MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

03.05.2014              

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

DAH BANG PRINTING INK MANUFACTORY LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Room B, 12/F., Edwick Industrial Centre, 4-30 Lei Muk Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

12.04.1963

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

01423231

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter, Distributor, Retailer and Manufacturer of Printing ink, printing machineries, printing equipment and printing supplies.

 

 

No. of Employees

1,249

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limits :

US$250,000

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 – March 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2013)

Current Rating

(31.03.2014)

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 and address

 

DAH BANG PRINTING INK MANUFACTORY LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS:       Room B, 12/F., Edwick Industrial Centre, 4-30 Lei Muk Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2525 9261,  2828 2520

 

FAX:                 852-2810 0137,  2437 9382

 

E-MAIL:            dahbang@dahbang.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ho Wai Yu, Sammy

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Establishment:              1938.

 

Incorporated on:            12th January, 1963.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:             Nominal:HK$10,110,000.00

Issued: HK$10,110,000.00

 

Business Category:       Printing Material Supplier.

 

Group Revenue:            HK$3,070,165,000  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Group Employees:        1,249.  (As at 31-12-2013)

 

Main Dealing Bankers:   Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

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

Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

 

Banking Relation:          Satisfactory.


 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Office:-

Room B, 12/F., Edwick Industrial Centre, 4-30 Lei Muk Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

Subsidiary Company:-

Kunshan Rosathal Printing Ink Ltd., China.

 

Holding Company:-

First Luck Ltd.

Sea Meadow House, Blackburne Highway, P.O. Box 116, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

Ultimate Holding Company:-

Golik Holding Ltd., Hong Kong/Bermuda.

 

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES:-

Golik of the Group Companies

Advance Concord Development Ltd., Hong Kong.

China Rope Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong.

Fulwealth Metal Factory Ltd., Hong Kong.

G.F.T.Z. Golik Metal Trading Co. Ltd., China.

Golik Concrete (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Golik Concrete Ltd., Hong Kong.

Golik Godown Ltd., Hong Kong.

Golik Metal Industrial Company Ltd., Hong Kong.

Golik Metal Manufacturing Co.Ltd., Hong Kong.

Golik Properties Ltd., Hong Kong.

Golik Steel (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Heshan Henderson Steel Wire Products Co. Ltd., China.

Jiangmen Golik Metal Manufacturing Co.Ltd., China.

Orient Smart Industrial Ltd., Hong Kong.

Supreme Enterprises Ltd., Hong Kong.

The Spacers & Bar Chairs Manufacturer Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Tianjin Goldsun Wire Rope Ltd., China.

etc.

 


BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

01423231

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0008386

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ho Wai Yu, Sammy

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,110,000.00 (Divided into 1,000 Ordinary shares and 1,010,000 Non-voting Deferred shares of HK$10.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$10,110,000.00

 

SHAREHOLDERS:        (As per registry dated 12-01-2014)

Name

 

No. of shares

 

 

 

Ordinary

Non-voting Deferred

Dah Bang International (Holdings) Ltd.

Sea Meadow House, Blackburne Highway, P.O. Box 116, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

---

1,010,000

First Luck Ltd.

Sea Meadow House, Blackburne Highway, P.O. Box 116, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

950

---

Ming Kung Wing Andy

 

50

---

 

 

–––––

––––––––

 

Total:

1,000

====

1,010,000

=======

 

DIRECTORS:    (As per registry dated 12-01-2014)

            Name

            (Nationality)

 

Address

MING Kung Wing, Andy

3/F., 18 Happy View Terrace, Happy Valley, Hong Kong.

 

HO Wai Yu, Sammy

12A, Tower 1, Harbour Green, 8 Shum Mong Road, Kowloon West, Hong Kong.

 

PANG Tak Chung

Flat 2802, Block A, Queen’s Garden, 9 Old Peak Road, Hong Kong.

 

SECRETARY:   (As per registry dated 12-01-2014)

Name

Address

Co. No.

Golik Nominees Ltd.

Suite 5608, 56/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

0630949

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 12th January, 1963 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance to take over the business of Dah Bang Printing Ink Manufactory which was a sole proprietorship concern originally established in 1938.

The subject moved from Rooms 41-42, 4/F., New Henry House, 10 Ice House Street, Central, Hong Kong to 1/F., CNAC Building, 10 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong in August 1995, to Room 1101, Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong in 1998.  It moved to Room 4-6, 1/F., Fashion Centre, 51‑53 Wing Hong Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong in 1999.

The subject moved to the present address in October 2010.

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:          Importer, Exporter, Distributor, Retailer and Manufacturer.

 

Lines:   Printing ink, printing machineries, printing equipment and printing supplies.

