Pkz Ltda

PKZ is a dynamic plastics business owned and run by a husband and wife team.

The company produces kitchen utensils, sports bottles and institutional premiums.

It has 55 corporate based employees plus a sales force.

PKZ was founded in 1998 when the current owner bought a 20 year old company that produced plastic kitchen utensils. It spent two years renovating the company and in 2001, began to sell these utensils under the name UDLar (abbreviation for domestic utensils home). At the end of 2003, it launched a line of sports bottles

Called Bhorg Sports, which it recently redesigned in 2005. It also has an institutional arm for corporate premiums called Promocional PKZ.

The company is currently producing 200,000 domestic utensils and 200,000 sports bottles per month. With the upcoming purchase of new equipment, it expects to quadruple its monthly production of plastic bottles by the end of the year,2005. PKZ

Revenues have followed an astronomical growth trend. The company reached its first half million reais mark in 2003. By 2004, revenues had doubled, reaching slightly over a million. Year to date through October 2005, the company had again doubled its evenues, passing the 2 million reais mark and is expected to reach

Almost 3 million by the end of the year PKZ key differential is quality, cost efficiency and innovation which, combined, yield a product line that is always up-todate and attractively priced.

PRODUCTS:

Under the UDLar brand, PKZ sells primarily kitchen utensils including sifters, spatulas, salad utensils, Teflon covered cooking spoons, serving spoons, measuring cups, pitchers, plates, cutting boards, broom/mop supports, stack baskets, etc. This year,2005, it launched a plastic pill box. UDLar accounts for approximately 60% of sales.

Under the Bhorg Sports brand, PKZ sells sports bottles in a variety of shapes, colors, graphics, and sizes for both adults and children. Borg Sports accounts for 20% of sales and is expected to increase with the purchase of new machinery in late 2005.

Lastly, PKZ institutional arm, Promocional PKZ, sells any of the above-mentioned products as premiums for companies with the logo of the company printed on the product. Most of PKZ products, including the sports bottles, are priced below one dollar. Relative to its key competitors, its products are of better quality, lower priced and more modern in terms of graphics and design. PKZ would like to export both its UDLar and Bhorg Sports line.