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Bobst Group Reports Increased Sales Performance in 2017
Mar 7, 2018Bobst Group, a Swiss-based supplier of equipment and services to the packaging and label industries, has reported consolidated sales of CHF1 529m ($1,629m) in 2017, an increase of CHF82m, or 5.7%, compared to 2016. The operating result ...
Tags: packaging, label industries
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BASF to Form a GBU Combining All of Its Pigments Activities Effective January 2016
Jul 24, 2015BASF will form a global business unit (GBU) combining all of its pigments activities effective January 2016. In the second half of 2016, BASF intends to carve out its pigments business and establish separate legal entities. With sales of ...
Tags: Pigments, azo pigments, dyes
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Lenzing Will Not Undertake Any New Expansion Projects at Any of Its Vsf Production Sites
Dec 2, 2014Austria based, Lenzing said looking at the challenging conditions, it will not undertake any new expansion projects at any of its viscose staple fibre (VSF) production sites across the world. Although Lenzing continues to anticipate good ...
Tags: viscose staple fibre, Textile
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Sales of BASF Group Grew by 3%
Oct 27, 2014Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
Tags: BASF, Construction Coating
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Listed Companies in Japan Saw Average Pretax Profits Rise 2% on The Year in The April-June
Aug 21, 2014Listed companies in Japan saw average pretax profits rise 2% on the year in the April-June quarter, despite April’s consumption tax hike. Automakers and consumer electronics companies were among the top performers in a Nikkei pretax ...
Tags: Automakers, Electronics
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BASF's Business Developed Positively in The Second Quarter of 2014. at €8.5bn
Aug 13, 2014BASF's business developed positively in the second quarter of 2014. At €18.5 billion, sales rose by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. "This was largely the result of higher sales volumes in our chemicals business, ...
Tags: BASF, Increase, Decoration
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Finland-Based Stainless Steel Producer Outokumpu Saw a Small Upturn in Stainless Demand
Apr 16, 2014Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu said Monday it has seen a small upturn in stainless demand and is cautiously optimistic about forward prospects. CEO Mika Seitovirta told the company's annual general meeting of ...
Tags: Finland, stainless steel
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ThyssenKrupp Has Announced Its Financial Results for The Financial Year 2012-13
Dec 3, 2013Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the financial year 2012-13, stating that it is planning a capital increase of up to 10 percent, raising €1 billion, as the sale of its US steel mill has now ...
Tags: steel, financial results
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BWT Increased Its Consolidated Revenues by 1.4% From 380.0 Million to 385.3 Million
Nov 15, 2013As at the end of September, BWT increased its consolidated revenues by 1.4% from 380.0 million to 385.3 million. With a comparable Group structure (a plant engineering company in Ireland was sold in the first quarter), revenues growth would ...
Tags: BWT, report, 2013, three quarters
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Panasonic Announced to Stop Production of Plasma Display
Nov 5, 2013Panasonic Corp. announced as an effort to restructure its business it will no longer be manufacturing plasma display panels (PDP) by Dec. 2013. Business operations in three Amagasaki factories will be eventually terminated. Amagasaki P3 ...
Tags: Plasma Display Panels, Panasonic
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The Wolseley Group Will Probably Complete The Restructuring of Its Operations in France
Oct 31, 2013The Wolseley group will probably complete the restructuring of its operations in France at the beginning of 2014. According to information provided in even more detail in the business report for the whole of 2012/2013 (1 July), 109 French ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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Horst J. Kayser Has Been Appointed The New Head of Strategy at Siemens
Oct 30, 2013Horst J. Kayser has been appointed the new head of strategy at Siemens, effective November 1, 2013. He succeeds Peter Herweck, who is to make Siemens a leader in the process industry. Janina Kugel, head of human resources at Osram, will ...
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Tata Steel Is Planning to Take Restructuring Measures to Strengthen Its Competitiveness
Oct 30, 2013Tata Steel's long products business announced today, October 29, that it is planning to take some restructuring measures to strengthen its competitiveness, which will affect management and administrative functions at sites in Scunthorpe, ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Zumbotel 1q13 Financial Result:LED Products Continues Increase
Sep 16, 2013Zumbotel 1Q13 Financial Result Highlights: Dynamic growth with LED products continues (+49.7%) First-quarter revenues 4.4% down at EUR 309.3 million (prior year: EUR 323.4 million) Adjusted EBIT rises 40.7% to EUR 17.7 million (prior ...
Tags: LED, LED lighting, Lights, Lighting
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Sales of LED Products Have Jumped Considerably for The Zumtobel Group
Sep 13, 2013Sales of LED products have jumped considerably for the Zumtobel Group in the first quarter of this year, with an increase of almost 50 per cent compared with the same period in 2012. The group, which comprises Zumtobel, Thorn and ...