 

Netherlands

Helm Kimya Ltd. Sirketi

 

Turkey

Helm CS s.r.o.

 

Czech Republic

Helm Portugal S.A.

 

Portugal

Helm Andina Ltda.

 

Colombia

Helm do Brasil Mercantil Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

Helm DΓΌngemittel GmbH

100%

GERMANY

HELM Pharmaceuticals GmbH

100%

GERMANY

MIDER-HELM METHANOL Vertriebs GmbH

50%

GERMANY

KRAEFT Logistik GmbH

100%

GERMANY

AUSTRALIA GrundstΓΌcksgesellschaft

100%

GERMANY

D3 CHIMIE SA

50%

FRANCE

 

 

 

 

 

Key Corporate Relationships

Bank:

Deutsche Bank AG, Commerzbank AG, Vereins- und Westbank AG, Berenbergbank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Structure News

 

Helm AG
Total Corporate Family Members: 27
Excluded Small Branches and/or Trading Addresses: 3 (Available via export)

 

 

 

 

Company Name

Company Type

Location

Country

Industry

Sales
(USD mil)

Employees

Helm AG

Parent

Hamburg

Germany

Chemical Manufacturing

5,488.8

1,340

Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd

Subsidiary

Point Lisas Industrial Estate, Couva

Trinidad and Tobago

Chemical Manufacturing

75.0

150

HELM Mahaboon Ltd

Subsidiary

Bangkok, Bangkok

Thailand

Food Processing

514.0

100

Helm Chemicals B.V.

Subsidiary

Alphen Aan Den Rijn, Zuid-Holland

Netherlands

Personal and Household Products

 

32

Helm Portugal, LDA

Subsidiary

Bobadela Lrs

Portugal

Chemical Manufacturing

29.8

25

Helm DΓΌngemittel GmbH

Subsidiary

Hamburg, Hamburg

Germany

Chemical Manufacturing

871.0

23

Helm Engrais France

Subsidiary

Puteaux

France

Chemical Manufacturing

89.5

2

Helm Iberica Sa

Subsidiary

Alcobendas, Madrid

Spain

Chemical Manufacturing

64.1

23

HELM Polska Sp zoo

Subsidiary

Warsaw

Poland

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

85.6

22

Helm Fertilizer Terminal Inc

Subsidiary

Memphis, TN

United States

Chemical Manufacturing

4.8

20

Helm New York Chemical Corp

Branch

Piscataway, NJ

United States

Business Services

40.0

30

Helm France

Subsidiary

Puteaux

France

Chemical Manufacturing

51.9

18

D3 Chimie

Subsidiary

Luynes

France

Chemical Manufacturing

15.6

10

HELM Kimya Sirketi Ltd

Subsidiary

Esentepe, Istanbul

Turkey

Chemical Manufacturing

150.0

16

Kraeft Logistik GmbH

Subsidiary

Hamburg, Hamburg

Germany

Miscellaneous Transportation

3.3

15

Helm Italia SRL

Subsidiary

Milano

Italy

Personal and Household Products

65.3

10

Helm Benelux

Subsidiary

Zaventem

Belgium

Chemical Manufacturing

18.6

6

Helm Mexico, S.A.

Subsidiary

Naucalpan De Juarez, Estado De Mexico

Mexico

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

0.8

2

Helm Arabia GmbH & Co. KG

Subsidiary

Hamburg, Hamburg

Germany

Engineering Consultants

 

2

Helm do Brasil Mercantil Ltda.

Subsidiary

SΓ£o Paulo, SP

Brazil

Crops

 

 

HELM Andina Ltda

Subsidiary

Bogota, Cundinamarca

Colombia

Crops

 

 

HELM Hong Kong Ltd

Subsidiary

Wanchai, Wanchai

Hong Kong

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

 

 

HELM Korea Ltd

Subsidiary

Seoul

Korea, Republic of

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

 

 

HELM India Pvt Ltd

Subsidiary

Maharashtra

India

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executives Report

 

 

Board of Directors

 

Name

Title

Function

Ulrich Ellerbeck

 

Vorsitzender

Chairman

Dieter Schnabel

 

Chairman

Chairman

Werner Kleinloh

 

Member

Director/Board Member

David Neumann

 

Member of the board of directors

Director/Board Member

 

Executives

 

Name

Title

Function

Axel Viering

 

Executive Director - Derivatives & Polymers

Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Arnold

 

Leiter-Nutrition

Division Head Executive

Hartmut Glaser

 

Leiter-Chemical Solids

Division Head Executive

Oliver Mehl

 

Leiter-DΓΌngemittel

Division Head Executive

Rolf Meyer-Ottens

 

Leiter-Chemical Liquids

Division Head Executive

Axel Ourjau

 

Leiter-Pharma

Division Head Executive

Volker Seebeck

 

Leiter-Chemie Deutschland

Division Head Executive

Jorg Handke

 

Managing Director - Helm Pharmaceuticals Gmbh

Managing Director

Dieter SchΓΌtt

 

Leiter-Personal & Verwaltung

Administration Executive

Rainer Detering

 

Leiter-Finanz

Finance Executive

Christiane Buck

 

Manager-Human Resources

Human Resources Executive

Jens Engel

 

Department Manager Personnel Development

Human Resources Executive

Hans-Christian Sievers

 

Leiter-International

International Executive

Annegret Schwenkhoff

 

Leiterin-Marketing

Marketing Executive

Hans-Hermann Will

 

Manager-Marketing

Marketing Executive

Annegret Dehning

 

Leiterin-Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit

Corporate Communications Executive

Oliver BΓΆsch

 

Leiter-EDV

Information Executive

Klaus GlΓ€nzer

 

