MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

 

Report Date :

17.09.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HELM DE MEXICO S.A.

 

 

Registered Office :

Protón 2, Col. Parque Industrial Naucalpán 53,489 Naucalpán de Juárez

 

 

Country :

México

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

03.03.1966

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint-Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Import and distribution of raw material for the pharmaceutical industry, food and animal feed, industrial chemicals and agrochemicals.

 

 

No. of Employee:

217

 

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

:

HELM DE MEXICO S.A.

TRADE NAME

:

"HELM DE MEXICO"

TAXPAYER REGISTRATION

:

RFC HME-660303-531

MAIN ADDRESS

:

Protón 2, Col. Parque Industrial Naucalpán

POSTAL CODE

:

53,489

CITY

:

Naucalpán de Juárez

DEPARTMENT/STATE

:

México

COUNTRY

:

MEXICO

TELEPHONE

:

(5255) 52289900

FAX

:

53005731

WEB SITE

:

www.helm-mexico.com.mx

 

COMMENTS .-

 

Other e-mail: ediaz@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

 

SUMMARY

 

FOUNDATION               : 1966

LAST CAPITAL            : No specified

SALES                         : 0.00

EMPLOYEES               : 217

PAYMENTS                  : P2    Usually to terms/good

CHIEF EXECUTIVE       : KUHLMANN, MICHAEL

DISPOSITION                : PARTIAL (Full information but no figures).

RATING (*)                    : B: Risk is Moderate. Within Average. Satisfactory.

 

Legal backgrounds

 

LEGAL ESTATUS

:

Joint-Stock Company

DATE OF INCORPORATION

:

03MAR1966

START OF OPERATIONS

:

N/A

REGISTERED IN

:

Mexico D.F.

NOTARY OFFICE

:

No.96 -  Lic.Tomás O´Gorman

DURATION

:

99 years

REGISTRATION

:

Book 3, Volume 628, Page 337 N' 220

INITIAL CAPITAL

:

Ps$600.= Pesos (old Pesos)

CURRENT PAID-IN CAPITAL

:

No specified

LAST CAPITAL INCREASE

:

No increase reported

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

:

N/A

TYPE OF SHARES

:

N/A

LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE

:

No

SHARE VALUE

:

N/A

CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE

:

Ps$13.48 per USD1.00

MEMBERSHIP

:

National Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism of Naucalpan

 

COMMENTS .-

HELM DE MEXICO is also affiliated to the Mexican-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry - CAMEXA.

 

 

Directors / executive / shareholders

 

FULL NAMES / COMPANY NAME

TITLE

OWNERSHIP %

KUHLMANN, MICHAEL

Director General

 

BOBADILLA GARCIA, RODOLFO

Commercial Director

 

DIAZ SANCHEZ, ENRIQUE

Finance Manager

 

GARCIA, RODRIGO

Techn. Develop. Manager

 

HELM AG

Parent Co.

Maj.Shareh

 

 

Who is who?

 

KUHLMANN, MICHAEL

NATIONALITY                           : German

 

DIAZ SANCHEZ, ENRIQUE

NATIONALITY                           : Mexican

 

HELM AG

 BACKGROUND INFORMATIONcompany founded in 1900, headquartered at Nordkanalstrasse N'28,20097, Hamburg, Germany.

It is an international organization engaged in the commercialization of chemicals and focused on national and international distribution of raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, animal nutrition, industrial chemicals and  agrochemicals.

 

 

Business histry

 

HELM DE MEXICO SA is a company controlled by German capital founded in 1966 in the City of Mexico.

 

It is part of an international organization with more than 60 offices worldwide, through which they trade raw materials.

 

It started by importing and distributing raw material for the pharmaceutical industry and then, diversified products for the food industry, animal nutrition, industrial chemicals and agrochemicals, apart from establishing head offices in the City of Mexico. Later, they opened branches in strategic places of the country.

 

Related companies to subject company or to majority shareholder

 

COMPANY NAME

COUNTRY

RELATION

HELM AG

GERMANY

Parent Co.

HELM ANDINA LTDA.

COLOMBIA

Group Company

HELM ARGENTINA S.R.L.

ARGENTINA

Group Company

HELM DO BRASIL MERCANTIL LTDA.

