Executive Summary American Chemical Corporation’s Collinsville plant in Alabama is being sought by Dixon a speciality chemicals company. This plant mainly specialises in Sodium Chlorate production and fits well with Dixon’s strategy of supplying chemicals to paper and pulp industry. It would also complement Dixon’s existing product line. The plant costs $12million in investment and requires up to$ 2.25 million for upgrading to new technology. An in-depth investigation and analysis is conducted
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GROUP SUBMISSION: Due 27 June 2011 Midnight American Chemical Corporation CASE QUESTIONS Read the American Chemical Corporation case that was handed to you. The underlying question to be answered is should Dixon acquire the Collinsville plant. In your case write-up‚ you can discuss the questions given below. Please note that the given questions are to be used only as a guide for your discussion. You do not need to answer the questions in the sequence they are presented. You can use the spreadsheet
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Dixon Ticonderoga Dixon Ticonderoga is one of the oldest public companies in the United States. The company’s flagship product is the ubiquitous No. 2 yellow pencil‚ introduced in 1913‚ which is known to almost anyone who went to school or took standardized tests in the United States. With annual revenue of a little more than $100 million‚ Dixon Ticonderoga is the second largest pencil manufacturer in the country. For most of its history‚ Dixon Ticonderoga has been a prosperous company‚ but
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1) Estimate the WACC that is appropriate for discounting the Collinsville plant’s incremental cash flows. You should estimate and present each component of the WACC separately‚ explaining briefly but clearly what assumptions you are making for each of them. In the same spirit‚ estimate the appropriate all-equity cost of capital for the APV-based valuation. WACC calculation. WACC = RD*(1-t)*D/(D+E)+RE* E/(D+E) Cost of equity We assume that risk free rate (Rf) equals rate of long-term Treasury
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religion named The Gloryers‚ which means Jeane Dixon‚ will help us to survive when the Armageddon comes and brings the glory to all our practitioners. Background of The Gloryers Jeane Dixon who was a famous American astrologer of the 20th century has accurately predicted the futures (Dixon‚ & Noorbergen‚ 1971). She prophesied that the Armageddon will come within 100 years‚ and her prediction is based on what Jesus told her in her dreams. Jesus told Jeane Dixon that only kindness people could survive after
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Why do you think that the Chinese apparently have a cost advantage in the production of pencils? As we all know that China is a country with a large population of people. With a lot of investment and professional people in China‚ it has become a strong foreign competition in producing pencils. With the high technology of machines in China‚ it is said to have more cost advantages in costs‚ material and production or even labor costs. Apparently‚ China has a cost advantage in the production of pencil
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“American Chemical Corporation” Case Summary The key problem in this case is should Signal decide to approve the acquisition of the Collinsville plant at the price and on the terms proposed in the case As per an agreement with the government‚ American Chemical Corporation needed to sell the Collinsville plant after the acquisition of Universal Paper Corporation‚ or it be in violation of the anti-trust law. In the case‚ Signal agrees to buy the entire assets of the Collinsville plant at the price
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Dixon Ticonderoga 1. Why do you think that the Chinese apparently have a cost advantage in the production of pencils? a. Chinese apparently have a cost advantage due to the amount that they can sell pencils at. It may be due to the domestic competition‚ a rebate the Chinese offers for exports of pencils‚ and the lowering of duties that where imposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Also‚ the Chinese continued to find ways of lowering cost‚ increasing technology‚ and their know-how in making
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Dixon Ticonderoga Victim Of Globalization Case Discussion – No.1 Dixon Ticonderoga – Victim of Globalization 1. The reasons for cost advantage in Chinese pencil production: a. Cheap labor availability China is a country with high population and the labour is cheap compared to the US labour which results lowering of the cost. b. Availability of raw materials The raw material could be cheaper in China compared to the sources which US is being supplied for the pencil production
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Human Resource Management Functional Brief Dixons Group’s decision to reorientate the business around serving the customer has had far reaching implications for Human Resource Management (HRM). The emphasis on first-class customer service is intended to help Dixons differentiate itself from its online competitors. The decision to stress personal‚ face-to-face interactions is clearly something that online competitors will be unable to replicate and if this can be turned into a source of competitive
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