MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

21.03.2012

 

 

 

Tel. No.:

61 2 97270044

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

PROCHEM PIPELINE PRODUCTS PTY LTD

 

 

Registered Office :

27 Lisbon Street, Villawood, New South Wales 2163

 

 

Country :

Australia

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

28.09.1960

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

000337824

 

 

Legal Form :

Australian Proprietary Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing, import & distribution of stainless steel piping products and instrumentation mechanical components.

 

 

No. of Employees :

100 employees

 

 

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 400,000

Status :

Satisfactory

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)

Australia

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Verified Address

 

Subject name :                                      PROCHEM PIPELINE PRODUCTS PTY LTD

Business address :                                27 Lisbon Street

Town :                                                   Villawood

Province :                                              New South Wales

Zip/postal code :                                    2163

Country :                                               Australia

Tel :                                                      +61 2 97270044

Fax :                                                     +61 2 97286766

Email :                                                  sydsales@prochem.com.au

Website :                                              www.prochem.com.au

Registered address :                              27 Lisbon Street

Town :                                                   Villawood

Province :                                              New South Wales

Zip/postal code :                                    2163

Country :                                               Australia

 

 

SUMMARY DETAILS

 

Executive Summary

Date founded or registered :                                28/09/1960

Legal form :                                                       Australian Proprietary Company

Chief executive :                                                Philip Lawrence Richmond

Issued & paid up capital :                                   AUD 400

Sales turnover :                                                  AUD 50,000,000 (Estimated Non-consolidated 12 months, 30/06/2011)

Line of business :                                               Manufacturing, import & distribution of stainless steel piping products and instrumentation mechanical components.

Staff employed :                                                 100 employees

 

 

CREDIT RISK OPINION

 

Company Analysis

Country risk :                                                     Country risk is minimal

Operation trend :                                                Operational trend is steady

Management experience :                                   Management is adequately experienced

Financial performance :                                      Financial performance is good

Organization structure :                                      Organizational structure is stable

Detrimental :                                          No detrimental records found

Payment history :                                              No payment delays noted

Credit amount suggestion :                                 USD 400,000

Credit amount asked :                                        USD 150,000

 

 

STATUTORY DETAILS

 

Registry Data

Registration date :                                              28/09/1960

Legal form :                                                       Australian Proprietary Company

Registration no Australian Company Number:       000337824

Registered authority :                                         Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Fiscal/ Tax no : Australian Business Number:      74000337824

Registry status :                                                Live/Active

Previous name :                                                 The Subject was previously known as PROCHEM

MANUFACTURING PTY LTD

and changed to the current style on 01-07-2005.

Change of legal form :                                         None reported.

 

 

MANAGEMENT / DIRECTORS

 

Key Management

Name :                                                  Philip Lawrence Richmond

Designation :                                         Managing Director

Name :                                                  Peter John Winter

Designation :                                         Marketing Director

Name :                                                  Gerald Levy

Designation :                                         Chief Financial Officer

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS/ OTHER APPOINTMENTS

 

Appointments

Name :                                                  Peter John Winter

Designation :                                         Director

Appointment date :                                 28/08/03

Address :                                              60A Gunbower Road

Ardross,                                                WA 6153

Australia

Biography :                                            Born on 18-09-1956 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Name :                                                  Philip Lawrence Richmond

Designation :                                         Director

Appointment date :                                 28/08/03

Address :                                              4 Pacific Street

Caringbah South, NSW 2229

Australia

Biography :                                            Born on 23-01-1952 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Name :                                                  Gerald Levy

Designation :                                         Company Secretary

Appointment date :                                 28/08/03

Address :                                              11 Nicol Close

Kardinya, WA 6163

Australia

Biography :                                            Born on 19-02-1954 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Staff employed :                                     100 employees

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Composition

Authorized Capital :                                AUD 400

No of shares :                                        200 Ordinary Shares

Share par value :                                    AUD 2

Issued capital :                                      AUD 400

Paid up capital :                                     AUD 400

 

 

OWNERSHIP / SHAREHOLDERS

 

How listed :                                           Full List

Composition

Shareholder name :                                PROCHEM PIPELINE PRODUCTS (NSW) PTY LTD

