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AGRANA's Pischelsdorf bioethanol plant starts trial operation on schedule

Ethanol supply for blend in Austria beginning October 1 is secure. Commodity boom requires postponement of operational commissioning. AGRANA will complete the investment stage of the new bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf, Lower Austria, at the end of September as planned.…

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AGRANA achieves growth in Starch and Fruit – Contraction in Sugar in first quarter after exceptional prior-year period

In the first quarter of the current 2007|08 financial year (the three months ended May 31, 2007), sales revenue at AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, decreased by 5% to EUR 449.0 million (Q1 2006|07:EUR 472.0 million).

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AGRANA Annual Shareholders’ Meeting approves unchanged dividend

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today approved a resolution to pay a dividend of EUR 1.95 per share, unchanged from the previous financial period.

AGRANA – Fruit segment becomes leading source of revenues and earnings for the first time in 2006|07 financial year

The AGRANA group forged ahead with its dynamic growth strategy during the 2006|07 financial year (March 1 to February 28) with further improvements in revenues and results. Revenues increased by 28% to EUR 1,915.8 million (prior year: EUR 1,499.6 million), while operating…

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AGRANA Preliminary Results for the Financial Year 2006|07

Based on preliminary data, AGRANA, the international sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of 28% to EUR 1,915.8 million in the 2006|07 financial year (2005|06: EUR 1,499.6 million).

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AGRANA records good yields from sugar beet, potato and wet corn campaigns

The beet campaign ended on January 6, 2007 at the Austrian sugar plant Tulln and on January 8, 2007 in Leopoldsdorf, and resulted in the extraction of roughly 407,600 (2005|06: 488,900) tons of sugar from approximately 2.5 (2005|06: 3.1) million tons of sugar beets. …

Fruit Segment drives AGRANA growth

The AGRANA Group continued its growth course during the first nine months of 2006|07.

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AGRANA enters the market in Bulgaria

Expansion of sales activities AGRANA has expanded its sugar business to Bulgaria with the founding of AGRANA TRADING EOOD, a trading company that is located in Sofia. In a subsequent step AGRANA plans to establish a sales joint venture together with the Bulgarian sugar…

AGRANA – Strong growth during the first half-year 2006|07

Revenues recorded by the AGRANA Group rose by 28% over the comparable prior year figure of € 723.5 million to € 923.2 million for the first half of the 2006|07 financial year.

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Cornerstone laid for AGRANA bioethanol plant in Lower Austria

AGRANA laid the cornerstone for its new bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf, Lower Austria, at a ceremony on September 7, 2006 that was attended by Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Minister Josef Pröll, Governor Erwin Pröll and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Christian…

AGRANA starts fruit preparation in Brazil

AGRANA is expanding its fruit preparation activities in Latin America. In addition to the existing plants in Argentina and Mexico, the Group will now establish a production facility in Brazil.AGRANA Fruit plans to construct a new plant in Cabreuva, State of Sao Paulo for an…

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AGRANA Annual General Meeting approves unchanged dividend

Today’s Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft approved the payment of a EUR 1.95 dividend per share, which reflects the prior year distribution.

AGRANA continues growth course during first quarter of 2006|07

The AGRANA Group was able to increase revenues by 67.3 percent over the comparable prior year period to € 472.0 million for the first quarter of the current financial year (March 1 to May 31, 2006).

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Restructuring of Fruit Division completed

The AGRANA Group will complete the restructuring of its Fruit Division in mid-year. Beginning from July, this business area will consist of two newly created umbrella companies: AGRANA Fruit S.A. based in Paris and AGRANA Juice GmbH based in Gleisdorf/Austria. AGRANA…

AGRANA launches Apple Juice Production in China

AGRANA, the leading European producer of apple juice concentrates, signed a Joint Venture Agreement in China.  It has acquired a 50 per cent stake in concentrates manufacturer Xianyang Andre Juice Co. Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed company Yantai North Andre…

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AGRANA launches raw sugar joint venture in Bosnia and Herzegovina

AGRANA, the leading sugar and starch producer in Central and Eastern Europe, is expanding its activities towards the Western Balkans.AGRANA will establish a raw sugar refinery in Brcko jointly with the Bosnian-Austrian company SCO Studen & CO Holding/Vienna as 50% partner.…

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AGRANA expanded by 52.9 per cent in the 2005|06 financial year

The AGRANA Group attained revenue growth of 52.9 per cent to € 1,499.6 million in the 2005|06 financial year (1 March 2005 through 28 February 2006), as against € 981.0 million in 2004|05.

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AGRANA - Provisional Results for the 2005|06 Financial Year

According to provisional figures, the AGRANA Group’s revenues grew by 52.9 per cent to € 1,499.6 million in the 2005|06 financial year.  Profit from operating activities grew by 9.6 per cent to € 99.5 million.  The closure of two out of AGRANA’s 11 sugar factories caused one-off…

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AGRANA fixes 100 per cent acquisition of Steirerobst

AGRANA has signed a contract for the complete acquisition of Steirerobst AG as of the end of February 2006 with the present co-owners (Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark, Landes-Land- wirtschaftskammer Steiermark and Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung).

New EU Sugar CMO will compel AGRANA to Rationalize Operations

Retention of Austria’s Status as a Sugar-Making Country EssentialToday, the Supervisory Board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG met to discuss the effects of the reform of the EU sugar CMO agreed in November 2005 and developments in the WTO and their consequences for the enterprise.…