MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

349748

Report Date :

19.11.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HAI PLASTIC LTD.

 

 

Formerly Known As :

HAI FILTERS LTD

 

 

Registered Office :

P.O. Box 1053, 7 Haglilonit Street, Industrial Zone, Sderot 8700101

 

 

Country :

Israel

 

 

Year of Establishment :

1972

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject, directly and via subsidiaries, are developers, manufacturers, exporters and marketers of injection plastic packaging for the food and beverage industries, as well as domestic plastic products (kitchen products, food storing products, etc.).

 

 

No. of Employees :

101

 

 

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)

Israel

B1

B1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

ISRAEL - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Israel has a technologically advanced market economy. Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, and pharmaceuticals are among the leading exports. Its major imports include crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment. Israel usually posts sizable trade deficits, which are covered by tourism and other service exports, as well as significant foreign investment inflows. Between 2004 and 2013, growth averaged nearly 5% per year, led by exports. The global financial crisis of 2008-09 spurred a brief recession in Israel, but the country entered the crisis with solid fundamentals, following years of prudent fiscal policy and a resilient banking sector. Israel's economy also has weathered the Arab Spring because strong trade ties outside the Middle East have insulated the economy from spillover effects. Slowing demand domestically and internationally and reduced investment due to uncertainties caused by the Gaza conflict in summer 2014 have reduced GDP growth to about 2% during 2014. Natural gas fields discovered off Israel's coast since 2009 have brightened Israel's energy security outlook. The Tamar and Leviathan fields were some of the world's largest offshore natural gas finds this past decade. The massive Leviathan field is expected to come online no sooner than 2017, but production from Tamar provided a one percentage point boost to Israel's GDP in 2013 and a 0.5% boost in 2014. In mid-2011, public protests arose around income inequality and rising housing and commodity prices. Israel's income inequality and poverty rates are among the highest of OECD countries and there is a broad perception among the public that a small number of "tycoons" have a cartel-like grip over the major parts of the economy. The government formed committees and has started splitting up the oligopolies to address some of the grievances but has maintained that it will not engage in deficit spending to satisfy populist demands. Over the long term, Israel faces structural issues, including low labor participation rates for its fastest growing social segments - the ultra-orthodox and Arab-Israeli communities. Also, Israel's progressive, globally competitive, knowledge-based technology sector employs only 9% of the workforce, with the rest employed in manufacturing and services - sectors which face downward wage pressures from global competition.

 

Source : CIA


Company name and address

                                                                                                  

HAI PLASTIC LTD.

Telephone         972 8 661 13 55

Fax                   972 8 661 14 45

Email:               info@hai-plastic.co.il

P.O. Box 1053

7 Haglilonit Street

Industrial Zone

SDEROT 8700101 ISRAEL

 

 

HISTORY & LEGAL FORMATION

 

Originally established a sole proprietorship in 1972 under the name S.S. PLASTIC.

 

Converted into a private limited company and registered as such as per file

No. 51-088782-1 on the 31.05.1981.

 

Originally registered under the name HAI FILTERS LTD., which changed to the present name on the 11.07.1984.

 

On the 05.11.2014 BRAMLI PLASTICS INDUSTRIES LTD. was merged into subject (till then subject operated as BRAMLI PLASTIC's exclusive manufacturing arm).

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Authorized share capital NIS 20,570,250.00, divided into -

20,570,250 ordinary shares of NIS 1.00 each, of which 13,162,080 shares amounting to NIS 13,162,080.00 were issued.

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Subject is fully owned by BRAM INDUSTRIES LTD., a public limited company, shares traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), controlled by Eli Bramli (28.05%), Haim Bramli (26.91%) and HAI B. BRAMLI LTD. (11.88%), owned by Bramli family.

 

 

DIRECTOR & GENERAL MANAGER

 

1.    Eliyahu (Eli) Bramli, General Manager of subject and of BRAM INDUSTRIES,

2.    Hai Bramli.

 

 

BUSINESS

 

Subject, directly and via subsidiaries, are developers, manufacturers, exporters and marketers of injection plastic packaging for the food and beverage industries, as well as domestic plastic products (kitchen products, food storing products, etc.).

