1:16 min
Management
New Board of Directors member for the Greiner Group
The Greiner Group Supervisory Board has appointed Dipl.-Bw. Axel Kühner as an additional member of the Board of Directors to join Dr. Axel Greiner. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany Mr. Kühner will take on the function from 01.04.2009. Dkfm. Dr. Peter Greiner, who has been an interim Board ...
2:10 min
Management
The ENGEL Scrapping Premium
In times like these in particular, a machine's economy and energy efficiency play an extremely important role. Old machines that have seen many years of service can quickly become energy hogs. And new investments typically pay their way in a very short time. For this reason, ENGEL is ...
3:52 min
Facts & Figures
Krones publishes its provisional figures for the 2008 business year
Krones AG, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging equipment, has yet again turned in a very good result for the 2008 business year, as demonstrated by the provisional figures involved. Consolidated sales were up by 10.5 % over the previous year, to reach 2,381.4 ...
6:46 min
Facts & Figures
Strong results for 2008
Key figures for 2008 compared with 2007: Operating cash flow (EBITDA) : EUR 31.8 million (+ 40%) Recurrent Operating cash flow (REBITDA) : EUR 26.4 million (+ 16%) Net Financial Debt : EUR 34.3 million (minus EUR 16.3 million) Ratio Net Financial Debt ...
4:70 min
Facts & Figures
Bottled water growth slows as consumers turn on the tap
The combined forces of the economic downturn and environmental pressures are causing a sharp slowdown in the global bottled water market, according to a recent analysis by global beverage industry specialists, Canadean. The situation is most marked in the USA, where Canadean is ...
2:47 min
Facts & Figures
LA SEDA DE BARCELONA had aggregate sales of more than €1.9 billion in 2008
LA SEDA DE BARCELONA HAD AGGREGATE SALES OF MORE THAN €1.9 BILLION IN 2008 The company sets aside €139 million for the group’s subsidiaries Cash at the end of the year amounted to €33.6 million EBITDA of €78.4 million reinforce the chemical group’s solvency LA SEDA DE ...
2:20 min
Management
Corporate social responsibility
SMIGroup promotes the economic development through the values of social equity and environmental respect: values that are part of a corporate programme in continuous evolution based on the 10 Principles of the UN Global Compact.Social responsibility through the Global ...
3:40 min
Management
Greiner Packaging is setting the stage for further growth by selling its composite can production to Weidenhammer
Strategic alignment for concentration to core competences at the production site DiepoldsauGreiner Packaging AG Switzerland, a company of Greiner Packaging International, will sell its product segment composite cans by 31 May 2009. The whole workforce of 16 can be further employed in ...
1:37 min
Management
Changes in the Management Board
Valentin Reisgen, member of the Management Board of Klöckner-Werke AG and also CEO of its subsidiary KHS AG, Dortmund, will be leaving both companies by mutual agreement on 31 January 2009. Mr. Reisgen will continue to be of service to the company in an advisory capacity. The ...
2:90 min
Management
Coordination and marketing in a single hand
Michael Frick takes the Capsnap Europe helm at Greiner Packaging Michael Frick is the new head of the reorganised Marketing and Sales Unit of Capsnap Europe at Greiner Packaging. The former Capsnap CEO Günther Ausserwöger takes up a new task at Greiner Packaging ...