MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

30.01.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EUROPCELL GMBH

 

 

Registered Office :

Willy-Brandt-Strasse 23 Hanau, 63450

 

 

Country :

Germany

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

09.01.1995

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

5370

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Subsidiary

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of other household goods

 

 

No. of Employees :

40

 

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 :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30th, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2011)

Current Rating

(30.06.2012)

Germany

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

GERMANY - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The German economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest - is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment and benefits from a highly skilled labor force. Like its Western European neighbors, Germany faces significant demographic challenges to sustained long-term growth. Low fertility rates and declining net immigration are increasing pressure on the country's social welfare system and necessitate structural reforms. Reforms launched by the government of Chancellor Gerhard SCHROEDER (1998-2005), deemed necessary to address chronically high unemployment and low average growth, contributed to strong growth in 2006 and 2007 and falling unemployment. These advances, as well as a government subsidized, reduced working hour scheme, help explain the relatively modest increase in unemployment during the 2008-09 recession - the deepest since World War II - and its decrease to 6.0% in 2011. GDP contracted 5.1% in 2009 but grew by 3.6% in 2010, and 2.7% in 2011. The recovery was attributable primarily to rebounding manufacturing orders and exports - increasingly outside the Euro Zone. Germany's central bank projects that GDP will grow 0.6% in 2012, a reflection of the worsening euro-zone financial crisis and the financial burden it places on Germany as well as falling demand for German exports. Domestic demand is therefore becoming a more significant driver of Germany's economic expansion. Stimulus and stabilization efforts initiated in 2008 and 2009 and tax cuts introduced in Chancellor Angela MERKEL's second term increased Germany's budget deficit to 3.3% in 2010, but slower spending and higher tax revenues reduce the deficit to 1.7% in 2011, below the EU's 3% limit. A constitutional amendment approved in 2009 limits the federal government to structural deficits of no more than 0.35% of GDP per annum as of 2016. Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced in May 2011 that eight of the country's 17 nuclear reactors would be shut down immediately and the remaining plants would close by 2022. Germany hopes to replace nuclear power with renewable energy. Before the shutdown of the eight reactors, Germany relied on nuclear power for 23% of its energy and 46% of its base-load electrical production.

Source : CIA

Company name and address Top of Form

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EUROPCELL GmbH

                                                                                                                                             

 

Willy-Brandt-Strasse 23

 

 

Hanau, 63450

Germany

 

 

Tel:

+49 (0) 6181 98660

Fax:

+49 (0) 6181 986620

 

www.europcell.com

 

Employees:

40

Company Type:

Private Subsidiary

Corporate Family:

3 Companies

Ultimate Parent:

EUROPCELL Holding GmbH

 

 

Incorporation Date:

09-Jan-1995

Financials in:

 USD (mil)

Fiscal Year End:

31-Dec-2011

Reporting Currency:

Euro

Annual Sales:

267.8

Total Assets:

48.7

                                    

Business Description      

 

EUROPCELL GmbH is primarily engaged in wholesale of furniture; wholesale of jewellery; wholesale of musical instruments; wholesale of photographic goods; wholesale of toys and games; wholesale of travel and fancy goods; and wholesale of other household goods not elsewhere classified.

 

Industry                         

 

Industry

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

ANZSIC 2006:

3739 - Other Goods Wholesaling Not Elsewhere Classified

NACE 2002:

5147 - Wholesale of other household goods

NAICS 2002:

4232 - Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers

UK SIC 2003:

5147 - Wholesale of other household goods

UK SIC 2007:

4649 - Wholesale of other household goods

US SIC 1987:

5113 - Industrial and Personal Service Paper

                      

Key Executives           

   

 

Name

Title

Sebastian Hetzmann

Managing director

Ole Schaaf

Managing director

Joachim Seidel

Managing director

1 - Profit & Loss Item Exchange Rate: USD 1 = EUR 0.7191895
2 - Balance Sheet Item Exchange Rate: USD 1 = EUR 0.770327

 


Corporate Overview

 

Location
Willy-Brandt-Strasse 23
Hanau, 63450
Germany

 

Tel:

+49 (0) 6181 98660

Fax:

+49 (0) 6181 986620

 

www.europcell.com

Sales EUR(mil):

192.6

Assets EUR(mil):

37.5

Employees:

40

Fiscal Year End:

31-Dec-2011

 

Industry:

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

Incorporation Date:

09-Jan-1995

Company Type:

