MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

320479

Report Date :

06.05.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

GOFRONT HOLDING LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Room 13, 21/F., Peninsula Tower, 538 Castle Peak Road, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

05.10.1995

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

19401093

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Manufacturer of Yarn & fabric dyeing and finishing machines

 

 

No of Employees :

8

 

 

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 – December 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2014)

Current Rating

(31.12.2014)

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 40.7 million in 2013, 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 48.5% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 56.9% 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. As of year-end 2014, the Democracy protests that began in late September probably will have some adverse effects on economic growth, particularly retail sales.

 

Source : CIA

 


Company name & address

 

GOFRONT  HOLDING  LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS:       Room 13, 21/F., Peninsula Tower, 538 Castle Peak Road, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2393 2208,  2393 2264

 

FAX:                 852-2381 9656

 

E-MAIL:            gf@gofront.com.hk

 

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Siu Chun Lam

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:                        5th October, 1995.

 

Organization:                             Private Limited Company.

 

Issued Share Capital:                 HK$10,000.00

 

Business Category:                   Importer, Exporter and Manufacturer.

 

Annual Turnover:                       US$35-40 million.

 

Employees:                              8.

 

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

 

Banking Relation:                      Satisfactory.

 


Company name

 

GOFRONT  HOLDING  LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Room 13, 21/F., Peninsula Tower, 538 Castle Peak Road, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Associated Companies:-

Guangzhou Panyu Gofront Dyeing & Finishing Machinery Manufacturer Ltd.

Donghuan Industrial City, 120 Donghuan Road, Donghuan Street, Panyu District, Guangdong Province, China.

[Tel: 86-20-2287 1518, 2287 1528, 2287 1530

Fax: 86-20-2287 1600]

MSC & Gofront China Ltd., China.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER 

 

19401093

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0527178

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Siu Chun Lam

 

 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

HK$10,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDER  

 

(As per registry dated 05-10-2014)

Name

 

No. of shares

SIU Chun Lam

 

10,000

=====

 

 

DIRECTOR    

 

(As per registry dated 05-10-2014)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

SIU Chun Lam

Flat A, 32/F., Tower 5, Manhattan Hill, 1 Po Lun Street, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

(As per registry dated 05-10-2014)

Name

Address

Co. No.

Right Point Accountancy & Secretaries Ltd.

Rooms 1506-1508, 15/F., Laws Commercial Plaza, 788 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

0784052

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 5th October, 1995 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                                  Importer, Exporter and Manufacturer.

 

Lines:                                       Yarn & fabric dyeing and finishing machines, etc.

 

Brand Name:                             Gofront.

 

Employees:                              8.

 

Commodities Imported:             China, etc.

 

Markets:                                    China, other Asian countries, Europe, etc.

 

Annual Turnover:                       US$35-40 million.

 

Terms/Sales:                             As per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:                           Various terms.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP 

 

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

[Membership No. 009444]

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Issued Share Capital:                             HK$10,000.00

 

Mortgage or Charge (since 2006):           (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss:                                       Making a small profit every year.

 

Condition:                                             Keeping in a satisfactory condition.

 

Facilities:                                              Making rather active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                                              Met trade commitments as required.

 

Commercial Morality:                             Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-

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

Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                                              Very Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 10,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Gofront Holding Ltd. is wholly owned by Mr. Siu Chun Lam who is a Hong Kong merchant.  He is also the only director of the subject.

 

The subject is specialized in manufacturing quality High Temperature and Pressure Packaging Dyeing Machine.  Its main objective is to design and manufacture pressure vessels for use in Textiles, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Foodstuffs, and other similar industries.

 

The subject has its own factory covering an area of 8,000 sq.m. and has about 250 workers.  The factory is in Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.  Formally known as Guangzhou Panyu Gofront Dyeing & Finishing Machinery Manufacturer Ltd. [Panyu Gofront] and established in 1997 with a registered capital of HK$7 million, this firm has been granted “Manufacture Qualification Certificate” of BR-1 Grade - I, II category, Serial No. RB1-40 issued by the Labour Department of Guangdong Province, China.  The manufacturing facilities include highly-technical equipment, i.e., L.A.S.E.R. plate cutting machines, automatic welding machines, plasma welding machines, sand-blast finishing machines, etc.

 

The factory at present is specialized in the production of yarn and fabric dyeing machines for the textile industry, both for domestic and overseas markets.  In 2013, Mr. Siu Chun Lam invented the first high-pressure yarn dyeing machine and he was named as the ‘Pioneer Leader’ in the textile field by Guangzhou Municipal Government.

 

Mr. Siu Chun Lam is also the director of Panyu Gofront.  His elder brother Mr. Siu Chun Sing is the General Manager.

 

The subject now has set up branch offices in Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin of China.  It has been serving its customers for over 15 years.

 

The followings are the main products of the subject:-

  • All kinds of Pressure Vessels, etc.;
  • Machine - Dyeing & Bleaching (Yarn dyeing/spray hank dyeing, fabric dyeing); &
  • Spare Part - Textile Machine (Mechanical seal).

 

All the products bear the brand name Gofront which includes the following models:-

 

GF241B, GF241T, GF241NT, GF241HLC, GFC-320, GFD-170, GF241, AIRFORCE, etc.

 

The characteristics of the products are water saving, energy saving, high-technology and environmental friendly.

Now, Panyu Gofront has been cooperating with South China Technical University to set up a research centre to train engineers in related fields.  By late 2012, Panyu Gofront has got 24 patents while five of them are invented patents.

 

The products of the subject are marketed in Hong Kong, China, and exported to over 50 countries such as India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australasia, Brazil, Peru, Japan, South Korea, North America, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkey, Western Europe, etc.  Business is active.

 

According to the subject, it also has set up representative offices in Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, India and Vietnam.

 

According to the subject, its products will up to National Level in five years’ time.  Its shares will be listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the years ahead.

 

The annual sales turnover of the subject ranges from US$35 to 40 million.  Making a small profit every year.

 

As the history of the subject is over 19 years and seven months in Hong Kong, on the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 63.51

UK Pound

1

Rs. 95.95

Euro

1

Rs. 70.53

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

SUB

 

 

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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