 

Subject is BRAM INDUSTRIES Group main manufacturing arm.

 

30% of Group's sales are for export, mainly to Europe and USA.

 

Among local clientele: NEVIOT NATURE OF GALILEE, THE CENTRAL BOTTLING CO. (COCA COLA), HATZI HINAM, NAKNIK NAHARIYA KASHER SOGLOWEK, KEYAD HAMELECH, PEAMIT CARDBOARD AND PACKAGING, DR. PACK, KLIR CHEMICALS, BITAN WINES, TEMPO BEVERAGES, and more.

 

Among Group's foreign clientele: WALMART, TARGET, TEDCO, CARREFOUR, AMAZON, BED BATH & BEYOND, REWE, and more.

 

Operating from rented (from shareholder Eli Bramli and a relative of his) premises (offices, plant and warehouse), on an area of 5,305 sq. meters, in 7 Haglilonit Street, Industrial Zone, Sderot.

 

Having 101 employees in subject (88 in the packaging segment and 13 in the domestic product segment), and 140 employees in BRAM Group, as of end of 2014.

 

 

MEANS

 

BRAM INDUSTRIES LTD. current market value US$ 22.1 million.

 

In October 2005 BRAM INDUSTRIES made an IPO on the TASE.

 

In in May 2015 BRAM raised NIS 42.5 million on the TASE issuing bonds.

 

Subject is an “Approved Enterprise” and as such entitled for State support, grants and tax relief.

 

In 2001 the Israeli Investment Centre (IIC) approved a US$ 1.5 million investment in the expansion of subject's plant.

 

In 2005, 2006 and 2012 the IIC approved NIS 3 million, NIS 14.5 million and NIS 20.4 million investment plans, respectively, in expansion of subject's plant.

 

In June 2015 subject sold its holdings (50%) in S. KETER ASSETS LTD. and S. KETER PRINTING LTD. for NIS 16 million.

 

There are 23 charges for unlimited amounts registered on the company's assets (financial assets, fixed assets, equipment and vehicles) in favor the State of Israel, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd., Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd., Bank Leumi Le'Israel Ltd. and companies (last charge placed August 2015).

 

Financial data is included in the consolidated B/S of ('grand') parent company, BRAM INDUSTRIES LTD., which shows:

                                                                                         NIS (thousands)

                                                                               31.12.2014               30.06.2015

ASSETS

Current assets

     Cash and cash equivalents                                                713                     25,826

     Other financial assets                                                     1,257                         387

     Customers                                                                    31,388                     34,989

     Other debtors and current assets                                     1,618                      2,124

     Stock                                                                             9,701                     13,032

                                                                                        44,677                     76,358

 

Non-current assets

     Fixed assets (net)                                                         40,457                     46,387

     Other non-current assets                                               25,198                     13,140

                                                                                        65,655                     59,527

                                                                                       110,332                   135,885

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

 

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities                                                                40,215                     38,692

Non-current liabilities                                                          22,824                     46,950

Equity                                                                               47,293                     50,243

                                                                                       110,332                   135,885

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

 

 

REVENUES

Subject ended 2012 with a net profit of NIS 3,578,000.

Subject ended 2013 with a net profit of NIS 3,203,000.

Subject ended 2014 with a net profit of NIS 4,876,000.

 

 

 

 

BRAM INDUSTRIES LTD.

                                                                    Consolidated Statement of Income

                                                                                    Year ended 31.12

                                                                                      NIS (thousands)

                                                                           2012                2013                2014

Sales                                                                72,586              82,762              85,669

 

Gross profit                                                      15,444              18,885              19,823

 

Operating income                                                  286               2,613               3,758

 

Profit (loss) before taxes on income                     (705)               1,124               4,682

 

Net profit (loss)                                                 (1,823)                (337)               2,865

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

 

BRAM INDUSTRIES LTD. consolidated revenues for the first 6 months of 2014 were NIS 50,211,000, making a gross profit of NIS 13,618,000, an operating income of NIS 4,284,000, and a net income of NIS 4,531,000.

