MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

28.03.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

URREA HERRAMIENTAS PROFESIONALES S.A. DE C.V.

 

 

Registered Office :

Carretera a El Castillo Km. 11.5, Col. San José El Castillo, 45680 El Salto, Jalisco

 

 

Country :

Mexico

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.06.1963

 

 

Legal Form :

Stock Company of Variable Capital

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in manufacture and distribution of hand tools and power tools, such as wrenches, pliers, hammers, sprinklers, screwdrivers, tools in general, etc.

 

 

No. of Employees :

800

 

 

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 :

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)

Mexico

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


IDENTIFICATION

 

CORRECT COMPANY NAME

URREA HERRAMIENTAS PROFESIONALES S.A. DE C.V.

TAXPAYER REGISTRATION

RFC UHP-900402-Q29

MAIN ADDRESS

Carretera a El Castillo Km. 11.5, Col. San José El Castillo,

POSTAL CODE

45680

PROVINCE / DEPARTAMENT

El Salto

STATE / REGION

Jalisco

COUNTRY

MEXICO

TELEPHONE

(5233) 32087900

E-MAIL

fdobatres@urrea.net ; hmiramontes@urrea.net

WEB

www.urreanet.com  (del grupo)

COMMENTS

Toll Free Number: 01 (800) 8887732
  
Additional E-mail: ventas@urrea.net 

 

 

SUMMARY

 

 

Date of foundation

1963

Capital stock

Ps$97,945,000.= Pesos

permanent employees

800

Chief Executive

URREA MARTIN, ALFONSO

Disposition

Poor.- Only general information without figures.

Payments policy

Usually to terms/good

Credit (**)

Risk is Moderate. Within Average. Satisfactory.

 

 

 

LEGAL BACKGROUNDS

 

 

LEGAL STATUS

Stock Company of Variable Capital

DATE OF INCORPORATION

14JUN1963

PLACE OF REGISTRY

Guadalajara, Jalisco

NOTARY OFFICE

Felipe Vásquez Aldana

DURATION

99 years

REGISTRATION

Book 19, Record 39, 2nd. Office/Notarial Act 22047

CURRENT PAID-IN CAPITAL

Ps$97,945,000.= Pesos

LAST CAPITAL INCREASE

30/11/2002

CLASS OF SHARES

Registered

LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE

No

SHARE VALUE

Ps$1.= Peso

CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE (US$)

Ps$12.63 per US$1.= Dollar

COMMENTS

Subject was incorporated as PROTOMEX SA on June 14, 1963, later it changed into a Corporation of Variable Capital  on June 12, 1981.
Subsequently, on April 02, 1999, It change into its current legal name: URREA HERRAMIENTAS PROFESIONALES SA DE CV.
 
Subject is a member of the following institutions:
- America Chamber of Commerce Of Mexico "AC-AMCHAM"
- Consejo Mexicano de Comercio Exterior de Occidente AC-COMCE (Mexican Board of Western Foreign Trade)
- Cámara Regional de la Industria de la Transformación del Estado de México (Regional Chamber of Processing Industry of the State of Mexico)
- Asociación Americana de Fabricantes de Maquinarias y Suministros (American Association of Machinery and Supplies Manufacturers)
- Asociación de Distribuidores de Herramientas Especializadas y Sujetadores (Association of Specialized Tools and Fasteners Distributors)
- Asociación Americana de Fabricantes de Ferretería (American Association of Hardware Items Manufacturers)
- Instituto de Herramientas de Mano (Hand Tool Institute)
- Asociación de la Industria de la Forja (Association of Forging Industry)
 
Subject closes fiscal year on December 31 each year.

 

 

DIRECTORS - EXECUTIVES – SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

FULL NAMES / COMPANY NAME

TITLE

%PART.

SINCE

URREA MARTIN, ALFONSO

General Director

 

 

SCHEOPKE, JOACHIM GEORG

Finance Director

 

 

CASILLAS SILVA, CRISTOBAL

Production Director

 

 

PONCE DURON, REFUGIO

Controller

 

 

MIRAMONTES GONZALEZ, HILDELISA

General accountant

 

 

 

 

 

WHO IS WHO?