Address :                                              27 Lisbon Street

Villawood, NSW 2163

Australia

No. of shares :                                       200 Ordinary Shares

% of shares :                                         100%

 

 

RELATED COMPANIES & CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS

 

Structure

Name :                                                  PROCHEM GROUP HOLDINGS PTY LTD

Affiliation type :                                      Ultimate Holding Company

Address :                                              27 Lisbon Street

Villawood, NSW 2163

Australia

Name :                                                  PROCHEM PIPELINE PRODUCTS (NSW) PTY LTD

Affiliation type :                                      Parent Company

Address :                                              27 Lisbon Street

Villawood, NSW 2163

Australia

Name :                                                  PROCHEM PIPELINE PRODUCTS (S) PTE. LTD.

Affiliation type :                                      Associate

Address :                                              69 Joo Koon Circle

Singapore 629084

Singapore

Name :                                                  PROCHEM (THAI) CO., LTD.

Affiliation type :                                      Associate

Address :                                              111/6 Moo 4, Tambol map Yang Porn

Plauk Daeng, Rayong

Thailand

Name :                                                  PROCHEM PIPELINE PRODUCTS (WA) PTY LIMITED

Affiliation type :                                      Associate

Address :                                              6 Forge Street

Welshpool, WA 6106

Australia

Name :                                                  PROCHEM PTY LTD

Affiliation type :                                      Associate

Address :                                              27 Lisbon Street

Villawood, NSW 2163

Australia

 

 

BANK & MORTGAGES

 

Bank Details

Name of bank :                                      Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Limited

Address :                                              Australia

Account details :                                    Current Account

Comments :                                          It is generally not the policy of local banks to provide credit status information to non related parties, however interested parties would be advised to consult first with the Subject if banker's references are required.

Mortgages :                                           ASIC Charge Number: 10551

Date Registered:                                    20-05-1985

Charge type:                                          Floating

Date Created:                                        01-05-1985

Chargees Name:                                    DWF NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

ASIC Charge Number:                            607581

Date Registered:                                    01-09-1997

Charge type:                                          Both Fixed & Floating

Date Created:                                        12-08-1997

Chargees Name:                                    WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

 

Legal Fillings

Bankruptcy fillings :                                None reported.

Court judgements :                                 None reported.

Tax liens :                                             None reported.

Others :                                                None reported.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Description

Source of financial statement :                            Provided by the Subject

Financial statement date :                                  30/06/11

Type of accounts :                                             Estimated key figures

Currency :                                                         Australia Dollar (AUD)

Exchange rate :                                                 1 USD = AUD 0.95 as of 20-03-2012

 

Summarized Financial Information

Consolidation type :                                           Non Consolidated

Currency :                                                         Australia Dollar (AUD)

Denomination :                                                  (x1) One

Date of financial year end :                                  30/06/11

Length of accounts :                                           12 months

Sale turnover / Income :                          50,000,000

Comments :                                                      The Subject is classified as a small proprietary company by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission hence is not required to disclose their financial statement.

 

A proprietary company is defined as small for a financial year if it satisfies at least

two of the following:

- The consolidated revenue for the financial year of the company and any entities

it controls is less than $25 million;

-The value of the consolidated gross assets at the end of the financial year of the

company and any entities it controls is less than $12.5 million, and

-The company and any entities it controls have fewer than 50 employees at the

end of the financial year.

The Subject meet requirements to disclose its financial information however the

Subject is still exempted to do so by the Australian Securities and Investments

Commission.

 

 

OPERATION DETAILS

 

Main activities : The Subject is engaged in manufacturing, import & distribution of stainless

steel piping products and instrumentation mechanical components.

 

The Subject is the sole Australian distributor of products from:

1) BSM Valves.

2) Actuator Technology Company (ATC)

3) Pacson Valves

4) Anderson Greenwood Primary Isolation Valves

 

Product & services : - Stainless steel piping products such as tubes, pipes, flanges, fittings,

valves, hoses, piping accessories

- Mechanical stainless steel instrumentation products

- Hydraulic fittings

 

Brand : Prochem, Pacson, The Actuator Technology Company, BSM, Anderson

Greenwood Instrumentation, Tube-Mac Industries, Circor's Instrumentation

Product

 

Purchases

International : Worldwide

 

Sales

Local : Yes

International : Singapore

Property & Assets

 

Premises : The Subject operates from premises located at the verified heading

address consisting of production facilities, administrative office and

warehouse.