 

 

OTHER COMPANIES

 

LIFE PLASTIC S.A.R.L., 100%, France, home ware products manufacturer,

K AND F PLASTICS LTD., 50%, manufactures of disposable cutlery,

SHS TRADE 2011 GMBH, 100%, marketing arm in Germany.

 

BRAM INDUSTRIES LTD., parent company, a holding company, also holds:

PRIFORM BEVERAGES LTD., 50%, manufacturers of drink packages.

 

BRAMLI PACKAGING 2000 LTD., fully owned by Eli Bramli, owns premises in Sderot.

 

 

BANKERS

 

Based on our (could not be confirmed with subject's officials):

Bank Leumi Le'Israel Ltd.,

Bank Hapoalim Ltd.,

Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd., branches data not forthcoming.

 

 

CHARACTER AND REPUTATION

 

Nothing unfavorable learned.

 

Despite our efforts, we were unable to speak with subject's officials, as they were always unavailable. We left messages which so far remain unanswered

 

Subject is a veteran business and so is BRAMLI Group.

Subject is ISO 9000:2008 certified.

 

In August 2010 ISAP ITALY completed the acquisition of LIFE PLASTIC's production lines for 1,400,000.

 

In July 2011, POLYCAD INDUSTRIES acquired 30% of BRAM INDUSTRIES with investment of NIS 24.5 million in BRAM and subject.

In March 2014 POLYCAD INDUSTRIES exited BRAM, selling its holdings for NIS 19.4 million.

 

In February 2011 subject completed the acquisition of 50% of PRIFORM BEVERAGES LTD. from TEMPO BEVERAGES for NIS 9,500,000 in Yeruham.

 

In July 2014 subject sold its holdings in S. KETER ASSETS LTD. and S. KETER PRINTING LTD. for NIS 16 million.

 

In April 2015 it was reported that BRAM INDUSTRIES is erecting a plant in the USA, with an investment of NIS 16 million.

 

According to a market research firm published in mid 2014 (ordered by the Ministry of Economy), total revenues of the local Plastic & Rubber Industry reached US$ 5 billion (return to the levels in 2007, prior to the global economic crisis, when revenues fell and started to climb back since 2010), half of which was for export (which is comprise US$ 2.3 billion from goods, the rest from raw products). Sales breakdown: 30% of the branch's sales are for the Household, 23% - Agriculture, 16% - Packaging, 9% - Building sector, 9% Industry, 5% Furniture, 4% - Compounds (rest is to other fields).

 

There were 23,700 workers employed in the Plastic & Rubber branch in 2013.

 

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), sales for export from the manufacturing of Plastic and Rubber products in 2014 climbed by 6% from 2013 up to US$ 2,086 million, continuing the upward trend from 2013 (rose 7.6% from 2012, after it fell by some 3% in 2012 from 2011). The export witnessed a reverse trend in the first 5 months of 2015 with 7.8% decrease compared to the parallel period in 2014.

 

According to the CBS, import of Plastic and Rubber raw material for the local industry in 2014 summed up to US$ 2,518 million, up 4.5% from 2013 (in $ terms, rose by 2.7% in 2013 from 2012). Yet, a 17% decrease in import was marked in the first 5 months of 2015 compared to the parallel period in 2014.

 

Plastic & rubber raw materials consumption by the local industry is of around 1 million tons, 70% of which derives from import, the rest from local production (which is comprised mainly of simple raw materials).

 

Investment in imported machinery and equipment by the Plastic & Rubber industries rose in 2014 by 5.5% from 2013, totaling NIS 410.4 million. This is after a decrease in 2013 by 18% from 2012.

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Good for trade engagements.

 

Note: Since February 2013 Israel Post has started using a new area code method of 7 digits (the old method of 5 digits is no longer valid).

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.66.11

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.51

Euro

1

Rs.70.39

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

DIV 

 

 

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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