Leiter-Produktmanagement

Product Management Executive

Felix ThΓΌrwΓ€chter

 

Leiter-Business Developement

Business Development Executive

Axel Idel

 

Leiter-QualitΓ€t

Quality Executive

Burkhard Chr Imkamp

 

Executive Manager - Europe & Africa

Other

Meno Struck

 

Executive Manager - Asia & Meno Struck

Other

 

 

    


Annual Profit & Loss

 

 

 

 

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

31-Dec-2008

Period Length

12 Months

12 Months

12 Months

Filed Currency

EUR

EUR

EUR

Exchange Rate (Period Average)

0.755078

0.719047

0.683679

Consolidated

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Total income

5,488.8

3,777.3

7,386.1

Raw materials and services

4,775.6

3,202.0

6,442.7

Net sales

5,488.8

3,777.3

7,386.1

Other operating income

15.3

22.6

19.3

Raw materials and consumables employed

4,775.6

3,202.0

6,442.7

Other external charges

410.6

330.5

496.7

Cost of goods sold

5,186.2

3,532.5

6,939.4

Cost of raw materials

5,186.2

3,532.5

6,939.4

Taxes and social security costs

13.7

12.8

13.7

Total payroll costs

141.5

119.6

167.0

Fixed asset depreciation and amortisation

6.1

7.5

7.0

Other operating costs

133.4

119.1

138.3

Net operating income

103.6

80.8

222.8

Interest received from loans

3.4

17.2

17.9

Other income

2.6

5.9

8.2

Interest payable on loans

11.3

12.4

36.3

Total expenses

0.0

-9.5

10.9

Profit before tax

103.6

90.3

211.9

Provisions

66.6

44.2

100.3

Extraordinary expenses

0.5

-

-

Extraordinary result

-0.5

-

-

Other taxes

0.8

0.7

1.1

Total taxation

29.0

24.8

60.0

Net profit

73.3

64.8

150.7

 


 

Annual Balance Sheet

Financials in: USD (mil)

 

 

 

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

31-Dec-2008

Filed Currency

EUR

EUR

EUR

Exchange Rate

0.745406

0.696986

0.719399

Consolidated

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Issued capital

134.2

143.5

69.5

Other reserves

408.1

383.8

398.1

Total reserves

408.1

383.8

398.1

Total stockholders equity

542.3

527.3

467.6

Deferred taxation

7.8

6.3

15.1

Other provisions

58.1

35.0

70.9

Provision for pensions

1.5

2.9

2.7

Provisions and allowances

67.5

45.6

95.3

Other debentures

2.0

2.8

0.2

Trade accounts payable

0.1

-

-

Total long-term liabilities

2.1

2.8

0.2

Trade creditors

449.9

306.6

269.9

Advances received

44.6

5.6

10.1

Other loans

472.1

220.8

362.2

Taxation and social security

54.9

51.8

48.4

Owing to participants

1.7

1.8

1.0

Total current liabilities

1,023.1

586.6

691.7

Regularisation account

3.9

0.0

-

Total liabilities (including net worth)

1,638.8

1,162.3

1,254.8

Patents

4.5

1.9

2.5

Goodwill

-

0.1

0.2

Intangibles

7.2

4.9

4.0

Land and buildings

30.8

32.1

33.0

Machinery and tools

4.4

4.7

5.0

Fixtures and equipment

30.8

32.1

33.0

Fixed assets under construction

0.8

1.0

0.3

Total tangible fixed assets

44.7

46.4

45.8

Long-term investments

65.6

70.1

69.6

Participating interest

1.0

3.5

7.4

Total financial assets

91.6

84.7

87.4

Loans to participants

2.8

-

-

Total non-current assets

143.5

136.0

137.3

Finished goods

441.8

278.6

347.4

Prepayments

47.3

31.2

9.3

Net stocks and work in progress

489.1

309.8

356.7

Trade debtors

865.5

571.1

605.1

Other receivables

70.1

83.8

81.2

Total receivables

940.6

654.9

688.3

Owing from participants

5.0

0.0

2.1

Cash and liquid assets

60.3

57.7

64.7

Shares in associated companies

22.2

11.0

10.4

Recoverable taxation

4.2

2.6

6.3

Total current assets

1,489.9

1,022.5

1,109.7

Prepaid expenses and deferred costs

1.2

1.2

1.5

Total assets

1,638.8

1,162.3

1,254.8

 

 

 

Annual Ratios

Financials in: USD (mil)

 

 

 

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

31-Dec-2008

Period Length

12 Months

12 Months

12 Months

Filed Currency

EUR

EUR

EUR

Exchange Rate

0.745406

0.696986

0.719399

Consolidated

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Current ratio

14.56

17.43

16.04

Acid test ratio

9.78

12.15

10.89

Total liabilities to net worth

0.19%

0.11%

0.15%

Net worth to total assets

0.03%

0.05%

0.04%

Current liabilities to net worth

0.19%

0.11%

0.15%

Current liabilities to stock

0.21%

0.19%

0.19%

Fixed assets to net worth

0.03%

0.03%

0.03%

Collection period

569.00

537.00

314.00

Stock turnover rate

0.88

0.80

0.51

Profit margin

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Return on assets

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

Shareholders' return

0.01%

0.01%

0.03%

Sales per employee

305.87

205.76

377.69

Profit per employee

4.11

3.53

7.71

Average wage per employee

7.88

6.52

8.54

Net worth

542.3

527.3

467.6

Number of employees

1,355

1,320

1,337

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.51.06

UK Pound

1

Rs.78.48

Euro

1

Rs.64.99

 

 

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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