BRAZIL

Group Company

HELM FERTILIZER CORPORATION

U.S.A.

Group Company

HELM FERTILIZER HELENA TERMINAL INC.

U.S.A.

Group Company

HELM FRANCE S.A.R.L.

FRANCE

Group Company

HELM GREAT BRITAIN LTD

UNITED KINGDOM

Group Company

HELM HONG KONG LTD.

HONG KONG

Group Company

HELM IBERICA S.A.

SPAIN

Group Company

HELM ITALIA S.R.L.

ITALY

Group Company

HELM JAPAN LTD.

JAPAN

Group Company

HELM NEW YORK, INC.

U.S.A.

Group Company

SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORPORATION

U.S.A.

Group Company

 

 

Business

 

MAIN ACTIVITY .-

Import and distribution of raw material for the pharmaceutical industry, food and animal feed, industrial chemicals and agrochemicals.

It operates through the following divisions:

 

Pharmaceutical Division offers more than 100 products of active ingredients, excipients and other specialties.  They have two technical departments and a pilot plant and a team of professionals in the fields of coating and pharmaceutical specialties.

 

Food Division offers a wide variety of additives to be applied in different areas of food industry; Dairy, meat, beverages, bakery, confectionery, flavors, canned food and poultry. They offer technical advice and the ability to use their pilot plant for testing

 

Animal Nutrition Division. More than 60 products and premixes for the balanced. feed industry are traded. Besides, technicians provide specialized services in formulations, monitoring the stability of vitamins, determining mycotoxins, as well as offering field support.  All in all, they deliver a comprehensive service to enhance and increase productivity with its customers.

 

Industrial Chemicals Division:  Division created in 2004 to sell raw materials focused on paints  industry, adhesives, resins and coatings.

 

Agrochemicals Division:

It offers a wide range of products for crop protection, sold under its own brand Helm and dedicated to vegetables, grains, pastures and orchards.

 

IMPORT            : Yes

                        Germany, Belgium, USA, Colombia, with direct credit

 

EXPORT           : No

% CASH SALES/METHOD

:

20%

% CREDIT SALES/TERMS

:

80% terms: 30, 45 and 60 days

% FOREIGN SALES (COUNTRIES)

:

N/A

% DOMESTIC PURCHASES

:

50%

% FOREIGN PURCHASES

:

50%

SELLING TERRITORY

:

Mexican market - 100% 

EMPLOYEES

:

217

 

LOCATION .-

Premises

:

Own

Monthly Amount

:

N/A

Time Occupied

:

N/A

Area

:

land 2,250 m2

Floors

:

N/A

 

Remarks and other Premises .-

At caption address we find the Headquarters of the company investigated.

Built area covers 1,000 m2.

 

Besides, the Company branches located at:

 

Chihuahua

Calz. Silvestre Terrazas  No. 9204, Col. Los Pinos,  31416 Chihuahua, Chihuahua

Tel.:  (614) 418-08-62 / Fax:  (614) 418-13-23

E-mail:  chihuahua@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

Córdoba

Calzada Tlacotengo No. 22,  Col. Crucero Nacional,  94470 Fortín de las Flores,  Veracruz

Tel:. (271) 7161055 - 7161057 / Fax: (271) 7160585

e-mail address: cordoba@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

Culiacán

Industrias del Sol No. 2836, Col. Parque Ind. Canacintra II, 80150 Culiacán, Sinaloa

Tel.:  (667) 761-50-09 / Fax:  (667) 761-50-49

E-mail:  culiacan@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

Guadalajara

Circuito de la Productividad Sur No. 109, Parque Ind. Guadalajara, Col. Las Pintas, 45690  El Salto, Jalisco

Tel.:  (33) 36-89-12-33/ Fax:  (33) 36-89-12-80

E-mail:  guadalajara@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

León

Calle Circuito Luxma No. 119, Col. Polígono Industrial Milenio, C.P. 37290, León, Guanajuato

Tel.:  (477) 761-03-56 /  Fax:  (477) 761-36-26

E-mail:  leon@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

Mérida

Calle 19 No. 388 Int. 1, Col. Ampliación Cd. Industrial, 97390 Uman, Yucatán

Tel.:  (999) 919-11-32 / Fax:  (999) 919-11-32

E-mail: merida@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

Monterrey

Carr. Miguel Alemán Km. 16.5-D, Col. Parque Ind. Almacentro, 66600 Apodaca, Nuevo León

Tel.:  (81) 82-45-63-00 / Fax:  (81) 83-69-38-40

E-mail:  monterrey@helm-mexico.com.mx

 

COMMENTS .-

According to the Customs Office, the Company was entered in the Importers Register, Sector 83 - Chemicals on May 4, 2006 and Sector 37 - Precursor Chemicals and Essential Chemicals on February 12, 2008.

