Reform of EU Sugar Regime Progresses
The latest reform of the European sugar regime in October 2007, with the aim of reducing the European sugar production quota by six million tonnes, is taking effect.
AGRANA – Sugar prices in Austria have fallen or remained the same
AGRANA, the Austrian market leader in sugar, repudiates the recent claims by the Labour Association that Austrian sugar prices have risen especially strongly in the past several months compared to other countries.
AGRANA – 2007|08 sugar beet, potato and wet corn campaigns successfully concluded
During the 2007|08 campaign, the entire AGRANA Group processed approximately 4.62 million tonnes (prior year: 4.74 million tonnes) of sugar beet to produce a total of 671,000 tonnes of sugar.
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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AGRANA Fruit opens Innovation and Product Development Center in the USA
AGRANA Fruit, the global leader in fruit preparations for the dairy industry, has opened an innovation and product development center, this time in Brecksville, Ohio, not far from Cleveland.
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 opens first-of-its-kind biogas plant in Kaposvár, Hungary
In 2007 at the site of the Kaposvár sugar factory in Hungary, international sugar, starch and fruit group AGRANA installed a large-scale biogas facility that to date is unique in the European sugar industry.
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 starts sugar beet campaigns
This year’s sugar beet campaign in Austria starts today at the refineries in Tulln and Leopoldsdorf.
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…