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MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

505252

Report Date :

25.04.2018

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NEXTRACKER INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA 19801

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Financials (as on) :

2016 (Summarized)

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

10.08.2013

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject designs and manufactures single axis photovoltaic trackers for ground-mounted solar power plants.

 

 

No. of Employees :

51

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd January 2017)

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear 

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2017)

Current Rating

(31.12.2017)

United States

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderately Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderately High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 


 

UNITED STATES - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The US has the most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $59,500. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers, pharmaceuticals, and medical, aerospace, and military equipment; however, their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. Based on a comparison of GDP measured at purchasing power parity conversion rates, the US economy in 2014, having stood as the largest in the world for more than a century, slipped into second place behind China, which has more than tripled the US growth rate for each year of the past four decades.

In the US, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, businesses face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets.

Long-term problems for the US include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits.

The onrush of technology has been a driving factor in the gradual development of a "two-tier" labor market in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. But the globalization of trade, and especially the rise of low-wage producers such as China, has put additional downward pressure on wages and upward pressure on the return to capital. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income.

Imported oil accounts for more than 50% of US consumption and oil has a major impact on the overall health of the economy. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. Because the US economy is energy-intensive, falling oil prices since 2013 have alleviated many of the problems the earlier increases had created.

The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the US into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in October 2008. The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009, Congress passed and former President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012, the Federal Government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries.

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through FY 2018, the direct costs of the wars will have totaled more than $1.9 trillion, according to US Government figures.

In March 2010, former President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), a health insurance reform that was designed to extend coverage to an additional 32 million Americans by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on healthcare - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010.

In July 2010, the former president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight.

In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short-term rates near zero until unemployment dropped below 6.5% or inflation rose above 2.5%. The Fed ended its purchases during the summer of 2014, after the unemployment rate dropped to 6.2%, inflation stood at 1.7%, and public debt fell below 74% of GDP. In December 2015, the Fed raised its target for the benchmark federal funds rate by 0.25%, the first increase since the recession began. With continued low growth, the Fed opted to raise rates several times since then, and in December 2017, the target rate stood at 1.5%.

In December 2017, Congress passed and President Donald TRUMP signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which, among its various provisions, reduces the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%; lowers the individual tax rate for those with the highest incomes from 39.6% to 37%, and by lesser percentages for those at lower income levels; changes many deductions and credits used to calculate taxable income; and eliminates in 2019 the penalty imposed on taxpayers who do not obtain the minimum amount of health insurance required under the ACA. The new taxes took effect on 1 January 2018; the tax cut for corporations are permanent, but those for individuals are scheduled to expire after 2025. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) under the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the new law will reduce tax revenues and increase the federal deficit by about $1.45 trillion over the 2018-2027 period. This amount would decline if economic growth were to exceed the JCT’s estimate.

 

Source : CIA

 


STATUTORY INFORMATION      

 

Legal Name:

NEXTRACKER INC.

Trade Name:

NEXTRACKER

ID:

5406490

Date Created:

2013

Date Incorporated:

10/8/2013

Legal Address:

CORPORATION TRUST CENTER 1209 ORANGE ST, WILMINGTON, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, USA 19801

Operative Address:

6200 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA 94555,

United States

Telephone:

510-270-2500

Fax:

510-793-8388

Legal Form:

Corporation

Email:

info@nextracker.com

Registered in:

DELAWARE, USA

Website:

www.nextracker.com

Contact:

Daniel S. Shugar, Chairman of The Board and Chief Executive Officer

Staff:

51 Employees

Activity:

SIC Code: 5074, Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics)
NAICS Code: 423720, Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers

 

 

BANKS:

 

 

The company does not make its banking data public

 

 

 

HISTORY

 

 

NEXTracker Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Fremont, California.

 

Key Developments:

NEXTracker Inc. Presents at Solar Finance & Investment Summit, Mar-20-2018 04:30 PM
Mar 17 18
NEXTracker Inc.
Presents at Solar Finance & Investment Summit, Mar-20-2018 04:30 PM. Venue: Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, 2100 Costa Del Mar Rd, San Diego, California, United States. Speakers: Daniel S. Shugar, Chairman of The Board and Chief Executive Officer.

NEXTracker Inc. Presents at Solar Asset Management and O&M Conference, Mar-14-2018 11:15 AM
Mar 12 18
NEXTracker Inc. Presents at Solar Asset Management and O&M Conference, Mar-14-2018 11:15 AM. Venue: Grand Hyatt San Francisco, 345 Stockton Street, San Francisco, California, United States. Speakers: Martin Rogers, VP Global Asset Management & Support.

