MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

01.08.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LAMBERTI  ASIA  PACIFIC  LTD.

 

 

Formerly Known as : 

Sampson Ltd

 

 

Registered Office :

c/o Clyde Services Ltd.

Suite 5801 & 5804-5806, 58/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

23.06.1993

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

17167015

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

·         engaged in distributing Chemicals for Textile, Leather, Construction, Paints and Coatings, Ceramics, Paper, Personal Care and Agrochemicals.

 

Subject Main Products are Natural Polymers (HP Guar and CMC), Synthetic Polymers (Acrylic, PES And Polyurethanes), Pigments, Surfactants and UV Catalysts.

 

 

No of Employees :

18.  (Hong Kong)

40.  (China)

 

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 01, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2014)

Current Rating

(01.06.2014)

Hong Kong

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderate Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderate High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 


 

Hong Kong ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of re-exports, is about four times GDP. Hong Kong has no tariffs on imported goods, and it levies excise duties on only four commodities, whether imported or produced locally: hard alcohol, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil, and methyl alcohol. There are no quotas or dumping laws. Hong Kong's open economy left it exposed to the global economic slowdown that began in 2008. Although increasing integration with China, through trade, tourism, and financial links, helped it to make an initial recovery more quickly than many observers anticipated, its continued reliance on foreign trade and investment leaves it vulnerable to renewed global financial market volatility or a slowdown in the global economy. The Hong Kong government is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) as the site for Chinese renminbi (RMB) internationalization. Hong Kong residents are allowed to establish RMB-denominated savings accounts; RMB-denominated corporate and Chinese government bonds have been issued in Hong Kong; and RMB trade settlement is allowed. The territory far exceeded the RMB conversion quota set by Beijing for trade settlements in 2010 due to the growth of earnings from exports to the mainland. RMB deposits grew to roughly 12% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2013. The government is pursuing efforts to introduce additional use of RMB in Hong Kong financial markets and is seeking to expand the RMB quota. The mainland has long been Hong Kong's largest trading partner, accounting for about half of Hong Kong's total trade by value. Hong Kong's natural resources are limited, and food and raw materials must be imported. As a result of China's easing of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 34.9 million in 2012, outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. In 2012 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 46.6% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 57.4% of the Exchange's market capitalization. During the past decade, as Hong Kong's manufacturing industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has grown rapidly. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions have caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly; consumer prices increased by more than 4% in 2013. Lower and middle income segments of the population are increasingly unable to afford adequate housing. Hong Kong continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an arrangement established in 1983. In 2013, Hong Kong and China signed new agreements under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, adopted in 2003 to forge closer ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. The new measures, effective from January 2014, cover services and trade facilitation, and will improve access to the mainland's service sector for Hong Kong-based companies.

 

Source Cia

 


 

Company name

 

LAMBERTI  ASIA  PACIFIC  LTD.

 

 

Company ADDRESS

 

Room 1305-1308, 13/F., APEC Plaza, 49 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2861 3662

FAX:                 852-2529 3948

E-MAIL:            lap@lamberti-hk.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Giorgio Pagnoncelli

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             23rd June, 1993.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Issued Capital:               HK$1,000,000.00

 

Business Category:        Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Employees:                   18.  (Hong Kong)

40.  (China)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:           Satisfactory.


Company ADDRESS

 

Registered Office:-

c/o Clyde Services Ltd.

Suite 5801 & 5804-5806, 58/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

 

Head Office:-

Room 1305-1308, 13/F., APEC Plaza, 49 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Beijing Representative Office:-

Room 0625, Yuan Chenxin Office Building, No. 12 Yumin Road, Dewai Madian, Chaoyang District, 100029 Beijing, China.

[Tel/Fax: 86-10-8225 0820]

 

Holding Company:-

Lamint S.A.R.L., Luxembourg.

 

Ultimate Holding Company:-

Lamberti S.p.A., Italy.

 

Associated/Affiliated Companies:-

Lamberti Group of Companies

Cesalpinia Chemicals S.p.A., Italy.

JOB S.p.A., Italy.

Lagor S.p.A., Italy.

Lamberti Aditivos Ceramicos S.A., Spain.

Lamberti Asia Pacific Ltd., Korea.

Lamberti Brasil Produtos Químicos Ltda., Brazil.

Lamberti Chemical Specialties (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

Lamberti Deutschland GmbH, Germany.

Lamberti France S.A.S., France.

Lamberti Hydrocolloids Private Ltd., India.

Lamberti Iberia S.A.U., Spain.

Lamberti Kimya, Turkey.

Lamberti Polska, Poland.

Lamberti Quimica S.A., Spain.

Lamberti Rus, Russia.

Lamberti Speciality Chemicals (Pty) Ltd., South Africa.

Lamberti Synthesis USA Inc., US.

Lamberti USA Inc., US.

Lambra Produtos Quimicos Auxiliares, Brazil.

