Diamond Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project The objective of this report is to demonstrate to the senior management of Diamond Chemicals PLC that sufficient capital should be allocated for the proposed £9 million expenditure to renovate and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside Plant. The Merseyside Plant is aging and therefore it is losing its competitiveness relative to some of its industry peers. Because the industry is in a downturn and “an oversupply is in
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Diamond Chemicals is a leading producer of polypropylene‚ the polymer used in a variety of products (ranging from medical products to packaging film‚ carpet fibers and automotive components) and is known for its strength and elasticity. Diamond Chemicals is producing polypropylene at Merseyside (England) and in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Both factories are identical in size‚ age and plant-design. They were both built in 1967. Merseyside production process is the production process that are old‚ the
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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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FINC421 – Case Study in Corporate Finance Case Report Diamond Chemicals plc. : The Merseyside Project Introduction The goal of this report is to analyze and evaluate the capital budgeting decision of Ms. Morris and suggestion to the senior management of Diamond Chemicals PLC if sufficient capital should be allocated for the proposed £12 million expenditure to modernize and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside Plant. The project
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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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recommendation about the Merseyside Project with you. Your DCF analysis is excellent and helpful. However‚ I have to make some changes to it. The memo will be divided into 6 parts. Suggestions for Merseyside project: P1 What should change in the DCF analysis and why: P1-P3 Other important issues: P3-P4 Evaluation of each investment Criteria: P4-P5 Ultimate recommendation and forward looking: P5-P6 Revised DCF analysis: Appendix Changes to capital project? Since reviewing and discussing
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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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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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NYIT School of management Report CASE STUDY 22: VICTORIA CHEMICALS PLC(A) CAPITAL BUDGETING DECISIONS SUBMITTEDTO: DR.RAJA NAG PREPARED BY: SEVTAP BATIR HONEY MEHTA JUN HUANG NYIT School of management Report CASE 22 Victoria Chemical In 2007‚ Victoria Chemicals experienced a significant drop in its improve its performance as its earnings had fallen 38% from 250 pence per share to 180
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