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Report No. : |
341799 |
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Report Date : |
21.09.2015 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
ITEMA (ASIA) LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
Room 808, 8/F., Tower 1, Enterprise Square, 9 Sheung Yuet Road,
Kowloon Bay, Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
28.06.1994 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
18344757 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited
Company |
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Line of Business : |
Subject is importer and exporter of all kinds of textile machinery and equipment. |
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No. of Employee : |
7 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Satisfactory |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No complaints |
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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, 2015
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.12.2014) |
Current Rating (31.03.2015) |
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Hong Kong |
A1 |
A1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low |
A2 |
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Moderate |
B1 |
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High |
B2 |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
C2 |
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Off-credit |
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 12.5% 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.
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Source
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ITEMA (ASIA)
LTD.
Room 808, 8/F.,
Tower 1, Enterprise Square, 9 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong
Kong.
PHONE: 852-2317 1212, 2317 1420
FAX: 852-2317 1612
E-MAIL: info@itemaasia.com
Managing
Director: Ms. Lee Wing Yan, Eva
Incorporated
on: 28th
June, 1994.
Organization: Private
Limited Company.
Issued Share
Capital: HK$10,000.00
Business Category: Importer and Exporter.
Annual
Turnover: HK180~250 million.
Employees: 7.
Main Dealing
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai
Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking
Relation: Satisfactory.
Registered Head Office:-
Room 808, 8/F.,
Tower 1, Enterprise Square, 9 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong
Kong.
Holding Company:-
ITEMA S.p.A.,
Italy. [Formerly Promatech S.p.A.]
Ultimate Holding Company:-
ITEMA Holding
S.p.A., Italy.
Associated/Affiliated Companies:-
ITEMA Group of
Companies
ITEMA (Shanghai) Textile Machinery Co. Ltd., China.
ITEMA
(Switzerland) Ltd., Switzerland.
ITEMA America
Inc., US.
ITEMA International B.V., the Netherlands.
ITEMA Spinning India Ltd., India.
ITEMA Weaving
(India) Private Ltd., India.
ITEMA Weaving
(Japan) Ltd., Japan.
ITEMA Weaving
Machinery (China) Co. Ltd., China.
Shandong Istma Textile Machinery Co. Ltd., China.
18344757
0483728
Managing
Director: Ms. Lee Wing Yan, Eva
HK$10,000.00
(As
per registry dated 28-06-2015)
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Name |
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No.
of shares |
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ITEMA S.p.A. Via Cav. Gianni
Radici, 4 24020 Colzate (Bergamo),
Italy. |
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10,000 ===== |
(As
per registry dated 28-06-2015)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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LEE Wing Yan |
Flat H, 5/F., Glamour Garden, 1-5 Chik Fai
Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. |
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Giacomo SALA |
c/o 2, Stock Hoschgasse 68, 8008 Zurich,
Switzerland. |
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Danilo Enrico
ARIZZI |
Via M. Merisi 32/A, Albino (BG), Italy. |
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Forward
Business Management Ltd. |
Room 1117, 11/F., Hollowood Plaza, 610
Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
(As
per registry dated 28-06-2015)
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Name |
Address |
Co.
No. |
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Forward
Secretarial Services Ltd. |
Room 1117, 11/F., Hollywood Plaza, 610 Nathan Road, Mongkok,
Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
0575813 |
The
subject was incorporated on 28th June, 1994 as a private limited liability company
under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
Originally
the subject was registered under the name of Somet (Asia) Ltd., name changed to
the present style on 29th January, 2001.
Apart
from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and
noted.
Activities: Importer and Exporter.
Lines: All kinds of textile
machinery and equipment.
Brand Names: “Sultex”,
“Somet”, and “Vamatex”.
Employees: 7.
Commodities
Imported: Europe, China and other foreign advanced
countries.
Markets: China, Taiwan, other Asian
countries, Europe, etc.
Annual Turnover: HK180~250 million.
Terms/Sales: L/C
or as per contracted.
