Press Releases

Read about the development of AGRANA’s business operations in our press releases and other publications.

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 – Official opening of bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf

The AGRANA bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf|Lower Austria has now been officially opened following a start-up phase spanning several weeks.

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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Second wave of 2008|09 sugar quota returns under EU sugar market reform successful

From AGRANA’s (Central Europe’s leading sugar producer) point of view, the current second wave of sugar quota returns under the EU sugar market reform has proven successful.

AGRANA starts production at Pischelsdorf bioethanol plant in June 2008

The bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf / Lower Austria will be started up on schedule in Mai 2008. The first bioethanol will be produced on June 7, 2008.

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 maintains Hungarian beet sugar production

Magyar Cukor Zrt., a member of the AGRANA group, confirms its strategy to maintain its Hungarian beet sugar production in the long term.