Private Subsidiary

Quoted Status:

Not Quoted

Registered No.(DEU):

5370

 

Managing director:

Joachim Seidel

 

Industry Codes

 

ANZSIC 2006 Codes:

3739

-

Other Goods Wholesaling Not Elsewhere Classified

 

NACE 2002 Codes:

5147

-

Wholesale of other household goods

 

NAICS 2002 Codes:

4232

-

Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers

 

US SIC 1987:

5113

-

Industrial and Personal Service Paper

 

UK SIC 2003:

5147

-

Wholesale of other household goods

 

UK SIC 2007:

4649

-

Wholesale of other household goods

 

Business Description

EUROPCELL GmbH is primarily engaged in wholesale of furniture; wholesale of jewellery; wholesale of musical instruments; wholesale of photographic goods; wholesale of toys and games; wholesale of travel and fancy goods; and wholesale of other household goods not elsewhere classified.

 

More Business Descriptions

Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Data

Financials in:

EUR(mil)

 

Revenue:

192.6

Assets:

37.5

Current Assets:

37.3

 

Total Liabilities:

37.5

 

Issued Capital:

0.3

 

Net Worth:

0.3

 

 

 

Date of Financial Data:

31-Dec-2011

 

1 Year Growth

3.8%

NA

 

Key Corporate Relationships

Bank:

Deutsche Bank, Landesbank Baden-WĂ¼rttemberg/Rheinland-Pfalz Bank, Frankfurter Sparkasse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Structure News

 

EUROPCELL GmbH
Total Corporate Family Members: 3

 

 

Company Name

Company Type

Location

Country

Industry

Sales
(USD mil)

Employees

EUROPCELL Holding GmbH

Parent

Hanau, Hessen

Germany

Commercial Banks

268.3

39

EUROPCELL GmbH

Subsidiary

Hanau, Hessen

Germany

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

267.8

40

Germex GmbH

Subsidiary

Hanau, Hessen

Germany

Miscellaneous Capital Goods

23.1

1

 

 



Executives Report

 

Executives

 

Name

Title

Function

Sebastian Hetzmann

 

Managing director

Managing Director

Ole Schaaf

 

Managing director

Managing Director

Joachim Seidel

 

Managing director

Managing Director

 

Annual Profit & Loss

 

 

 

 

 

31-Dec-2011

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

Period Length

12 Months

12 Months

12 Months

Filed Currency

EUR

EUR

EUR

Exchange Rate (Period Average)

0.71919

0.755078

0.719047

Consolidated

No

No

No

 

 

 

 

Total income

267.8

245.6

133.8

Raw materials and services

246.5

220.2

116.5

Net sales

267.8

245.6

133.8

Other operating income

1.7

2.8

2.4

Raw materials and consumables employed

246.5

220.2

116.5

Other external charges

3.7

5.1

5.3

Cost of goods sold

250.2

225.3

121.8

Cost of raw materials

250.2

225.3

121.8

Taxes and social security costs

0.4

0.5

0.4

Total payroll costs

4.8

5.3

3.8

Fixed asset depreciation and amortisation

0.1

0.1

0.1

Other operating costs

8.4

7.1

6.9

Net operating income

6.0

10.7

3.6

Income received from associated companies

-

0.1

0.1

Other income

0.2

0.1

0.2

Interest payable on loans

0.5

0.4

0.4

Total expenses

0.3

0.2

0.1

Profit before tax

5.6

10.4

3.5

Provisions

6.1

6.1

6.3

Other taxes

0.0

0.0

0.0

Profit distributed to shareholders

-5.6

-10.4

-3.5

 

 

 

 

Annual Balance Sheet

Financials in: USD (mil)

 

 

 

31-Dec-2011

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

Filed Currency

EUR

EUR

EUR

Exchange Rate

0.770327

0.745406

0.696986

Consolidated

No

No

No

 

 

 

 

Issued capital

0.3

0.3

0.4

Capital reserves

-

4.4

4.7

Profits for the year

-

-

4.3

Total stockholders equity

0.3

4.8

9.4

Other provisions

5.2

5.7

6.2

Provision for pensions

0.5

0.5

0.3

Provisions and allowances

5.7

6.1

6.5

Total long-term liabilities

0.0

0.0

0.0

Trade creditors

16.3

20.8

15.5

Advances received

1.3

2.4

0.7

Other loans

0.0

0.7

1.5

Taxation and social security

25.1

22.8

12.9

Total current liabilities

42.7

46.7

30.6

Total liabilities (including net worth)

