MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

01.03.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FARMERS INDUSTRIES (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

72 Portside Drive, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga 3116

 

 

Country :

New Zealand

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

31.08.1978

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

197785

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, manufacturer and distributor of dairy hygiene and animal health products

 

 

No of Employees :

34 employees (Subject); 24,893 employees (GEA Group)

 

 

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 – december 01, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2013)

Current Rating

(01.12.2013)

New Zealand

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

NEW ZEALAND - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Over the past 20 years the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. This dynamic growth has boosted real incomes - but left behind some at the bottom of the ladder - and broadened and deepened the technological capabilities of the industrial sector. Per capita income rose for ten consecutive years until 2007 in purchasing power parity terms, but fell in 2008-09. Debt-driven consumer spending drove robust growth in the first half of the decade, helping fuel a large balance of payments deficit that posed a challenge for economic managers. Inflationary pressures caused the central bank to raise its key rate steadily from January 2004 until it was among the highest in the OECD in 2007-08; international capital inflows attracted to the high rates further strengthened the currency and housing market, however, aggravating the current account deficit. The economy fell into recession before the start of the global financial crisis and contracted for five consecutive quarters in 2008-09. In line with global peers, the central bank cut interest rates aggressively and the government developed fiscal stimulus measures. The economy pulled out of recession late in 2009, and achieved 2-3% per year growth in 2010-13. Nevertheless, key trade sectors remain vulnerable to weak external demand. The government plans to raise productivity growth and develop infrastructure, while reining in government spending.

 

Source : CIA

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Verified Address

 

Subject name :              FARMERS INDUSTRIES (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED

Business address :        72 Portside Drive

Town :                           Mount Maunganui

Province :                      Tauranga

Zip/postal code :            3116

Country :                       New Zealand

Tel :                              +64 7 5752162

Fax :                             +64 7 5752161

Email :                          office.fil@gea.com

Website :                      www.fil.co.nz

 

Registered address :      72 Portside Drive

Town :                           Mount Maunganui

Province :                      Tauranga

Zip/postal code :            3116

Country :                       New Zealand

Postal address :            P.O. Box 4144

Town :                           Mount Maunganui South

Province :                      Tauranga

Zip/postal code :            3149

Country :                       New Zealand

 

 

SUMMARY DETAILs

 

Executive Summary

 

Date founded or registered :        31/08/1978

Legal form :                              Private Limited Company

Chief executive :                        Jamie Christopher Joseph Mikkelson

Issued & paid up capital :           NZD 120,000

Sales turnover :                          NZD 24,200,000 (Estimated Non-Consolidated 12 months, 31/12/2013)

Line of business :                       Import, manufacturing and distribution of dairy hygiene and animal health

products.

Staff employed :                         34 employees (Subject); 24,893 employees (GEA Group)

 

 

CREDIT RISK OPINION

 

Company Analysis

 

Country risk :                             Country risk is minimal

Operation trend :                        Operational trend is steady

Management experience :           Management is adequately experienced

Financial performance :              Financial performance is good

Organisation structure :              Organisational structure is stable

Detrimental :                  No detrimental found

Payment history :                      No payment delays noted

Credit amount asked :                Not described.

 

 

STATUTORY DETAILS

 

Registry Data

 

Registration date :                      31/08/1978

Legal form :                               Private Limited Company

Registration no                          197785

Registered authority :                New Zealand Company Registry

Fiscal/ Tax no :                          9429040051444

Registry status :                        Live/Active

Previous name :                         FIL INDUSTRIES LIMITED (until 12-11-1997)

Change of legal form :                 None reported.

 

 

MANAGEMENT / DIRECTORS

 

Key Management

 

Name :                                      Jamie Christopher Joseph Mikkelson

Designation :                             Managing Director

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS/ OTHER APPOINTMENTS

 

Appointments

 

Name :                                      Vern Edward Foster

Designation :                             Director

Appointment date :                     13/09/10

Address :                                  3257 S. Donnington Avenue

Eagle, Idaho 83615

United States

Name :                                      Dominic Jackson

Designation :                             Director

Appointment date :                     12/11/12

Address :                                  542/1 Maungatautari Road, RD2

Cambridge 3494

New Zealand

Name :                                      Jamie Christopher Joseph Mikkelson

Designation :                             Director

Appointment date :                     20/11/12

Address :                                  23 Stoneleigh Drive

Chartwell, Hamilton 3210

New Zealand

Staff employed :                         34 employees (Subject); 24,893 employees (GEA Group)

