Press Releases

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

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.

Johann Marihart reelected as President of CEFS

During the Annual General Assembly, Johann Marihart, CEO of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, was reelected President of the Association of the European Sugar Industry, CEFS, for a period of three years.

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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10 Years of AGRANA Fruit Ukraine

In 1997, with the foundation of what is known today as AGRANA Fruit Ukraine (formerly Steirerobst), the international group AGRANA specialising in sugar, starch and fruit, started operations in Vinnitsa as the first Austrian food industry company to enter the Ukraine market. …

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 starts operations at new fruit preparations plant in Brazil

AGRANA, the international group specialized in sugar, starch and fruit, has started operations at its new fruit preparations plant in Cabreuva, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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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