 

Branches : In addition, the Subject operates from branch offices located at:

 

6 Forge Street

Welshpool, WA 6106

Australia

Tel: +61 8 9458 7777

 

91 Orsmond Street

Hindmarsh, SA 5007

Australia

Tel: +61 8 8241 7633

 

5-15 Ventura Place

Dandenong South, VIC 3175

Australia

Tel: +61 3 9799 2244

 

96-98 Central Avenue

Derwent Park, TAS 7009

Australia

Tel: +61 3 6272 8828

 

63 Radley Street

Virginia, QLD 4014

Australia

Tel: +61 7 3265 2711

 

 

SUMMARIZED COUNTRY RISK

 

Gross Domestic Products (GDP) & Economic Overview

 

Central bank :                                                    Reserve Bank of Australia

Reserve of foreign exchange & gold :                   US$ 43.879 billion

Gross domestic product - GDP :                         US$ 1.448 trillion

GPP (Purchasing power parity) :                         918.529 billion of International dollars

GDP per capita - current prices :                         US$ 64,351

GDP - composition by sector :                            agriculture: 4.0%

industry: 26%

services: 70%

Inflation :                                                           2008: 4.4%

2009: 1.8%

2010: 2.8%

Unemployment rate :                                          2008: 4.2%

2009: 5.6%

2010: 5.2%

Public debt

(General Government gross debt as

a % GDP)

: 2008: 11.6%

2009: 17.6%

2010: 22.3%

Government bond ratings :                                  Standard & Poor's: AAA/Stable/A-1+

Moody's rating: Aaa

Moody's outlook: STA

Market value of publicly traded shares

: US$1.258 trillion

Largest companies in the country :                      Westpac Banking Group (Major Banks), BHP Billiton (Diversified Metals &

Mining), Commonwealth Bank (Major Banks), National Australia Bank

(Major Banks), ANZ Banking (Major Banks), Telstra (Telecommunications

services), Wesfarmers (Food Retail)

 

Trade & Competitiveness Overview

 

Total exports :                                                   US$210.7 billion

Exports commodities :                                       Coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat

Total imports :                                                   US$187.2 billion

Imports commodities :                                        machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines,

telecommunication equipment and parts, crude oil and petroleum products

Export - major partners :                                     Japan 18.9%, China 14.2%, South Korea 8%, US 6%, NZ 5.6%, India

5.5%, UK 4.2%

Import - major partners :                                     China 15.5%, US 12.8%, Japan 9.6%, Singapore 5.6%, Germany 5.2%,

UK 4.3%, Thailand 4.2%

FDI Inflows :                                                      2008: US$46,722 million

2009: US$22,572 million

2010: US$32,472 million

FDI Outflows :                                                    2008: US$32,819 million

2009: US$18,426 million

2010: US$26,431 million

Best countries for doing business :                      10 out of 183 countries

Global competitiveness ranking :                         20 (ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

 

Country and Population Overview

Total population :                                   22.23 million

Total area :                                            7,692,024 km2

Capital :                                                Canberra

Currency :                                             Australian dollars (AUD)

Internet users as % of total

population

: 76.00%

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

Purchase Term

International :                             L/C, Prepayment, Telegraphic transfer, Credit 30-90 days

 

Sales Term

Local :                                      Prepayment, Bank transfer, Credit 30-90 days

International :                             Prepayment, L/C, Telegraphic transfer, Credit 30-90 days

 

Trade Reference/ Payment

Behaviour

Comments :                              As local and international trade references were not supplied, the Subject's

payment track record history cannot be appropriately determined but based

on our research, payments are believed to be met without delay.

 

Investigation Note

Sources :                                  Interviews and material provided by the Subject

:                                               Other official and local business sources


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.50.25

UK Pound

1

Rs.79.76

Euro

1

Rs.66.52

 

 

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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