 

 

GRUPO URREA DIVISION HERRAMIENTAS S.A. DE C.V.

 

 

BUSINESS BACKGROUND

Company located a tKm.11.5 Carretera a el Castillo, Col. San José El Castillo, El Salto, Jalisco - México.

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS HISTORY

 

 

Subject was originally incorporated under the corporate name PROTOMEX S.A. on 14/06/1963. On 12/06/1981, it changed its legal status to open-end stock corporation.
Later, on 02/04/1999, it changed its corporate name to the current name URREA
HERRAMIENTAS PROFESIONALES SA DE CV.
 
 
URREA HERRAMIENTAS PROFESIONALES S.A. DE C.V. is part of the URREA Group, which is based in the city of Guadalajara and consists of companies that are engaged in manufacture in Mexico. It started operating in 1907 as a small foundry, and then it became the largest manufacturer of valves and chromium-plated plumbing fittings in Latin America. Currently, the URREA Group brings together factories of valves and bronze plumbing fittings, hand tools.
In 1963, Raul Urrea and Morris Pendleton, President of Pendleton Tool Industries (Proto) joined and made a co-investment to establish a PROTO tool factory in Mexico, called PROTOMEX.
Mr. Pendleton contributed the 49% of PROTOMEX capital stock, his knowledge and technical assistance to manufacture PROTO tools in Mexico. The initial production was burins and chisels, as well as open-end wrenches.
In 1984, STANLEY acquired the PROTO brand, and in 1988 the URREA Group acquired the whole PROTOMEX. Agreements on manufacturing and license for the PROTO brand were finished, and PROTOMEX changed the brand for its tools to URREA.
In the following years, PROTOMEX continued to design and manufacture hand tools of professional quality.
PROTOMEX started exporting tools to the United States and Latin America.
Thus, a sales and distribution center was established south of California, and it is now located in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1990, the company changed its name to URREA HERRAMIENTAS PROFESIONALES S.A. DE C.V.
 
Subject is part of the Tools Division of the URREA Group, which is also comprised of the following companies:

 

 

 

RELATED COMPANIES TO SUBJECT COMPANY OR TO MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER

 

 

COMPANY NAME

COUNTRY

TAX REG.

RELATION %

ASESORIA Y DESARROLLO URREA S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

BARRAS METALICAS S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

COMPAÑIA POWER TOOLS S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

GRUPO URREA DIVISION HERRAMIENTAS S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Parent Co.

URREA PROFESIONAL TOOLS INC

U.S.A.

 

Related

VALCO S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

VALVULAS URREA S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

VUR-881101-UA8

Related

VALVULAS Y COMPLEMENTOS S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

VCO-900101-EI3

Related

VITTE URREA S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

 

 

 

BUSINESS

 

SIC Classification
3 5 - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (Machinery for agricultural, mining, fishing, construction, textile, paper, computers.)

Main activity

Subject is engaged in manufacture and distribution of hand tools and power tools, such as wrenches, pliers, hammers, sprinklers, screwdrivers, tools in general, etc.
 
Sold brand: URREA, SURTEK, LOCK, LUCKY.

Import

Yes

Country

China and USA

Export

Yes

COUNTRY

USA and South America

% CASH SALES / METHOD

10%

% Credit SALES / Terms

90% (30-day terms)

% Ventas exterior (Paises)

20%

% DOMESTIC PURCHASES

60%

% FOREIGN PURCHASES

40%

SELLING TerritorY

80% (Nationwide)

EMPLOYEES

800

 

 

LOCATION

 

PREMISES

Own

AREA

140,000 m2

OTHER PREMISES

The Administrative Office, Storage and Production Area operate in the address stated.
Subject's facilities are able to meet increasing demands for Urrea products. They are located in an industrial area in the city of El Salto, Jalisco.
 
