Press Releases

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And the winner of the Austrian Chef of the Year 2009 award is…Thomas Dorfer

On 25 September, Thomas Dorfer, the chef de cuisine at Restaurant Landhaus Bacher, Mautern an der Donau, in Lower Austria, was declared Austrian Chef of the Year 2009 in the course of a celebratory award ceremony. A renowned chef, Dorfer was awarded 18 out of 20 points in the…

AGRANA – 2009 Autumn Campaigns Start

AGRANA today opened the 2009 Austrian sugar beet campaigns at its refineries in Tulln and Leopoldsdorf. The AGRANA refineries in Kaposvár|Hungary started on 10 September, while those at Opava|Czech Republic and Sered|Slovakia began processing sugar beet on 16 and 21 September…

AGRANA – New Contractual Models for Ethanol Cereals from 2010 Harvest

Following the conclusion of the 2009 cereals harvest, AGRANA has prepared new contractual models for contracting raw materials from the 2010 harvest in order to continue offering farmers interesting sales options for a proportion of their cereal harvests.

AGRANA: Significant earnings improvement in the first quarter of 2009|10

In the first quarter of 2009|10, AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of € 11.1 million or 2.2% to € 506.2 million (prior year: € 495.1 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 2008|09 financial year.

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AGRANA receives Vienna Stock Exchange Award 2009 in Small and Mid Cap Category

On 2 June, the international sugar, starch and fruit group AGRANA was awarded the Vienna Stock Exchange Price 2009 in the Small and Mid Cap category.

AGRANA 2008|09 financial year – After a negative first half of the year, a positive second half leads to full-year operating profit of € 37.8 million before exceptional items, while currency translation losses weigh on the bottom line

In the AGRANA Group the 2008|09 financial year (ended 28 February) was defined by volatile energy and raw material prices, depreciation in many Eastern European currencies and the effects of the worldwide economic crisis.

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AGRANA - Preliminary Results for the 2008|09 Financial Year

Based on preliminary data, in the 2008|09 financial year AGRANA, the international sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of 7.1% to € 2,026.3 million (prior year: € 1,892.3 million)

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Opening of first SuperEthanol E85 filling station in the heart of Vienna

Federal Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich, Arthur Kratochwil, General Manager of AWI Diskont Tankstellen, and AGRANA Group CEO Johann Marihart today opened the first SuperEthanol E85 filling station in the heart of Vienna, at Löwelstraße 12.

AGRANA – Successful completion of the 2008|09 campaign

On 22 January 2009, AGRANA completed the sugar beet campaign at its refinery in Leopoldsdorf, Lower Austria, thereby signalling the successful close of the 2008|09 processing season at all of its facilities. Sugar beet campaign in AustriaFrom 24 September to 20 and 22…