MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

01.07.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

THE TIMKEN COMPANY

 

 

Registered Office :

1835 Dueber Avenue SW, Canton, OH 44706

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

16.12.1904

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufactures, markets, and sells anti-friction bearings and assemblies, alloy steels, and mechanical power transmission systems

 

 

No. of Employees :

19,769

 

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 – March, 31st, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

United States

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 


 

UNITED STATES - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $49,800. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income. Imported oil accounts for nearly 55% of US consumption. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the United States into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, in October 2008 the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009 the US Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012 the federal government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through 2011, the direct costs of the wars totaled nearly $900 billion, according to US government figures. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries. In March 2010, President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform that will extend coverage to an additional 32 million American citizens by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on health care - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010. In July 2010, the president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight. In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short term rates near zero until unemployment drops to 6.5% from the December rate of 7.8%, or until inflation rises above 2.5%. Long-term problems include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits - including significant budget shortages for state governments.

Source : CIA

 


Company name and address

 

Company name:            THE TIMKEN COMPANY

Address:                       1835 Dueber Avenue SW, Canton, OH 44706 - USA

Telephone:                    +1 330-438-3000

Fax:                              +1 330-438-6006

Website:                       www.timken.com

 

 

Company Summary

 

Corporate ID#:              26206

State:                           Ohio

Judicial form:                Public Company (NYSE = TKR)

Date incorporated:        12-16-1904

Stock:                           200,000,000 shares common

                                      20,000,000 shares preferred

Value:                           -

Name of manager:         James GRIFFITH

 

 

ACTIVITIES & OPERATIONS

 

Business:

 

The Timken Company develops, manufactures, markets, and sells anti-friction bearings and assemblies, alloy steels, and mechanical power transmission systems.

It operates through four segments: Mobile Industries, Process Industries, Aerospace and Defense, and Steel.

The Mobile Industries segment provides bearings, mechanical power transmission components, drive- and roller-chains, augers, and related products and services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers of passenger cars, light trucks, medium and heavy-duty trucks, rail cars, locomotives, and agricultural, construction, and mining equipment, as well as to automotive and heavy truck aftermarket distributors.

The Process Industries segment offers bearings, mechanical power transmission components, industrial chains, and related products and services to OEMs and suppliers of power transmission, energy, and heavy industries machinery and equipment. It also serves the aftermarket through its network of industrial distributors.

 

The Aerospace and Defense segment provides bearings, helicopter transmission systems, rotor head assemblies, turbine engine components, gears, and other precision flight-critical components for commercial and military aviation applications; and offers aftermarket services, including repair and overhaul of engines, transmissions, and fuel controls, as well as aerospace bearing repair and component reconditioning. It also manufactures precision bearings, higher-level assemblies, and sensors for manufacturers of health and positioning control equipment.

The Steel segment produces approximately 450 grades of carbon and alloy steel products, including ingots, bars, and tubes in various chemistries, lengths, and finishes for the automotive, industrial, and energy sectors. The company sells its products through its sales organizations and authorized distributors worldwide.

The Timken Company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio.

 

Timken serves 27 countries through more than 50 manufacturing facilities,

9 technology and engineering centers, and 14 distribution centers and warehouses. About 66% of sales come from the US.

 

On June 10, 2013, Timken Co. announced that its Board of Directors has formed a Strategy Committee to evaluate a potential separation of the company's steel business from its other businesses and to review the company's corporate governance and capital allocation strategy.

The formation of the Committee is in response to the non-binding shareholder proposal that was recently approved at the company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Committee consists of all independent and non-Timken family Board members, with Joseph W. Ralston, the company's lead director, serving as its chairman. The Committee has retained Goldman, Sachs & Co. to assist in its evaluation.

 

EIN:      34-0577130

 

Staff:    19,769

 

Operations & branches:

 

At above address, we find the corporate office, owned.

