MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

327987

Report Date :

23.06.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

DATACOLOR ASIA PACIFIC (HK) LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Flat 11, 9/F., Wing On Plaza, 62 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hongkong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.01.2002

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

32373598

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Colour Technology Trader of all kinds of Colour Related Equipment and Products.

 

 

No. of Employees :

14

 

 

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 31, 2015

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2014)

Current Rating

(31.03.2015)

Hongkong

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

HONGKONG - 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 12.5% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2014. 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 47.3 million in 2014, 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 2014 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 50% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 60.1% 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 4.4% in 2014. 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 2014, Hong Kong and China signed a new agreement on achieving basic liberalization of trade in services in Guangdong Province under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, adopted in 2003 to forge closer ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. The new measures, effective from March 2015, cover a negative list and a most-favored treatment provision, and will improve access to the mainland's service sector for Hong Kong-based companies.

 

 

Source : CIA

 


Company Name and address

           

DATACOLOR  ASIA  PACIFIC  (HK)  LTD.

 

ADDRESS:                   Flat 11, 9/F., Wing On Plaza, 62 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:                        852-2420 8283

FAX:                             852-2420 8320

 

E-MAIL:                        asiamarketing@datacolor.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:        Mr. Lam Wai Chung

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:            30th January, 2002.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$10,000.00

 

Business Category:       Colour Technology Trader.

 

Net Sales of Group:      US$69,989,000  (Year ended 30-09-2014)

 

Employees:                  14.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:          Good.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Flat 11, 9/F., Wing On Plaza, 62 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Holding Company:-

Datacolor Holding AG, Switzerland.

 

Ultimate Holding Company:-

Datacolor AG, Switzerland.

 

Associated Companies:-

Datacolor AG Europe, Switzerland.

Datacolor Belgium BVBA, Belgium.

Datacolor Color Technologies Trading and Service LLC, Turkey.

Datacolor Gestao de Solucoes em Cores e Imagens Ltda., Brazil.

Datacolor GmbH, Germany.

Datacolor Inc., US.

Datacolor International France SAS, France.

Datacolor International Ltd., UK.

Datacolor Italia S.r.l., Italy.

Datacolor Logistik AG, Switzerland.

Datacolor Solutions Private Ltd., India.

Datacolor Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., China.

Datacolor Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

MABAG AG, Switzerland.

Mediacol s.r.l., Italy.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

32373598

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0784723

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Lam Wai Chung

 

 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

HK$10,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 30-01-2015)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

Datacolor Holding AG

Waldstaetterstrasse 12, 6003 Luzern, Switzerland.

 

9,999

Overseas Nominees Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

1

 

 

–––––

 

Total:

10,000

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DIRECTORS

(As per registry dated 30-01-2015)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Albertus J. BUSCH

105 Bedens Brook Road, Skillman, N.J. 08558, U.S.A.

 

LAM Wai Chung

House 19, 4th Street, Section J, Fairview Park, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

Mark Oliver LEUCHTMANN

 

Bergstrasse 105, 8706 Meilen, Switzerland.

Helen H JEN

7 Cottage Lane, Marlboro, NJ 07746, U.S.A.

 

 

SECRETARY

(As per registry dated 30-01-2015)

 

Name

Address

Co. No.

Tricor Strath Ltd.

Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong.

0004873

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 30th January, 2002 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

 

Formerly the subject was located at Room 4301, 43/F., Tower 2, Metroplaza, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong, moved to the present address in October 2013.

 

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Colour Technology Trader.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of colour related equipment and products, etc.

 

Employees:                  14.

 

Commodities Imported: Europe, etc.

 

Markets:                        China, North America, Other Asian Countries, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, etc.

 

Net Sales of Group:      US$56,127,000  (Year ended 30-09-2010)

US$55,456,000  (Year ended 30-09-2011)

US$55,912,000  (Year ended 30-09-2012)

US$61,209,000  (Year ended 30-09-2013)

US$69,989,000  (Year ended 30-09-2014)

 

Terms/Sales:                 As per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:               Various terms.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$10,000.00

 

Group Profit:                 US$4,395,000  (Year ended 30-09-2010)

US$3,775,000  (Year ended 30-09-2011)

US$4,218,000  (Year ended 30-09-2012)

US$4,541,000  (Year ended 30-09-2013)

US$4,100,000  (Year ended 30-09-2014)

 

Profit or Loss:               Operation is profitable.

 

Condition:                     Business is normal and steady.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met trade commitment as contracted.

 

Commercial Morality:     Good.

 

Banker:                         Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Datacolor Asia Pacific (HK) Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Datacolor Holding AG which is a Germany-based firm.  Its ultimate holding company Datacolor AG [Datacolor] is a Switzerland-based firm.  Datacolor is a listed firm.

 

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

·         Scientific Testing Equipment (Textile & Garments Colour Testing Equipment);

·         Quality/Laboratory Testing Services (Color management and communications solutions for automobile [inner and outer colour coating] and for plastic pigment);

·         Electrical & Electronic Products Testing (LCD monitor, plasma, projector color management and communications solutions); &

·         Textile & Garments Testing (Color management and communications solutions).

 

Datacolor makes instruments and software that control color measuring, matching, and quality control for use in textile, paint, automotive, printing, photography, and home theatre applications.  Its “Spyder” brand targets the consumer market.  Datacolor also offers a variety of services, including calibration of spectrophotometers, on-site consulting, product training, and education in color theory.  Datacolor sells directly to consumers online and through resellers.  It also integrates its products with those of partners such as Lectra, Fongs, and Lawer.

 

Datacolor is a global leader in color management solutions and color communication technology. The world’s leading brands, manufacturers, creative professionals and consumers, have been choosing Datacolor’s innovative technology and solutions to consistently achieve the right color for 40 years.

 

A Swiss-held company, Datacolor’s global presence encompasses a sales, service and support network serving customers in more than 65 countries throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia, along with 13 worldwide operation and production facilities.  This combination has given the company an intimate understanding of its core markets and how they depend on color, thus allowing Datacolor to provide cost-effective solutions to manage color globally throughout its customers’ workflows – enabling them to realize their vision, save time, improve quality, reduce costs, and excite their customers. Industries served include apparel and textile, paint and coatings, automotive, plastics, photography, digital imaging, home theatre, ink, printing, paper, leather and others.

 

For the year ended 30th September, 2014, the net sales of the Group amounted to US$70.0 million (2013: US$61.2 million).

 

The result was impacted by the strategic investments made to achieve the growth targets.  EBITDA came to US$6.5 million (2013: US$6.8 million), EBIT to US$4.4 million (2013: US$5.2 million) and net income to US$4.1 million (2013: US$4.5 million).

 

The substantial contribution made by all regions to the significant growth in sales was largely driven by the consistent implementation of Datacolor’s growth strategy, and by the positive investment climate.  The expansion of the direct sales and service organization accelerated this encouraging development, especially in China, Turkey and Brazil.  In fiscal 2013 / 14, the North and South America region accounted for 31.5% of sales (31.0%), the Asia-Pacific region for 33.3% (32.9%), and Europe for 35.2% (36.1%).

 

The Sales Director of the Asia Pacific Region of Datacolor is Mr. Lam Wai Chung.  He joined in the subject on 10th October, 2013.

 

The subject is fully supported by the Group.

 

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

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.63.51

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.94

Euro

1

Rs.72.32

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIT

 

 

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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