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Composition

 

Authorized Capital :                    NZD 120,000

No of shares :                            120,000 Shares

Share par value :                        NZD 1

Issued capital :                          NZD 120,000

Paid up capital :                         NZD 120,000

 

 

OWNERSHIP / SHAREHOLDERS

 

How listed :                               Full List

 

Composition

 

Shareholder name :                    GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

Address :                                  12-14 Quail Place

Hamilton Lake, Hamilton 3204

New Zealand

No. of shares :                           120,000 Shares

% of shares :                             100%

 

 

RELATED COMPANIES & CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS

 

Structure

 

Name :                                      GEA GROUP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Affiliation type :                          Ultimate Holding Company

Address :                                  Peter-Müller-Str. 12

40468 Düsseldorf

Germany

 

Comments :

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft provides systems for the food and energy industries. The company's Food Solutions segment manufactures machinery for

preparing, marinating, processing, cutting, and packaging of meat, poultry, fish,

cheese, and other food products. Its Farm Technologies segment offers solutions for milk production and livestock farming, including milking equipment; parlor and herd management systems; automatic milking systems; hygiene products for animal, equipment, and farm; milk cooling systems; barn equipment; automatic feeding systems; manure technology; and consultancy and design services. The company's Heat Exchangers segment provides finned tube, shell-and-tube, and plate heat exchangers; wet and dry cooling systems; Heller systems; and air conditioning systems. Its Mechanical Equipment segment offers separators, decanters, ceramic membrane elements, valves, pumps, and homogenizers for various industries. The company’s Process Engineering segment provides process solutions for the dairy, brewery, food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. This segment’s solutions include liquid processing, concentration, industrial drying, powder processing and handling, emission control, solid dosage processing, and aseptic packaging. Its Refrigeration Technologies segment offers components and technical solutions for refrigeration, such as piston compressors, compact piston compressors, screw compressors, packaged systems and skids, chillers, heat pumps, ice machines, freezers, dryers, electronic controls, and purgers. It serves food, dairy, beverages, energy, breweries, pharma and cosmetics, chemistry, environment, and marine industries in Germany, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, Africa, and rest of Europe. The company was formerly known as mg technologies ag and changed its name to GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft in 2005. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

 

Name :                                      GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

Affiliation type :                         Superior Holding Company

Address :                                  Siemensstr. 25-27

59199 Bönen

Germany

Name :                                      GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Affiliation type :                          Intermediate Holding Company

Address :                                  16 Trade Park Drive

Tullamarine, VIC 3043

Australia

Name :                                      GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

Affiliation type :                          Parent Company

Address :                                  12-14 Quail Place

Hamilton Lake, Hamilton 3204

New Zealand

Name :                                      MILFOS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Affiliation type :                          Sister Company

Address :                                  12-14 Quail Place

Hamilton Lake, Hamilton 3204

New Zealand

Related companies and

corporate

affiliations comments:                 Other companies of the GEA Group should be considered affiliates of the Subject.

 

BANK & MORTGAGES

 

Bank Details

 

Name of bank :                          ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited

Address :                                  New Zealand

Account details :                        Current Account

Comments :                              It is generally not the policy of local banks to provide credit status information to

non related parties, however interested parties would be advised to consult first

with the Subject if banker's references are required.

 

Mortgages :                               None reported.

 

Legal Fillings

 

Bankruptcy fillings :                    None reported.

Court judgements :                     None reported.

Tax liens :                                 None reported.

Others :                                    None reported.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Description

 

Source of financial statement :                Provided by the Subject

Financial statement date :                      31/12/13

Type of accounts :                                 Estimated key figures

Currency :                                             New Zealand, Dollar (NZD)

Exchange rate :                                     1 USD = NZD 1.19 as of 28-02-2014

 

Summarized Financial Information

 

Consolidation type :                               Non Consolidated           Non Consolidated

Currency :                                             New Zealand, Dollar       New Zealand, Dollar

(NZD)                            (NZD)

Denomination :                                      (x1) One                        (x1) One

Date of financial year end :                      31/12/13                        31/12/12

Length of accounts :                               12 months                     12 months

Sale turnover / Income :              24,200,000                    22,000,000

Comments :                                          The estimated turnover was provided by Ms. Allison Jordon.