Leclanché Selects NEXTracker's NX Drive Energy Storage System for Behind the Meter Commercial and Industrial Applications
Feb 5 18
NEXTracker™ announced that Leclanché has selected NEXTracker to supply its NX Drive™ energy storage system (ESS) for battery solutions the company is installing at commercial and industrial businesses in Ontario, Canada. NX Drive is a standardized battery enclosure system for generation-plus-storage and stand-alone storage applications. In this installation, NX Drive ESS will be utilized as a stand-alone system, incorporating a storage inverter and entire ESS within the enclosure to help power several small businesses in metropolitan Toronto. Selected for its long-term value, intelligent design and quality components, each ESS unit has a capacity of approximately two MWh.

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

 

 

NEXTracker Inc. designs and manufactures single axis photovoltaic trackers for ground-mounted solar power plants.

 

Products/Services description:

The company offers NEXTrackerSPT, a horizontal single-axis balanced-mass self-powered tracker with independently-driven rows that eliminate external AC power source systems, wiring, and associated trenching. It also provides TrueCapture, a self-adjusting tracker control system for solar power plants that refines the tracking algorithm of each individual solar array in response to existing site and weather conditions. In addition, the company offers NEXTracker Energy Storage Solutions, such as NX Drive, a standardized battery enclosure system for generation-plus-storage or stand-alone storage applications; and NX Flow, a modular integrated solution for long duration solar-plus-storage applications. Further, it assists customers with technical specifications, installation guidance, system commissioning, troubleshooting, and after-sale services through representatives in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and internationally.

Brands:

No brands registered

Sales are:

Wholesale

Clients:

The company serves solar system developers and owners, and EPCs.

Suppliers:

TOENERGY SOLAR SDN BHD

Suzhou Baojia New Energy

VILLANUEVA SOLAR, S.A. DE C.V.

Los Santos Solar I S.A.P.I. De C.V.

Operations area:

National and International

The company imports from

China, Malaysia, Mexico

The company exports to

No export

The subject employs

51 Employees

Payments:

Regular

 

 

 

LOCATION

 

 

Headquarters :

6200 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA 94555, United States

Comments:

NA

Branches:

Nashville, TN
230 Great Circle Road
Suite 238
Nashville, Tennessee 37228
Phone +1 (510) 270-2500
Fax +1 (510) 793-8388
Email info@nextracker.com

Main Competitors

NA

Related Companies:

Mexico
Av. Paseo de la Reforma 483
Suite 1519
Col. Cuauhtemoc, CDMX C.P. 06600
Phone +52.1.55.6791.2130
Email mexico@nextracker.com

 

Brazil
Av. Liberdade 6315 Brazil
Sorocaba SP
18087-170
Phone (+55) 15-99742-6089
Email brazil@nextracker.com

Chile
C/ Alonso de Monroy 2730
Vitacura, Santiago
Phone (+56) 9 63346891
Email chile@nextracker.com

 

China
6200 Paseo Padre Parkway
Fremont, CA 94555 USA
Phone (+86) 158 2966 3212
Email china@nextracker.com

India
Flextronics Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Zonah Cresent, 2nd Floor
8-2-682/2/B1&B2, Road no. 12 Banjara HIlls, Hyderabad
Phone (+91) 99 599 444 39
Email
india@nextracker.com

 

Australia
39 East Esplanade,
Suite 303 / 304
Manly, NSW, 2095
Phone +02 8459 7515
Email
australia@nextracker.com

 

Europe
Eduardo Dato 69 5° Planta Of. 534
41.005 Sevilla, Spain
Phone +34 955 253 335
Email europe@nextracker.com

 

 

 

GROUP STRUCTURE AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

NO

Capital:

NA

Shareholders:

This is a private company. We could not confirm major holders.

Management:

Mr. Daniel S. Shugar, Chairman of The Board and Chief Executive Officer
Christopher L. Dier, Chief Financial Officer
Tyroan Hardy, Chief Operating Officer
Marco Garcia, Chief Commercial Officer
Alex Au, Chief Technology Officer

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The company does not make its financial statements public. The following information has been provided by private sources:

 

USD 2016

 

Sales

372 180 000

Cash flow

Normal

 

 

 

LEGAL FILINGS

 

 

 

