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Facts & Figures
Krones reports stable uptrend
Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, has, according to the provisional figures, finished the 2010 business year within the bandwidth of its best-case prognosis. Thanks to the current recovery on the sales markets involved, Krones has been ...
1:57 min
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La Seda de Barcelona increases its revenues and EBITDA upon closing 2010
El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona), 28 February 2011.- During financial year 2010, La Seda de Barcelona has registered consolidated revenues totalling 1 billion euros, meaning a 15% increase with respect to the previous year. The Company is closing 2010 with an EBITDA of 65,5 million ...
7:23 min
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Clariant further improves profitability based on better demand and reduced cost base
Clariant Q2, 2010 Performance Q2 sales up 20% in local currencies and 18% in CHF as global economic activity continued to rebound year on year Q2 operating income before exceptional items rose to CHF 211 million compared to CHF 69 million a year ago and CHF 183 million in the ...
2:51 min
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Krones achieves turnaround with a substantial plus
With the global economy showing a definite recovery since the beginning of this year, the investment backlog in the beverage and packaging industries is now beginning to translate into actual orders. And Krones, as the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging ...
2:55 min
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Petcore publishes PET collection figures for 2009 - European PET bottle collection increases by more than 8%
Petcore announced today that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.4 million tonnes in 2009, an increase of more than 8% on 2008. The overall collection rate in 2009 rose by nearly 2.5%, from 46% to 48.4%, of all PET bottles on the market. The 2009 share of fibres as an end ...
3:14 min
Facts & Figures
Amcor announces US$280 million acquisition of Ball Plastics Packaging Americas
The purchase price is US$280 million, which represents four times the last 12 months acquired EBITDA of US$70 million.* The business has five plants in North America and sales of approximately US$600 million. Approximately 50% of the earnings of the business are derived from the ...
1:40 min
Facts & Figures
Cereplast expects to ship 16 million pounds of bioplastics in 2010
Cereplast, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERP) a leading manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, announced today that it expects to produce and ship approximately 16 million pounds of their proprietary bio-plastic resins to customers in 2010, representing a 400% increase in ...
2:21 min
Facts & Figures
PolyOne announces first quarter 2010 expectations
Anticipate earnings per share before special items and tax adjustments of approximately $0.15 for first quarter 2010 versus First Call Consensus Estimate of $0.09 Positive impact of new business gains and improving demand dynamics expected to drive revenues above $600 million ...