Terms/Buying: As
per contracted.
Issued Share
Capital: HK$10,000.00
Mortgage or
Charge: (See
attachment)
Profit or Loss:
Making a small profit every year.
Condition: Business
is normal.
Facilities: Making
active use of general banking facilities.
Payment: No
Complaints
Commercial
Morality: Satisfactory.
Bankers:-
The Hongkong &
Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Intesa Sanpaolo
S.p.A., Hong Kong Branch.
Standard Chartered
Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Very Good.
ITEMA (Asia) Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITEMA S.p.A. (formerly known as Promatech S.p.A.), an Italy-based firm which in turn is a subsidiary of ITEMA Holding S.p.A. [ITEMA]. ITEMA is also an Italy-based company. The subject is a member of the ITEMA Group and has got the ISO9001 certification.
ITEMA Group was created by Radici Group in 2001.
ITEMA Group is an international textile machinery and equipment provider. Its predecessor and history have more than 150 years in Europe. It is a leading global textile machinery group that was established in December 2001 following the merger of some important firms working in the various sectors on this market.
The subject is trading in the Group’s products.
ITEMA Group is providing the following textile machinery and equipment in 4 different business areas:-
ITEMA Weaving — Fabric forming solutions including weaving machines, weaving accessories, spare parts and services. Leading brands carried are “Sulzer Textil”, “Somet”, “Vamatex” and “Fimtextile”;
ITEMA Spinning — Thread forming solutions including spinning, winding and twisting machines, accessories, spare parts and services. Leading brand carried is “Savio”;
ITEMA Electronics — Electronic technology solutions including joint development and manufacturing of components. Leading brands carried are “Eutron”, “Loepfe”, “BMS Vision” and “Sedo”; &
ITEMA Knitting — Fabric forming solutions including knitting machines, accessories, spare parts and services. Leading brand carried is “Steiger”.
The subject is
trading in the following main products and brand names:-
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Brand Name |
Brand
Product/Service |
Brand Remarks |
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Somet (Brand Owner) |
Machine – Weaving |
Rapier and air jet |
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Vamatex (Brand Owner) |
Machine – Weaving |
Rapier and air jet |
The subject’s products are marketed in China, exported to Japan, Taiwan, India, Southeast Asia, other Asian countries, etc. It belongs to the division of “ITEMA Weaving”.
The subject has had a wholly-owned subsidiary in China known as ITEMA Weaving Machinery (China) Co. Ltd. [ITEMA Shanghai] which is in Shanghai. This firm is engaged in manufacturing rapier weaving machines. Currently, it has about 100 employees.
ITEMA Weaving (textile machines and accessories) with the 4 product brands “Itema Shanghai”, “Somet”, “Sulzer Textil”, “Vamatex”, finally “First” and “Fimtextile” for the accessories.
ITEMA Group’s companies working on the foreign markets are ITEMA Shanghai, Shandong ISTMA Textile Machinery Co. Ltd., ITEMA Spinning India Ltd., ITEMA America Inc., etc. Constantly committed to research and implementing important new products, ITEMA Group has an approach to the market that sees the customer as its benchmark.
In 2009, the Group’s associate Sultex Ltd. changed name to ITEMA (Switzerland) Ltd. a manufacturer of weaving machinery and member of the Italy-based ITEMA Group and has moved its headquarters from Ruti to Wetzikon. The changes were part of structural moves at ITEMA to merge Promatech, Sultex, Itema Weaving Machinery (China) and First S.p.A. into one streamlined company with a single headquarters location sharing management, marketing, sales and service functions with an integrated data system and supply chain. The consolidation was previously announced during ITMA Asia + CITME 2008 in Shanghai, China.
In 2011, the Group’s Promatech S.p.A. changed name to ITEMA S.p.A. which is currently the parent company of the subject.