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS & MANAGERS

 

Shareholders:

 

72% of the stock is held by institutional and mutual fund ownets, including:

 

SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

3.55%

VANGUARD GROUP, INC. (THE)

3.32%

BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

2.48%

PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

2.45%

EARNEST PARTNERS LLC

2.28%

RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

2.10%

 

Management:

 

James W. GRIFFITH is the President and CEO.

Mr. James W. Griffith has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Timken Co. since August 1, 2002. Mr. Griffith served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Timken Co. since 1999. He served as Plant Manager, Group Vice President, Bearings - North American Automotive, Asia Pacific and Latin America at Timken Co and served as its Managing Director of Australia. He joined Timken Company in 1984. He held a wide range of positions in several areas of Timken Company from 1984 to 1999. He has been a Director of Goodrich Corp. since July 15, 2002 and its subsidiary Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH since 2002. He has been a Director of Illinois Tool Works Inc., since February 13, 2012. He serves as a Director of US-China Business Council, Inc. He also serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Mount Union College and United Way of Central Stark County. He served as a Director of Timken Co. since 1999. He served on Board of  Trustees MAPI of Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Inc. Mr. Griffith studied B.S. in industrial engineering and his M.B.A. from Stanford University.

 

Glen A. EISENBERG is the CFO.

 

Subsidiaries &

Partnership:      Several in the U.S. and worldwide

 

 

FINANCIALS

 

Currency in
Millions of US Dollars

 

Dec 31
2009

Dec 31
2010

Dec 31
2011

Dec 31
2012

TOTAL REVENUES

3,141.6

4,055.5

5,170.2

4,987.0

NET INCOME

-134.0

274.8

454.3

495.5

 

On attachment:

- 10K 2012

- 1st 10Q 2013

 

Banks:  Bank of America

            KeyBank

 

 

LEGAL FILINGS

 

Legal filings & complaints:

 

As of today date, there are several legal filings pending with various Courts.

 

Secured debts summary (UCC):   Several

 

 

COMPANY CREDIT HISTORY

 

Trade references:

 

Date reported:               May 2013

High credit:                   USD 25,000

Now owing:                   0

Past due:                      0

Last purchase:              April 2013

Line of business:           Office supply

Paying status:               6 days beyond terms

 

Date reported:               May 2013

High credit:                   USD 25,000,000+

Now owing:                   0

Past due:                      0

Last purchase:              April 2013

Line of business:           Payroll

Paying status:               As agreed

 

Date reported:               May 2013

High credit:                   USD 1,600

Now owing:                   0

Past due:                      0

Last purchase:              April 2013

Line of business:           Telecommunications

Paying status:               On terms

 

Domestic credit history:

 

Domestic credit history appears as follow:

 

Monthly Payment Trends - Recent Activity

Date

Balance

Current

Up to 30 DBT

31-60 DBT

61-90 DBT

>90 DBT

01/13

$1,274,200

66%

17%

11%

5%

1%

02/13

$1,658,800

72%

15%

8%

1%

4%

03/13

$1,601,600

73%

9%

10%

7%

1%

04/13

$1,712,000

81%

12%

4%

2%

1%

05/13

$1,395,300

69%

20%

7%

1%

3%

06/13

$1,229,700

78%

13%

4%

3%

2%

 

 

 

National Credit Bureaus gave a medium credit rating.

 

According to our credit analysts, during the last 6 months, domestic payments were made with an average of 8 days beyond terms.

 

International credit history:

 

Payments of imports are currently made with an average of 2 to 5 days beyond terms.

 

Other comments:

 

The Company maintains its business.

 

The Company is in good standing.

This means that all local and federal taxes were paid on due date.

 

The risk is medium/low.

 

Our opinion:

 

A business connection may be conducted but we suggest you to check regularly the way of payments.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.59.70

UK Pound

1

Rs.91.14

Euro

1

Rs.77.97

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

SDA

 

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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