 

Sales are targeted at  dairy food, bakery, beverage, seasonings, sweets, canned foods and poultry.

 

 

Financial information

 

Interviewee(s)

:

Gabriela Torres

Position(s)

:

Assistant to Finance Manager

Cooperation

:

PARTIAL (Full information but no figures).

Information Provided

:

Ms. Torres on instructions from Mr. Enrique Diaz Sánchez (C.F.O.) agreed to send us the information required in the course of next few days. We will wait a reasonable time and if outcome is positive, immediately we will issue and forward  to you supplemental report. Otherwise, please consider this as final report.  To avoid delaying the investigation, we conducted an exhaustive search through various external sources of information (public sources, our own files, etc) where we got the data basis of this report. There was no availability of full balance sheets; however, we know that company annual sales are estimated at U.S.$150,000,000 .= (Dollars).

 

FINANCIAL SITUATION             :           UNDETERMINED

It should be mentioned that  HELM DE MEXICO S.A  is a company controlled by German capital founded in 1966 which is part of an important business organization

 

No accounting elements were available to determine the real financial situation of this Company.  Found no trade references either showing its payment record.  Nonetheless, no negative backgrounds have been reported against its reputation.

 

 

PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY .-

Main assets of the Company include:

 

- Transport and logistic network for the seven distribution centers

- Quality control laboratory equipment

- Pilot plants equipped with state-of-the-art technology

- Warehouses designed specifically for handling of pharmaceuticals; area covers 10,000 m2

- Cutting-edge software for an efficient logistics

- Office furniture and fixtures

- Computer equipment

etc.

 

 

INSURANCE .-

No information was available regarding insurance policies.

 

 

Payments record

 

TRADE REFERENCES .-

 

Supplier

Country

Tel.

Line of Credit

Monthly Average

Terms(days)

Perfomance?

Time

Products/Services

Drimsa

MEXICO

(52.55) 53897721

Ps$ 12-50,000.=

N/A

30 days

Prompt

7 years

Industrial waste collection service .

Productos Químicos Mardupol S.A. de C.V.

MEXICO

(52.55) 51180100

US$ 10,000.=

 

30 days

Prompt

2007

Chemicals

Ciro Tecnológico Grama

MEXICO

(52.55) 53897094

Ps$ 8,000-12,000.=

N/A

Cash

No experience

2 years

Maintenance quality control service

Impermeabilizaciones Confiables S.A. de C.V.

MEXICO

(52.55) 53441193

US$ 5,000.=

N/A

30 days

Prompt

3 years

Waterproofing, chemicals, products

Analytech Soporte Técnico S.A. de C.V.

MEXICO

(52.55) ) 55765706

 Unlimited

N/A

cheque 15 days

Prompt

1year

Technical Support

 

NOTE: Other Suppliers did not provide information or could not be consulted.

Supplier

Country

Tel.

Particle Dynamics Inc.

U.S.A.

N/A

Helm Ag

GERMANY

N/A

Gelco S.A.

COLOMBIA

(57.5) 3446444

Rikevita (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

N/A

A.A. Verónica Ana Luisa Valverde 

MEXICO

(52.42) 158181

And Logistics

MEXICO

(52.55) 10541508

 


Banking information

 

BANKERS .-

 

Bank

Contact

Telephone

Account #

DC (S/.)

FC (US$)

NACIONAL DE MEXICO SA

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

BBVA BANCOMER SA

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

The subject is a customer of those banks, which when consulted told us that in compliance with current legal regulations, can not provide data on their customer movements out of respect to banking secrecy.

 

 

 


FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.54.73

UK Pound

1

Rs.88.61

Euro

1

Rs.71.34

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

MNL

 

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

----

 

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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