Private Companies in New Zealand are not required to file accounts unless classified as "Large", which at the moment means that two out of three conditions are met:

- The company has a sales turnover of over NZD 20,000,000;

- The company has total assets of over NZD 10,000,000;

- The company employs 50 people or more.

The Subject does not meet the criteria of being a large Private Company.

 

 

OPERATION DETAILS

 

Main activities :

The Subject engages in import, manufacturing and distribution of dairy

hygiene and animal health products.

 

 

 

The Subject is part of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, which is a German-based management holding company of the GEA Group, active as system provider for food and energy processes. It operates in six segments: GEA Food Solutions; GEA Farm Technologies; GEA Heat Exchangers; GEA Mechanical Equipment; GEA Process Engineering, and GEA Refrigeration Technologies. The GEA Food Services segment manufactures machines for the preparation, marinating, processing, slicing and packaging of meat, among others. The GEA Farm Technologies segment manufactures milking equipment, and animal hygiene products, among others. The GEA Heat Exchangers segment offers air conditioning systems, among others. The GEA Mechanical Equipment segment offers valves, pumps and separators, among others. The GEA Process Engineering segment offers process solutions for dairy, brewery, food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The GEA Refrigeration Technologies offers industrial refrigeration systems.

Purchases

 

International :

Worldwide

 

 

Sales

 

Local :

Yes

International :

Australia, United States, United Kingdom Kingdom

 

 

Property & Assets

 

Premises :

The Subject operates from the verified heading address consisting of a

production facility, warehouse and an administrative office.

Branches :

None reported

 

SUMMARIZED COUNTRY RISK

 

Gross Domestic Products (GDP) & Economic Overview

 

Central bank :                                        Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Reserve of foreign exchange & gold :       US$ 20.562 billion

Gross domestic product - GDP :             US$ 180.548 billion

GPP (Purchasing power parity) :             126.628 billion of International dollars

GDP per capita - current prices :             US$ 40,454

GDP - composition by sector :                agriculture: 4.7%

industry: 24%

services: 71.3%

Inflation :                                               2009: 2.1%

2010: 2.3%

2011: 4%

Unemployment rate :                              2009: 6.1%

2010: 6.5%

2011: 6.5%

Public debt :                                          2009: 26.1%

(General Government gross debt as         2010: 32.3%

a % GDP):                                            2011: 37%

Government bond ratings :                      Standard & Poor's: AA+/Stable/A-1+

Moody's rating: Aaa

Moody's outlook: STA

Market value of publicly traded

shares:                                                             US$67.061 billion

Largest companies in the country :          Westpac Limited, Transpower, Fletcher Building Limited, National Bank of New Zealand, Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd, Air New Zealand Limited,

The Warehouse Group Limited, Progressive Enterprises Ltd

 

Trade & Competitiveness Overview

 

Total exports :                                       US$33.24 billion

Exports commodities :                           Dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery

Total imports :                                       US$31.11 billion

Imports commodities :                            Machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics,

textiles, plastics

Export - major partners :                         Australia 22%, US 11.5%, Japan 9.2%, China 5.3%, UK 4.6%

Import - major partners :                         Australia 20.7%, China 13.4%, US 9.7%, Japan 9.5%, Singapore 4.9%,

Germany 4.7%

FDI Inflows :                                          2008: US$4,598 million

2009: US$-1,293 million

2010: US$561 million

FDI Outflows :                                        2008: US$462 million

2009: US$-308 million

2010: US$589 million

Best countries for doing business :          3 out of 183 countries

Global competitiveness ranking :             25 (ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

 

Country and Population Overview

 

Total population :                                   4.37 million

Total area :                                            270,467 km2

Capital :                                                Wellington

Currency :                                             New Zealand dollars (NZD)

Internet users as % of total population:  83%

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

Purchase Term

 

International :                                         Telegraphic transfer, D/P, Prepayment, Credit 30-90 days

 

Sales Term

 

Local :                                                  Bank transfer, D/P, Prepayment, Credit 30-90 days

International :                                         Telegraphic transfer, D/P, Prepayment, Credit 30-90 days

 

Trade Reference/ Payment Behaviour

 

Comments :                                          As local and international trade references were not supplied, the Subject's payment track record history cannot be appropriately determined but based on our research, payments are believed to be met without delay.

 

Investigation Note

 

Sources :                                              Interviews and material provided by the Subject

 :                                              Other official and local business sources


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 62.07

UK Pound

1

Rs. 103.61

Euro

1

Rs. 85.02

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

DPT

 

 

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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