AGRANA – After raw-materials-induced loss in first six months, significant improvement is expected in second half of 2008|09
Good crops in 2008 have put an end to high raw material prices
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AGRANA - Q1 2008|09: Revenue grows while profit decreases
In the first quarter of 2008|09 AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of 10.3% to € 495.1 million (Q1 2007|08: € 449.0 million).
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AGRANA AGM approves unchanged dividend
The Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today voted to pay a dividend – unchanged from the prior year – of € 1.95 per share for the completed 2007|08 financial year.
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AGRANA acquires 50% of SCO Studen’s sugar sales operations in the West Balkan region
AGRANA, a leading Central and Eastern European producer of sugar and starch, has acquired, subject to the approval of the competent mergers and acquisitions authorities, 50% of the shares in the sugar sales operations of the Studen Group | Vienna, which markets white sugar…
AGRANA acquits itself well in difficult 2007|08 financial year
In the completed 2007|08 financial year the AGRANA Group sustained its growth trajectory in the Starch and Fruit segments despite difficult conditions in raw material procurement
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AGRANA Preliminary Results for the 2007|08 Financial Year
Based on preliminary data, in the 2007|08 financial year AGRANA, the international sugar, starch and fruit group, generated revenue of € 1,892.3 million (2006|07: € 1,915.8 million)
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AGRANA Launches Second Joint Venture for Juice Concentrate in China
AGRANA Group and Yantai North Andre Group (YNA) have signed an agreement to form a second joint venture. AGRANA and YNA will set up the Yongji Andre Juice Co. Ltd., based in Yongji, China, for the production of apple juice concentrate. Each partner will hold a 50% interest in…
AGRANA - Revenue up 3% - operating profit of € 87.4 million in the first three quarters of 2007|08
Third-quarter operating profit (after exceptionals) at last year’s level
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Hungary to return 50% of its sugar quota to the restructuring fund
AGRANA concentrates its sugar production at one refinery
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AGRANA results for first half of financial year: Starch and Fruit largely counterbalance challenging Sugar market environment
In the first half of 2007|08, AGRANA’s revenue rose from EUR 923.2 million (prior year’s first half) to EUR 933.3 million.
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AGRANA expects acceleration of EU sugar regime reform
The EU Council of Agriculture Ministers has approved the sugar regime reform proposal of the European Commission. The initial reform target of withdrawing 6 million tonnes of sugar quota from the market had been threatened with failure, as the consistent implementation of…
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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