 

Distributors for:-

Brand

Product

Country of Origin

ACTINA

Charbons

France

ADANA

Mini printing machines

U.K.

BRILIANT

Electrograph instruments

Germany

EUROPA

Pressing machines

Germany

FILM-KLISCHEE

Electrograph instruments

Germany

HAKKO

Plate-making machines

Japan

HARADA

Printing roller

Japan

ITOH

Paper cutting machines

Japan

KOH-I-NOOR

Screen

Germany

KOHMANN

Rotary carton windowing and lining machines

Germany

KOYOSHA

Offset printing machines

Japan

MATSUMOTO KIKAI

Calender, varnisher and laminator

Japan

OSAKA

Fully automatic and compact saddle stitch system with trimmer and stacker

Japan

PAGRA

Vertical photo machines

Germany

PERFO-STRIP

-

U.S.A.

PLANETA

Offset press

Germany

ROBERTSON

Photo-mechanix

U.S.A.

ROSBACK

Auto-stitcher

U.S.A.

SAKURAI

Multi-purpose printing machines

Japan

SANWA

Precision box bearing machines

Japan

SCHMID

UV additive and curing varnish

Switzerland

STEINBOCK

Transport equipment

Germany

STEINEMANN

UV printing machines

Switzerland

SUNNUM

Number machines

Germany

TOKYO HOSO

Box binding machines

Japan

WEKO

Powder spraying machines

Germany

-

Printing machines

Albert Export-Grala, Germany

-

Folding machines

Lida Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Germany

-

Printing ink

Flink Ink Corp., U.S.A.

-

Printing machines

KBA-Planeta AG, Germany

-

Printing machines

Koebau & Albert AG, Germany

-

Plate processors

Plurimetal S.p.A., Italy

-

Printing ink

Swadon (London) Ltd., U.K.

-

Overprinting varnish

U.S.A.

-

Printing ink

Mitsuobshi Printing Ink Co. Ltd., Japan

-

Ultra violet curing varnish

Schmid, Rhyner AG, Germany

-

Paper guillotines

Itotec Co. Ltd., Japan

-

Rotary rolling machines and engraved rollers

Willie Kuhiles OHG, Germany

-

Process ink

Megami Ink Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Japan

etc.

 

 

 

Group Employees:  1,249.  (as at 31-12-2013)

 

Commodities Imported:-

Printing machines – Germany, Japan, U.K. and Switzerland.

Printing accessories – Germany, Japan and Italy.

Packaging machines – Germany, Japan and Switzerland.

Printing ink – Japan, U.K. and U.S.A.

Varnish – Japan, Switzerland and U.S.A.

Binding machines – U.S.A. and Japan.

 

Markets:            Hong Kong (main), Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and PRC.

 

Group Revenue:            HK$2,826,426,000  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

HK$2,916,502,000  (Year ended 31-12-2012)

HK$3,070,165,000  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Terms/Sales:-

For local:  30-120 days credit or COD

For abroad:  L/C, T/T, etc.

 

Terms/Buying:  L/C, T/T, D/A, etc.

 

 

MAIN JAPANESE SUPPLIERS

 

Sakurai Machine Trading Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

Megami Ink Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

Motoya Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan.

Yositani & Co. Ltd., Japan.

Kobe Printing Equipment Ltd., Kobe, Japan.

Itotec Co. Ltyd., Japan.

Matsumoto Kikai Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Japan.

Sanwa Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Japan.

Arakawatoryo Co. Ltd., Japan.

Futamura Chemical Industries Co. Ltd., Japan.

Fujikura Rubber Ltd., Japan.

Mitsuboshi Printing Ink Co. Ltd., Japan.

 

MEMBERSHIP:

 

The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong.

The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Federation of Hong Kong Industries, Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Printers Association, Hong Kong.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,110,000.00 (Divided into 1,000 Ordinary shares and 1,010,000 Non-voting Deferred shares of HK$10.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$10,110,000.00

 

Increases of Nominal Capital:-

From

HK$  1,000,000.00

to

HK$  5,000,000.00

on

18-09-1974

From

HK$  5,000,000.00

to

HK$10,000,000.00

on

10-05-1978

From

HK$10,000,000.00

to

HK$10,001,000.00

on

22-12-1986

From

HK$10,001,000.00

to

HK$10,100,000.00

on

28-11-1990

From

HK$10,100,000.00

to

HK$10,110,000.00

on

31-07-1993

 

Alternation of Issued Capital:-

05-04-1963

paid up

HK$      500,000.00

18-06-1963

paid up

HK$      400,000.00

18-09-1974

paid up

HK$      3,100,000.00

30-12-1978

paid up

HK$      6,000,000.00

07-01-1987

paid up

HK$      1,000.00

28-11-1990

paid up

HK$      99,000.00

30-07-1993

paid up

HK$      10,000.00

 

 

––––––––––––––––

Total:

paid up

HK$      10,110,000.00

==============

 

Group Profit:     HK$100,374,000  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

HK$  84,916,000  (Year ended 31-12-2012)

HK$101,762,000  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Profit & Loss:   Group business is profitable.