48.7

57.6

46.5

Patents

0.0

0.0

0.0

Intangibles

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total tangible fixed assets

0.2

0.2

0.2

Shares held in associated companies

-

-

0.1

Deposits

-

1.9

4.0

Total financial assets

-

1.9

4.1

Total non-current assets

0.2

2.1

4.3

Finished goods

9.4

14.1

13.6

Prepayments

3.4

4.0

5.3

Net stocks and work in progress

12.8

18.2

18.9

Trade debtors

33.5

35.0

21.4

Other receivables

1.6

1.5

1.8

Total receivables

35.1

36.5

23.2

Cash and liquid assets

0.6

0.7

0.1

Total current assets

48.5

55.4

42.2

Prepaid expenses and deferred costs

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total assets

48.7

57.6

46.5

 




 

Annual Ratios

Financials in: USD (mil)

 

 

 

31-Dec-2011

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

Period Length

12 Months

12 Months

12 Months

Filed Currency

EUR

EUR

EUR

Exchange Rate

0.770327

0.745406

0.696986

Consolidated

No

No

No

 

 

 

 

Current ratio

11.34

11.88

13.79

Acid test ratio

8.34

7.99

7.62

Total liabilities to net worth

13.13%

0.98%

0.33%

Net worth to total assets

0.00%

0.01%

0.02%

Current liabilities to net worth

13.13%

0.98%

0.33%

Current liabilities to stock

0.33%

0.26%

0.16%

Fixed assets to net worth

0.07%

0.04%

0.05%

Collection period

489.00

515.00

566.00

Stock turnover rate

0.51

0.73

1.37

Profit margin

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Return on assets

0.01%

0.02%

0.01%

Shareholders' return

1.60%

0.22%

0.04%

Sales per employee

520.57

463.68

253.19

Profit per employee

10.87

19.62

6.54

Average wage per employee

9.40

9.98

7.22

Net worth

0.3

4.8

9.4

Number of employees

37

40

38

 

 

 

DIAMOND INDUSTRY – INDIA

 

-          From time immemorial, India is well known in the world as the birthplace for diamonds.  It is difficult to trace the origin of diamonds but history says that in the remote past, diamonds were mined only in India. Diamond production in India can be traced back to almost 8th Century B.C.  India, in fact, remained undisputed leader till 18th Century when Brazilian fields were discovered in 1725 followed by emergence of S. Africa, Russia and Australia.

-          The achievement of the Indian diamond industry was possible only due to combination of the manufacturing skills of the Indian workforce and the untiring and unflagging efforts of the Indian diamantaires, supported by progressive Government policies.

-          The area of study of family owned diamond businesses derives its importance from the huge conglomerate of family run organizations which operate in the diamond industry since many generations.

-          Some of the basic traits of family run business enterprises include spirit of entrepreneurship, mutual trust lowers transaction costs, small, nimble and quick to react, information as a source of advantage and philanthropy.

-          Family owned diamond businesses need to improve on many fronts including higher standard of corporate governance, long-term performance – focused strategies, modern management and technology.

-          The diamond jewellery industry in India today may be more than Rs 60000 mil and is rated amongst the fastest growing  in the world. Indi ranks third in the world in domestic diamond consumption.

-          Utmost caution is to be exercised while dealing with some medium and large diamond traders which are usually engaged in fictitious import – export, inter-company transactions, financially assisted by banks. In the process, several public sector banks lost several hundred million rupees. They mostly diverted borrowed money for diamond business into real estate and capital markets.

-          Excerpts from Times of India dated 30th October 2010 is as under –

 

DIAMOND SAGA – DIRTY DOZEN STUCK WITH 2K CR DEBT

This could be the biggest credibility crisis the Indian diamond industry has ever faced. Fifteen banks run the risk of losing Rs 2000 crore lent to a dozen diamond firms in Surat. Until about two months ago, they had not repaid  these dues. Bankers believe many diamantaires borrowed money during the economic downturn two years ago and diverted funds to businesses like real estate and capital markets. Many of themselves made money from these businesses but their diamond companies have gone sick and declared insolvency.

-          Most of the money borrowed from the banks in the name of their diamond business has been diverted in real estate and the share market. The banks are not in a position to seize their properties because in many cases, these were purchased in the name of their relatives and friends.

 


 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.53.70

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.35

Euro

1

Rs.72.21

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PRL

 

 

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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