NASHVILLE, TN - Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) says wood product sales for the first quarter were $362 million, 9 percent higher than a year ago. A net loss of $11.3 million was less than half the loss reported the year prior. "All of our ...
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Unilever has seen sales volumes from its food division increase in the first quarter of 2012,a sign of recovery after a year of decline. The company,which owns brands including Knorr stock cubes and Flora butter,today(26 April)reported a ...
Central European decor printers continue to face a shortage of orders.Order intake,which has long fallen short of expectations,has stabilised at March's level at best over the past few weeks.A few printers saw a further decline in sales ...
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Premier Foods plc has booked an increase in first-quarter sales, boosted by the performance of its 'power brands'. For the three months to the end of March, group sales edged up 1.3% to GBP427m (US$689.6m), the Hovis maker reported today ...
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Kumba Iron Ore Limited("Kumba")today released its production and sales report for the quarter ended 31 March 2012.Throughout this report,production and sales volumes referred to are 100%,attributable to shareholders of Kumba as well as the ...
Following is the text of U. S. Non-manufacturing conditions from the Institute for Supply Management. Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in March for the 27th consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and ...
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Full year 2011: Sales EUR 73.5 billion (plus 15%) EBIT before special items EUR 8.4 billion (plus 4%) Earnings per share EUR 6.74 (plus 36%) 4th quarter 2011: Sales EUR 18.1 billion (plus 10%) EBIT before special items EUR 1.5 billion ...
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Kumba Iron Ore Limited ("Kumba") today released its production and sales report for the quarter ended 31 December 2011. Throughout this report, production and sales volumes referred to are 100%, attributable to Kumba as well as ...
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Finnish Forest Industries Federation member companies purchased 25.3 million cubic metres of wood from Finnish private-owned forests in 2011. This is almost a quarter less than in 2010, when summer storms boosted timbers sales. Timber ...
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The Finnish forest industry purchased 25% less wood from Finland’s forests in 2011. The Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) member companies purchased 25.3 million m³ of wood from Finnish private-owned forests in 2011. ...
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Chinese PET producers report that they are planning to increase their export sales in 2012 as competition within the domestic market will heat up this year due to some large new capacity additions scheduled to come on-line in 2012. China is ...
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Global welding market for repairs, maintenance to generate over $3 billion by 2017 Sales volumes for welding equipment and consumables declined worldwide in 2009, but since then the rebound in manufacturing has driven OEMs’ and ...
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Belgian PVC window frame maker says it now expects its top and bottom line to be stable for the year, after sales fell 2.4% in the second quarter. The company had previously predicted sales and profit growth. The company said it took into ...
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Executives reflect on the past year in coatings and look ahead to what the future might bring. Charles Bunch, chairman and CEO, PPG Industries The strategic actions that PPG has undertaken over the past decade have served to transform our ...
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