 

Condition:         Business is normal.

 

Facilities:          Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:          Regularly met.

 

Commercial Morality:  Good.

 

Bankers:-

Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

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

Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Bank of America (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Barclays Bank PLC, Hong Kong Branch.

Dao Heng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Dah Sing Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

The Sanwa Bank Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

Banque Nationale de Paris, Hong Kong Branch.

The Sumitomo Bank Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

Overseas Union Bank Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch.

 

Banking:-

One source reports they maintain a very active and well conducted current account with them which was opened on 2nd May, 1963.  Partially secured banking facilities granted to them are utilised to their satisfaction.  They handled their import bills against L/C.

 

Standing:  Good.

 


 

GENERAL

 

Dah Bang Printing Ink Manufactory Ltd. [Dah Bang Ink], one of the leading printing supplies dealers in Hong Kong, is a 95% subsidiary of First Luck Ltd. [First Luck] which is a BVI-registered company.  In turn, First Luck is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Golik Holding Ltd. [Group] which is a listed company in Hong Kong.

In October 1996, Dah Bang was acquired by Golik Holdings Ltd. but spun off from it in 1998.

Dah Bang Ink was established in Shanghai, China by the father of Mr. Chen Da Yun.  Business was moved to Hong Kong in 1937 and was re-organized into a private limited company in 1963.

Dah Bang Ink is principally engaged in the marketing and distribution of printing ink in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan and China.  It is believed that the subject has been one of the leading suppliers of these products to the printing and paper products industries in Hong Kong.  It is a distributor for products manufactured by a number of leading manufacturers of printing and auxiliary machinery, printing consumables and printing ink, including the KBA Group, Arakawatoryo Co. Ltd., Plurimetal S.p.A. and Megami Ink Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Now, Dah Bang Ink has set up Kunshan Rosathal Printing Ink Ltd., a joint venture in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China.

The core business of the Group is engaged in manufacturing and sales of metal products and building materials.

For the year ended 31st December, 2013, the Group’s revenue was HK$3,070,165,000, an increase of approximately 5% as compared to previous year which was HK$2,916,502,000.

Group profit for the year was HK$101,762,000 (2012: HK$  84,916,000).

After the deduction of non-controlling interests, profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company for the year was HK$92,223,000, an increase of approximately 13% compared to the same period of previous year.

However, to our knowledge, the business of Dah Bang Ink in the past three years was just fair.

As at 31st December, 2013, the total number of staff of the Group was 1,249.

Dah Bang Ink is fully supported by the Group.

On the whole, in view of the history and parentage of Dah Bang Ink, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 

REMARKS

 

Brief Personal Profile of the Principal Directors:

Mr. Pang Tak Chung, aged 65, has been the Chairman and Managing Director of the Company since 1996. Mr. Pang is the founder of Golik Metal Industrial Company Limited (“Golik Metal”) in 1977 and a director of Golik Investments Ltd., which is wholly owned by Mr. Pang and is a substantial shareholder of the Company.  He is responsible for strategic planning, overall management and corporate development of the Group.  He has over 38 years experience in the trading and manufacturing industry in Hong Kong and the PRC.  He also has extensive experience in international trading practices. In addition, Mr. Pang is a member of the Twelfth and Thirteen Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Tianjin Municipal Committee and the Honorary Citizen of both Jiangmen and Heshan, Guangdong Province.

Mr. Ho Wai Yu, Sammy, aged 58, is the Vice Chairman and Company Secretary of the Company and finance director of the Group responsible for finance, accounting, information technology development, legal and corporate matters of the Group.  Mr. Ho is a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, an associate member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a full member of Chartered Management Institute in the United Kingdom, a full member of Hong Kong Computer Society and a founder and permanent honourable president of IT Accountants Association.

He has over 33 years experience in finance, accounting, computing, investment and project development.  Mr. Ho joined Golik Metal in 1994.

 

Property information of subsidiary:-

Property Location:         Workshops 4-6 on 1/F., Fashion Centre, 51-53 Wing Hong Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Owner:  West Fame Investment Ltd.

Date of Purchase:  09-10-1991

Purchased Price:  HK$10,780,000

Incumbrances:-

 

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

09-10-1981

-

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

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.60.23

UK Pound

1

Rs.101.68

Euro

1

Rs.83.46

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

RAS

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIS

 

               

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

 

--

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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