Case #22 Victoria Chemicals Synopsis and Objectives go/no-go decision 1. The identification of relevant cash flows; in particular‚ the treatment of: a. sunk costs b. cash flows obtained by cannibalizing another activity within the firm c. exploitation of excess transportation capacity d. corporate overhead allocations e. cash flows of unrelated projects f. inflation. 2. The critical assessment of a capital-investment evaluation system
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Question 1 Issues Arising From Case The issues are the future viability of the plant for producing EPC and the long-term effects of not upgrading this production line. The additional upgrade will result in additional production‚ but as mentioned by the sales director if there is no demand for the increase in supply and Rotterdam plants excess will be added to the Mersey side quantities the plant upgrade could ultimately result in a dropping of prices to shift supply. The transport division is also
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Group Paper Analysis‚ Team 4 4/22/2010 Victoria Chemicals (B) Group Case Study Introduction Victoria Chemicals’ Intermediate Chemicals Group (ICG) is evaluating two mutually exclusive proposals on their capital expenditures. The Liverpool and Rotterdam plants have compiled separate proposals. Each proposal had the potential to increase the polypropylene output by 7 percent for their plant respectively. Victoria Chemicals could not view a 14 percent increase companywide being feasible‚
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Victoria Chemicals: The Merseyside Project Executive Summary Victoria Chemicals is facing pressures from investors to improve its financial performances. The plant manager is currently considering whether to accept a GBP 12million initial outlay project to renovate its polypropylene production line at Merseyside plant. The benefit of the plant is the lower energy requirement of production and a greater manufacturing capacity. This report consist a recommendation for the plant manager which consists
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CASE 1 - A CASE STUDY OF VICTORIA CHEMICALS Corporate Finance (FEG304) Table of Contents 1.0) Introduction This report contains two case studies in the discourse of Corporate Finance‚ more specifically capital investment strategy. The cases are applied on the fictional company Victoria Chemicals and are divided into (A): “The Merseyside Project and Victoria Chemicals” and (B): “The Merseyside and Rotterdam project”. The cases are picked from the book “Case Studies
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Case Study Week 3 - Victoria Chemicals PLC 1. What changes‚ if any‚ should the plant manager (Morris) ask the financial controller (Greystock) to make to his analysis? Morris should ask the Financial Controller to the make the following changes to his analysis: • Include the cost of the rolling stock. These would become an essential asset of the Merseyside Works. The investment to occur in 2010 and then depreciated over the following 10 years. These would become an asset of the Merseyside works
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I. Introduction Victoria Chemicals is one of the leading producers of Polypropelene‚ a polymer that is used in many products ranging from carpet fibers‚ automobile automobile components‚ packaging film and more. When Victoria Chemicals started up in 1967 they built two plants‚ one in Merseyside‚ England and one in Rotterdam‚ Holland. Both plants were identical to each other and produced an equal amount of goods. Morris Greystock‚ the controller of the Merseyside plant had notice a decline in
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materials throughout the company and if the depreciation cost is included in the analysis it would artificially inflate profit for that division. The Transport Division and Intermediate Chemicals Group also have its own vice presidents whose pay incentives are based on the performance of the division. In this case‚ if the cost of depreciation for the transport cars were included in the analysis it would inflate profitability and coincidentally raise their pay incentive. Secondly‚ the proposal of
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Case Studies Report: Victoria Chemicals This report will be covering the several capitals investment aspects in which are associated with the case – Victoria Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project‚ written by Robert. F. Bruner. Introduction In the case‚ Victoria Chemicals‚ a fictional company‚ were under the pressure of its investors to improve its performance as the earnings per shares (EPS) has decreased from 250 pence in 2006 to 180 pence in 2007. Victoria Chemicals is a producer
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CASE STUDY VICTORIA CHEMICALS plc (A): The Merseyside Project Submitted to: Prof. Roy C. Ybanez MSFIN 222 Submitted by: BASCON‚ Roland Billy CAJEGAS‚ Lester ORTIZ‚ Karmi Ann SALVADORA‚ Jerick Cezar 14 October 2014 Problem Statement Victoria Chemicals (VC) experienced a significant downturn in its financial performance from 2006 to 2007. The company was under pressure to improve its financial performance as its earnings ad fallen 38% (from 250 pence to 180 pence per share). The
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