In first quarter results published this morning (3 May), the group reported that revenues for the period rose by 4% year-on-year to €1.89bn, while EBITDA profit slipped 2% to €241m. Pre-tax profits, meanwhile, fell to €57m ...
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Lubrizol Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of The Lubrizol Corporation, is introducing two new Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) resins, for use in textiles, at the 2013 Chinaplas in ...
Adidas Group currency-neutral sales remain stable in the first quarter of 2013 In the first quarter of 2013, Group revenues were stable on a currency-neutral basis as a result of sales increases in Retail and Other Businesses. Currency ...
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The power industry will spend over $22.8 billion in 2014 for equipment and chemicals to transport, treat and control water and wastewater. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine through aggregating forecasts in nine of its market ...
Krono-Gruppe Schweiz has seen its net revenues stabilise at just shy of SFR1.9bn in recent years after they steadily rose until the 2007/2008 financial year before plummeting in 2008/2009 due to the global economic and financial crisis. ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for first-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm's ongoing ...
US-based solar firm SunPower has reported financial results for first-quarter 2013. The firm saw revenues reach US$635.4 million, down from US$678.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 but up from US$494.1 million in the first quarter ...
Sri Lanka's Piramal Glass said profits rose 5.6 percent to 724.3 million rupees in the year to March 2012 from a year earlier, exports were doing well, but warned against higher energy costs this year. The firm reported earnings of 76 ...
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France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. According to Vallourec's report, in the first quarter this year the company registered a net profit of €35 million, ...
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If you've ever had trouble affording your medications and wanted to call your doctor on it, here's some encouraging news: Doctors aren't pleased about the prices either. Denouncing "profiteering" by pharmaceutical companies, more than 100 ...
Ontario-based Russel Metals reported Q12013 earnings of $22 million on revenues of $822 million. These results compare to the earnings of $33 million on revenues of $803 million in the same quarter last year and are above the Q4 2012 ...
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Altos Hornos de Mexico and subsidiaries (AHMSA) reported Thursday an EBITDA of 558 million pesos (US$46 million) at the end of Q1 2013. During the period, AHMSA sold 860,266 tons of steel products, with revenues of 9.003 billion pesos ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, China's auto industry saw increased operating revenues and profits, as reported by China Securities Journal on May 3. In the first quarter this year, the total operating revenue of listed ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that in the January-March period of this year the aggregate gross profits of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled RMB 2.486 billion ($400 million), compared to the ...
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BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S4 smartphones, both designed to meet the demands of a growing BYOD marketplace. Yet, it still ...
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