P.T. Lamberti Indonesia, Indonesia.

Quimica Lamberti de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Mexico.

Sashim S.p.A., Italy.

Savicell S.p.A., Italy.

Unichem S.p.A., Italy.

 


BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

17167015

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0429624

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Giorgio Pagnoncelli

 

 

ISSUED CAPITAL

 

HK$1,000,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDEr

(As per registry dated 23-06-2014)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

Lamint S.A.

5, rue Jean Monnet, L-2180, Luxembourg.

 

1,000,000

=======

 

 

DIRECTORS  

(As per registry dated 23-06-2014)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Mario GAGLIARDI

Via Diaz 16, Rescaldina, Italy.

 

Giorgio PAGNONCELLI

Flat A, 22/F., Tower 3, Hillsborough Court, 18 Old Peak Road, Hong Kong.

 

Roberto PORRO

Via Villa No. 20, I-20057 Vedano A1, Lambro (M1), Italy.

 

SECRETARY

(As per registry dated 23-06-2014)

 

Name

Address

Co. No.

Clyde Services Ltd.

Suite 5801 & 5804-5806, 58/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

0182196

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 23rd June, 1993 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

 

Originally the subject was registered under the name of Sampson Ltd., name changed to the present style on 12th August, 1993.

 

The subject changed its registered address to the present one in June, 2011.

 

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of industrial chemicals.

 

Employees:                   18.  (Hong Kong)

40.  (China)

 

Commodities Imported:   Europe, Asia, etc.

           

Markets:                       Asia, Europe, North America, etc.

                       

Terms/Sales:                 L/C or as per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C, D/P, etc.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macao, Hong Kong.

 


FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Issued Capital:               HK$1,000,000.00

 

Profit or Loss:                Making a small profit every year.

 

Condition:                      Keeping in an and satisfactory condition.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met trade commitments as contracted.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Banker:                         The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Very Good.

 

 

GENERAL

Lamberti Asia Pacific Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lamint S.A. which is a Luxembourg-based firm.  The subject’s ultimate holding company is Lamberti S.p.A [Lamberti], an Italy-based firm.

The subject is the trading branch of Lamberti.  It features offices, a state of the art laboratory and a warehouse in Hong Kong.

At the beginning, the subject was mainly active in textile chemicals and its business territories just covered the Greater China and South Korea only.  Later, the subject has expanded both of its business territories and business areas.  Two representative offices in China were added in 1996, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai.  In 2003, two more representative offices were opened in Jakarta and Seoul.

The subject is engaged in distributing chemicals for textile, leather, construction, paints and coatings, ceramics, paper, personal care and agrochemicals.  Its main products are natural polymers (HP guar and CMC), synthetic polymers (acrylic, PES and polyurethanes), pigments, surfactants and UV catalysts.  Its network of direct sales representative and agents covers China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Currently, the subject is trading in the following commodities and offering clients with the following services:-

Industrial Chemicals (Natural and synthetic thickeners, water-based polyurethane dispersions (PUD), photoinitiators, PVC stabilizers, surfactants, emulsion polymerization and more for the following industries: Textile, Leather, Paints & Inks, Construction, Ceramics, PVC, Paper, Cosmetics. Agro, Oil., Natural and synthetic thickeners, water‑based polyurethane dispersions (PUD), photoinitiators, PVC stabilizers, surfactants, emulsion polymerization and more for the following industries: Textile, Leather, Paints & Inks, Construction, Ceramics, PVC, Paper, Cosmetics. Agro, Oil.), Dyeing, Tanning & Colouring Materials (Tanning only, Pigment for textile, Tanning only & Pigment for textile)

 

The subject is carrying the following products and brand names:-

Brand Name

Brand Product/Service

Brand Remarks

Lamberti
(Brand Owner)

Industrial Chemicals

For paper and cosmetics

Dyeing, Tanning and Colouring Materials

Pigment for textile and paint

Lamberti, founded in 1911, is an Italian chemical company leading a group of companies that have achieved a significant turnover.

The Lamberti Group is present in Italy and abroad with subsidiaries and production facilities.

The Group’s 1,000 employees are engaged in Production, R&D, Sales and Services.  Its headquarters are in Gallarate, Italy, about 40 km North of Milan.  The main production facilities, the technological centre and logistics offices are situated in Albizzate, Italy.

Lamberti has subsidiaries all over the world in France, Spain, Turkey, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, China, etc.  Lamberti obtained, the International Quality Certification (En ISO 9001) in 1992.  Lamberti has adopted SAP/R3, an advanced operating system for the management of the companies’ processes and procedures.

Mr. Giorgio Pagnoncelli is the Managing Director of the subject and Managing Director of Asia Pacific of the Group.

The subject is fully supported by Lamberti.  History in Hong Kong is over 21 years.

On the whole, consider the subject good for normal business engagements.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.60.25

UK Pound

1

Rs.101.92

Euro

1

Rs.80.70

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

DIV

 

 

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

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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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