2:41 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Krones publishes 2017 annual report and plans to pay out a dividend of €1.70 per share for 2017

Krones publishes 2017 annual report and confirms preliminary figuresThe company intends to increase dividend from €1.55 to €1.70 per shareExecutive Board forecasts continued revenue and earnings growth in 2018
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1:52 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Fifth record year in succession for Sumitomo (SHI) Demag

For the fiscal year of 2017, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag with headquarters in Schwaig and production sites in Schwaig, Wiehe (Germany) and Ningbo (China) again reports a significant increase of sales and incoming orders.
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6:34 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Salzgitter Group: Key data for the financial year 2017; KHS reported a notable downturn

Salzgitter Group closes the financial year 2017 with the highest pre-tax profit since the financial market crisis; outlook for 2018 similarly promising
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1:28 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Krones continues growth with stable profitability in 2017

Revenue increased 9% to €3.69 billion. Adjusted for acquisitions, growth reached 7%. Order intake increased 10%. Excluding acquisitions, orders were up 7%. Krones kept profitability stable. The EBT margin was once again 7.0%. Revenue and earnings are expected to increase further in ...
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3:25 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

GEA releases preliminary figures 2017 and an initial indication for the 2018 fiscal year

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has released preliminary figures for fiscal year 2017 as well as an initial indication for 2018. Fiscal year 2018 is anticipated to be challenging, in particular due to the sustained weakness of dairy processing, an important customer industry, as well as ...
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1:49 min Management, Facts & Figures
Acquisition

Platinum Equity to acquire Husky Injection Molding Systems

Platinum Equity announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ...
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0:39 min Facts & Figures, Additives
Global price increase

Clariant to increase prices for masterbatch and compound products containing titanium dioxide, carbon black, pigments, dyes and several additives

Global price increase effective February 1st 2018 or as soon as contracts allow.
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0:11 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Additives, Facts & Figures

BASF increases prices of additives for plastics applications

Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, BASF is increasing the prices by 15 percent globally for a majority of products in its additives portfolio for plastic applications. Price increases will apply to the following product classes:AntioxidantsLight stabilizers, flame ...
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2:80 min Facts & Figures, America
Recycling rates

Robust PET bottle sales outpace collection volumes in 2016

Domestic PET Purchases Consistent, Export Down, with Growth in End Market Segments The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity ...
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2:17 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Krones confirms group targets for 2017

Order intake increased 10.0% to €2,696.8 million in the first three quarters and revenue grew 5.4% to €2,508.9 million. Adjusted for acquisitions, the increase was 5.9% and 3.1%, respectively.The EBT increased to €168.0 million for the first three quarters and the EBT margin was 6.7% ...
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