Patents

Clamp assembly for solar tracker
Patent number: 9923510
Abstract: In an example, the solar tracker has a clamp assembly configured to pivot a torque tube. In an example, the assembly has a support structure configured as a frame having configured by a first and second anchoring region. In an example, the support structure is configured from a thickness of metal material. In an example, the support structure is configured in an upright manner, and has a major plane region. In an example, the assembly has a pivot device configured on the support structure, a torque tube suspending on the pivot device and aligned within an opening of the support, and configured to be normal to the plane region. In an example, the torque tube is configured on the pivot device to move about an arc in a first direction or in a second direction such that the first direction is in a direction opposite to the second direction.
Type: Grant
Filed: June 19, 2015
Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Horizontal balanced solar tracker
Patent number: 9905717
Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.
Type: Grant
Filed: December 9, 2013
Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Balanced solar tracker clamp
Patent number: 9863667
Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.
Type: Grant
Filed: September 9, 2016
Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Off-set drive assembly for solar tracker
Patent number: 9766319
Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus configured with an off-set drive assembly. In an example, the apparatus has an inner race structure, which has a cylindrical region coupled to a main body region, the main body comprising an off-set open region. The cylindrical region is an annular sleeve structure coupled to the main body region, which occupies the spatial region within the cylindrical region. In an example, the apparatus has an outer race structure coupled to enclose the inner race structure, configured to couple the inner race structure to allow the inner race structure to move in a rotational manner about a spatial arc region; and configured to allow the inner race structure to pivot about a region normal to a direction of the spatial arc region. In an example, the solar tracker has a clamp assembly that is configured to pivot a torque tube.
Type: Grant
Filed: September 17, 2014
Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Frameless solar module mounting
Patent number: 9543888
Abstract: In an example, a clamp assembly for a glass on glass solar module for a tracker is included. The assembly has a lower clamp structure characterized by a top-hat shaped rail structure having a length extending from a first end to a second end. In an example, the assembly has an upper clamp structure configured to sandwich a pair of edges of a pair of solar modules with a portion of the lower clamp structure. In an example, the assembly has a locking spacer configured to the pair of edges of the pair of solar modules. In an example, the pair of edges comprises substantially glass material. In an example, the assembly has a pair of key structures configured with the locking spacer. Each of the key structures is affixed to each of the solar modules to physically lock each of the solar modules to the upper clamp structure.
Type: Grant
Filed: June 9, 2015
Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Balanced solar tracker clamp
Patent number: 9466749
Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.
Type: Grant
Filed: February 19, 2014
Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Mass damper for solar tracker
Patent number: 9276522
Abstract: In an example, the system has a mechanical isolator comprising an elastic material configured to separate the panel rail from the torque tube cause destructive interference with a natural resonant frequency of the system without the mechanical isolator to reduce a mechanical vibration of the system.
Type: Grant
Filed: June 9, 2015
Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Solar tracker frame
Patent number: D743881
Type: Grant
Filed: November 7, 2014
Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au
Solar tracker clamp
Patent number: D744417
Type: Grant
Filed: March 13, 2013
Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
Assignee: NEXTracker Inc.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au


Solar tracker clamp
Patent number: D777098
Type: Grant
Filed: April 28, 2015
Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au
Panel rail saddle device for solar module
Patent number: D804407
Type: Grant
Filed: May 22, 2015
Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
Assignee: NEXTRACKER INC.
Inventor: Alexander W. Au

 

 

Trademarks:

NA

 

 

Lawsuits:

Nextracker, Inc. v. Array Technologies, Inc.
Plaintiff: Nextracker, Inc.
Defendant: Array Technologies, Inc.
Case Number: 3:2017cv06582
Filed: November 14, 2017
Court: California Northern District Court
Office: San Francisco Office
County: Alameda
Presiding Judge: James Donato
Nature of Suit: Other Contract
Cause of Action: 28:1332
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

 

 

UCC:

No records found

 

 

OFAC

Sanctions List Search:

 

The company is not listed in the OFAC list.

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY

 

 

Nextracker Inc is a privately held company in Fremont, CA and is a Single Location business.

Categorized under Wholesale Solar Energy Equipment. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of USD 372,180,000 and employs a staff of approximately 51.

 

It mainly imports from China, Malaysia and Mexico, but does not show any export records.

 

It is ACTIVE in CALIFORNIA, USA; with no negative records.

 

 

RISK INFORMATION

 

 

 

DEBTS

Controlled

PAYMENTS

Regular

CASH FLOW

Normal

STATUS

ACTIVE

 

 

 

INTERVIEW

 

 

NAME

NA

POSITION

NA

COMMENTS

We tried calling several times but always reached their voicemail. We left a message asking for more information and asking them to call us. If they do so, we will let you know.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

INR 66.36

UK Pound

1

INR 92.51

Euro

1

INR 81.05

USD

1

INR 66.80

                                                                  

Note : Above are approximate rates obtained from sources believed to be correct

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

NIS

 

 

Report Prepared by :

TRU

                                                


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A++

Minimum Risk

Business dealings permissible with minimum risk of default

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

A

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

C

Medium High Risk

Business dealings permissible preferably on secured basis

D

High Risk

Business dealing not recommended or on secured terms only

NB

New Business

No recommendation can be done due to business in infancy stage

NT

No Trace

No recommendation can be done as the business is not traceable

 

NB is stated where there is insufficient information to facilitate rating. However, it is not to be considered as unfavourable.

 

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 are as follows:

 

·         Financial condition covering various ratios

·         Company background and operations size

·         Promoters / Management background

·         Payment record

·         Litigation against the subject

·         Industry scenario / competitor analysis

·         Supplier / Customer / Banker review (wherever available)

 

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