AdL Holdings

AdL Holdings www.adlholdings.com based in the San Antonio area, TX, US, Investment-oriented firm dedicated to land, develop and business-walk opportunities in small-medium enterprises, focusing in 2 business lines: Private Capital Investments & Secure Loans and Industrial & Business Consulting.

AdL Holdings runs Private Capital Investments and Secure Loans through Strategic Partnerships with US and Mexican companies in demand for expanding working capital, funding new projects, strengthening the balance sheet or make acquisitions. Main investments are in the order of $1M USD. New Projects funding in diverse Industries (Poultry, Food Production and Distribution, Restaurant, Hospitality and Furniture) with over 30% annual returns. Able to land Growth Capital investments in a Tech company (Pharmaceutical) for transnational expansion. The Financial Outcome on recent investments include positive results, such as those of an Hospitality Industry partner, able to increase income sales and profit on 62%, and occupancy rate on 40% during the 1st year; while results of a Food Industry partner, allowed a 3-fold capacity expansion, 13% and 23% increased income sales & profit, respectively, during the 1st half of the year. Return of Investment on both was reached in less than 2 years.

As of Industrial & Business Consulting, AdL Holdings provides Advisory Services, Business & Market Intelligence and Corporate Strategy for companies in the Automotive Supply Industry in USA, Europe & China. As main reference, along 2012 a Competitiveness Assessment Study was conducted for a leading European company in the Global Auto Supply Industry, with consolidated sales of EUR 50M/year. This contribution supported the customer to enhance its market share and reaffirm its main player position in the European Auto Supply Industry, achieving the highest level of production in its history and reaching double digit growth in 2012.

* Main Customers:

- OlgunCelik www.olguncelik.com.tr
- Vector Automation www.vector-automation.com
- Trattoria Famigliare www.facebook.com/TrattoriaFamigliare
- Cocos Cabanas www.cocoscabanas.com
- Panaderia La Blanca www.panaderialablanca.com
- Nebano Mobiliario www.nebanomobiliario.com.mx

About the Founder

Erick Jimenez is Founder, Main Advisor & Investor and Business Development Director of AdL Holdings.

Erick has 15 years of experience in the Auto Supply Industry. Recently at Rassini www.rassini.com/en/index.html as Business Development Director for Europe & Asia, China Chief Representative and Sales & Program Manager in the US & Mexico. During this period, he setup and directed Commercial & Technical offices in such regions. While in charge, Erick carried out businesses with companies in Western & Eastern Europe, mainly in Germany, France, UK, Spain, Russia, Czech Republic, Turkey, etc. But also, Erick was Business Door-Opener in China.

Businesses with New Customers in Europe, among others: Daimler-Mercedes Benz, Renault-Nissan, BMW, Ford Motor Co., GM-Opel. When it comes to specific activities, Erick led Strategic Partnerships, Sales, Development and Sourcing, Liaison activities between Customers, Headquarters and Plants, structured Cooperation Agreements, Corporate Strategies, Competitive Assessments, Market & Business Intelligence and performed Due Diligence Visits for landing and developing Global Programs.

During the 2004-2011 time-frame, Main achieved GOALS:

* 2009-2011 - Awarded as Tier 1 supplier and first time ever designated as Global lead-design for a major OEM program of Ford Motor Co. This platform was launched and assembled in Europe, NA & China. Commercial & technical development: Purchasing (Germany), Engineering (UK), Design, Testing & Manufacturing (Turkey).

* 2008-2011 – Development of Market Access Strategy in Europe for Rassini, by generating the first ever sales in the old Continent through awarding Renault-Nissan supply programs in the OEM Auto Supply Industry, achieving export volume sales in the range of $4.5M USD/year (10-year contracts worth $45M USD).

* 2005-2010 – Initiative, Design & Development of a supply contract agreement of suspension components for the Auto Industry in Europe in partnership with HZAP www.hzap.cz, Czech company (EUR 30 M/year turnover).

- Business Cooperation with OMK www.omk.ru/en/OMK, Russian company, through a TAA (Technical Assistance Agreement), to provide sales access and supply auto components to foreign Western European brands in the local market. This green-field project included the very initial steps, from scouting, study of infrastructure and production equipment, due-diligence, tech-financial-business assessment & logistics, for selecting the manufacturing site.

* 2004-2007 – Business initiative for kicking-off and launching a state-of-the-art program for Daimler-Mercedes Benz, for the Premium Auto Industry, by entering and competing in the European market (tech & commercial requirements, quality, logistics, contracts, etc.).

- Pre-emptive action program avoiding a part quality recall by Magna-Steyr www.magnasteyr.com in Graz, Austria (Savings: $2M USD).

Erick has a BA degree in Mechanical Engineering at UDLAP www.udlap.mx (Mexico) & a MS Degree in Mechanical Engineering specialized in Turbomachinery & Rotor-dynamics at Texas A&M University www.tamu.edu (USA).

Interviews

Oct 2012 - http://youtu.be/bR5TCDwXVIg
Sep 2010 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvd69eY43I