The important event for the company was the opening of ITEMA India Ltd. on 24th September, 2005, in Coimbatore, India. ITEMA India, which is located in a 1,600-sq.m. building, provides sales and marketing functions including a showroom, after-sales and spare-parts service and an electronic circuit board repair centre and training centre for end-user technicians for the Somet, and Vamatex companies.
From the ITEMA India headquarters in Coimbatore, offices in Mumbai, Gunthur and Delhi which operate in the relevant areas with support of seven representative agencies are coordinated. ITEMA India employs a total of about 90 people, 65 of whom are dedicated to customer service. These customer service agents can cover other the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions from Turkey to Iran and Indonesia.
ITEMA’s operations in the Indian Subcontinent delivered the biggest comeback with a turnaround year and +100% YOY growth in volumes just from India alone, where ITEMA has developed over the years a comprehensive sales and after-sales service organization operating from own offices in Mumbai, as well as Coimbatore, New Delhi and Kohlapur. At the helm of the Company’s operations in India is the new Managing Director, Mr. Updeep Singh, who joined ITEMA in March 2014 bringing with him an impressive career in the textile market as a senior executive in well-known international groups like Welspun. In the last year, ITEMA India registered a period of unprecedented growth, reaching remarkable results in terms of number of machines installed.
One of the directors of the subject Mr. Danilo Enrico Arizzi is an Italian. The new CEO of the ITEMA Group Mr. Carlo Rogora was appointed in 2011. Both are members of the Board of Directors of the Group.
Another director of the subject Giacomo SALA is also Managing Director of Switzerland ITEMA.
In 2013, the ITEMA implemented a wide range of restructuring and process improvement measures, such as continuing on the path of Lean Manufacturing across the production facilities at both Colzate and Shanghai plants, increasing the ability of the ITEMA to quickly respond to growing market demands for its products. ITEMA has also introduced important automations of its production processes and far-reaching energy-saving initiatives at the Colzate plant.
Now, the Group has over 800 employees worldwide while about 400 are in Colzate, ITEMA.
In 2014, the turnover of the ITEMA amounted to about EUR 400 million.
The annual sales turnover of the subject ranges from HK$180 to 250 million. Business is rather active. Making a small profit every year.
The history of the subject in Hong Kong is over twenty-one years and two months. Business is chiefly handled by Ms. Eva Lee who is a Hong Kong businesswoman.
On the whole, in view of the background, history and parentage of the subject, consider it good for normal business engagements.
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Date |
Particulars |
Amount |
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28-08-2002 |
Instrument: Trade Finance Security Deed Property: By the Deed, all the Company’s right, title, interest and benefit to and in all and any moneys now or at any time due or owing to the Company Mortgagee: IntesaBci S.p.A., Hong Kong Branch. [Renamed to Banca Intesa S.p.A. and further to Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.] |
All the Company’s obligations and liabilities |
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21-04-2010 |
Instrument: Security Over Deposits Property: A deposit with chargee in the amount of HK$500,000.00 or its equivalent in other foreign currencies under Deposit A/C No. 508-188885, whatever currency it may subsequently be denominated in, any renewal of such deposit and the interest thereon together with any further monies in any deposit account with the chargee at any of its offices Mortgagee: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong. |
Amount secured – (i) all monies in any currency owing by the Company to the chargee at any time, actually or contingently, in any capacity, alone or jointly with any other person; (ii) interest on such monies, to the date on which the chargee receives payment, at the rates payable by the Company or which would have been payable but for any circumstance which restricts payment and (iii) all expenses of the chargee in perfecting or enforcing the charge |
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31-07-2012 |
Instrument: Security Agreement over Bank Account Property: By way of a first fixed charge all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of any amount standing to the credit of the Account from time to time & the debt represented by it Mortgagee: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong. |
To secure the payment & satisfaction of all present & future obligation & liabilities |
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.65.92 |
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1 |
Rs.102.75 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.75.13 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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KAS |
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Report Prepared
by : |
ANK |
RATING EXPLANATIONS
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability
for timely payment of interest and principal sums |
Unlimited |
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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 |
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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 |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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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 |
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<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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