The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
Tags: Construction, Coatings
Mercer International, the parent company of the two German pulp plants in Stendal and Blankenstein, closed out the second quarter of 2013 with a loss of €9.9m. This represents a significant increase in losses vis-à-vis the loss ...
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Glaston adjusts its outlook for 2013. We expect 2013 net sales to be on the 2012 level and both the EBIT excluding non-recurring items and EBIT to be positive. (Earlier forecast: Glaston expects 2013 net sales to be on the 2012 level and ...
Tags: Construction, Glass
For second-quarter 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany, has reported revenue of €45.3m, down 1.7% on €46.1m a year ago but up 13% on €40.2m last quarter. The firm also recorded improvements in its ...
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AIXTRON SE, a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced revenues of EUR 45.3m for the second quarter of 2013, representing a quarterly sequential increase of 13 percent compared to EUR 40.2m in ...
Georg Fischer generated sales of CHF 1,837 million during the first half-year of 2013, slightly lower than in the previous year. Adjusted for currency effects, divestments and acquisitions, the figure is equivalent to last year?s first ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
Although the Norwegian company Moelven recorded an operating result of +NOK11.1m for the second quarter of 2013, its pre-tax profit remains negative at -NOK14.4m. The quarterly sales revenue for the period of April to June almost matched ...
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In the first quarter of 2013 the Polish manufacturer of cabinet furniture, Fabryki Mebli Forte, again increased its turnover by 6.5% to PLN156.5m. The turnover increase achieved in the first three months of this year was, to a great extent, ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, cabinet furniture
In the first quarter of 2013, the Finnish machinery and plant engineering company Raute posted 55% higher sales than in the same period of last year at €23.4m. Last year’s relatively low level must be taken into account when ...
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Amsterdam-based ING group has reported 38.2% increase in its total underlying net profit for the first quarter of 2013, which stood at €800m compared to €579m during the same period earlier year. For the three months ended on 31 ...
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The Rieter Group held its own in 2012 against difficult market conditions worldwide. Order intake for the year as a whole declined by 12% to 839.7 million CHF, although Rieter received more orders in the second half-year than in the first. ...
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The Rieter Group held its own in 2012 against difficult market conditions worldwide. Order intake for the year as a whole declined by 12% to 839.7 million CHF, although Rieter received more orders in the second half-year than in the first. ...
Tags: Textile machinery, Textile, raw material
German specialty chemicals company LANXESS has announced strong figures for the past fiscal year, with improvements in key reported numbers. “2012 was the best year in our growth story so far. Our business model proved itself once ...
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The Swedish company Sodra recorded an operating result of -SEK929m for its business year 2012. The bulk of this was borne by the “Timber” division with an operating loss of -SEK469m. Interim CEO Gunilla Saltin attributes the ...
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Metsä is expecting to see an improvement in business development its wood activities this year. Owing to decreasing stocks amongst manufacturers and buyers, Metsä is working from the assumption that the softwood lumber markets are ...
Tags: Metsä, business development, wood activities