It has 2 branches located in:
- Administrative Office and Warehouse, Mexico, Federal District.
- Administrative Office and Warehouse, Monterrey, Nuevo León.

Comments

The company carries out its sales as follows: 30% half wholesale and 70% wholesale.
 
No bad sales were reported by the company.

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Interviewee(s)

CP. Hildelisa Miramontes Gonzalez.

Position(s)

General Accountant

Disposition

Poor.- Only general information without figures.

Information provided

Mrs Miramonte refused to disclose the last financial statements and/or reference under confidentiality reasons, restricting itself to validate general operating data, which were complemented by third parties and public sources; unfortunately accounting figures were not available.

 

 

SALES

US$ 0.00 ()

FINANCIAL SITUATION

UNDETERMINED
The financial situation of this company is considered to be Indeterminate in absence of accounting elements to assess its results.
 
However, based on available evidence we can state that this is a Mexican company operating since 1963, referred as the largest manufacturer of hand tools in Mexico, committed to manufacture tools with the best combination of quality, price and facilities purchase for each tool users worldwide.
 
On the other hand, its local Suppliers described Subject as good customer, no adverse were found in the consulted databases, no legal and business background against the Subject were found.

Property of company comments

Properties:
The company has an own real estate 
 
 
Vehicles:
It has a fleet of more than 40 vehicles, without specifying brands and models.
 
Machinery and equipment:
It has office equipment in general and specialized industrial equipment.
 
It has the latest computer-based designing and manufacturing technology (CAD-CAM-CNC-PLC) to ensure precision and quality of the best available tools, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

INSURANCE

COMPANY

AGAINST

EXPIRATION

AMOUNT

ALLIANZA MEXICO S.A. CIA. DE SEGUROS

Corporate risk

Annually

Non specified

SEGUROS BANORTE-GENERALI S.A. DE C.V.

Vehicle risk

Annually

Non specified

Insurance Comments

It was not obtained any information on insurances.

 

 

PAYMENTS RECORD: TRADE REFERENCES

 

(Confidential Information)

Supplier: Rotomex S.A. de C.V.

Tel.: (5255) 53584849

Country: MEXICO

Goods/Services? : Chemical products

 

 

Highest credit? : US$ Open

Outstanding debt? : 0.=

 

Client since? : 2001

Terms? : 30 days

Performance? : Prompt

Comments : Purchases amount to US$15,000.= per month average. Good customer.

Supplier: Klein T ools de México S. de R.L. de C.V.

Tel.: (5255) 58995660

Country: MEXICO

Goods/Services? : Tools

 

 

Highest credit? : Ps$ Open

Outstanding debt? : 0.=

 

Client since? : 1981

Terms? : 60 days

Performance? : Prompt

Comments : Max.and average purchases amount to Ps$2,000,000.= a Pesos. Good Cust.

 

Note : Other suppliers did not provide information or could not be consulted

 

Supplier

Country

Comment

Industrias Duplex SA de CV

MEXICO

 

Ferreterías Calzada SA de CV

MEXICO

 

Herramientas Klein SA de CV

MEXICO

 

Witte Urrea SA de CV

MEXICO

 

Bestway Tools

U.S.A.

 

Channellock Inc.

U.S.A.

 

Dreyco Inc.

U.S.A.

 

 

CREDIT HISTORY

To date, no negative records were found.

 

LAWSUITS

Subject was sued by Patricia Mata Berumen. Debt Collection Proceeding. 55th Civil Court. File 4127/2000 on 15/08/2000 and 09/10/2001 (CLOSED AND TERMNATED). No lawsuits or legal process against the Subject were found.

 

 

 

BANKING INFORMATION

 

 

Bank

NACIONAL DE MEXICO S.A.

SANTANDER SERFIN S.A.

BBVA BANCOMER S.A.

 

Subject carries out its financial transactions through the above-mentioned entities, which don't provide further information pursuant to Bank Secrecy Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

 

REPUTATION

 

NOTHING AGAINST COMPANY

 

 

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.50.90

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.27

Euro

1

Rs.67.98

 

 

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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Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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