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 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…
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.
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).
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, 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…
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.…
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.
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…
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).
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.…
The AGRANA Group’s revenues during the first three quarters of the current 2005|06 financial year (1 March through 30 November 2005) surged by 49 per cent compared with the same period of 2004|05 to total € 1,121.5 million (Q1 – Q3 2004|05: € 753.0 million)
With effect from 15 December 2005, AGRANA has acquired the remaining 37.5 per cent of the globally active fruit preparations group Atys, based in France, completing AGRANA’s takeover of the Atys Group and making it possible to fully integrate Atys into the AGRANA Group. Atys…
Germany’s Bundeskartellamt approved the purchase of DSF (Deutsch-Schweizerische Früchteverarbeitung GmbH) by AGRANA which has already been signed in July 2005. DSF, originally a part of the ATYS Group, makes fruit preparations for the dairy, baked products, and ice cream…
The European Union’s agriculture ministers today came to an agreement on reform of the EU sugar CMO, whereby the beet price will be cut stepwise within the next four years by 39.4 per cent instead of 42.6 per cent. The reference price for sugar will remain unchanged at 631.9…
AGRANA acquired fruit preparations manufacturer DSF (Deutsch-Schweizerische Früchteverarbeitung GmbH) based in Constance, Germany, in July of this year. DSF’s German production facilities are located in Constance and Nauen.The acquisition requires approval by the German…
The AGRANA Group’s revenues during the first half of the current 2005|06 financial year (1 March through 31 August 2005) were 53.1 per cent up on the same period of 2004|05 at € 723.5 million (1st Half 2004|05: € 472.4 million)
After several months of trial production, AGRANA subsidiary Steirerobst officially opened its fruit preparations plant in Serpuchov to the south of Moscow on 23 September 2005. The facility was built at a cost of € 22 million. This new plant is the first of its kind in…
AGRANA and Butler Capital Partners (the former majority shareholder of the Atys Group) have agreed to bring forward the outstanding stages in AGRANA’s 100 per cent takeover of Financière Atys S.A., France.The original agreement was for a four-step takeover to be completed…
The AGRANA Group’s revenues during the first quarter of the current 2005/06 financial year (1 March through 31 May 2005) were 23.5 per cent up on the same period of 2004/05 at € 282.1 million