AGRANA – After raw-materials-induced loss in first six months, significant improvement is expected in second half of 2008|09
Good crops in 2008 have put an end to high raw material prices
Good crops in 2008 have put an end to high raw material prices
In the first quarter of 2008|09 AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of 10.3% to € 495.1 million (Q1 2007|08: € 449.0 million).
In the completed 2007|08 financial year the AGRANA Group sustained its growth trajectory in the Starch and Fruit segments despite difficult conditions in raw material procurement
Third-quarter operating profit (after exceptionals) at last year’s level
The AGRANA Group attained revenue growth of 52.9 per cent to € 1,499.6 million in the 2005|06 financial year (1 March 2005 through 28 February 2006), as against € 981.0 million in 2004|05.
As CEO Hans Marihart announced at today’s press conference to present the balance sheet in Vienna, “The AGRANA Group achieved its best-ever consolidated results during the 2004/05 financial year, recording sharp growth in both revenues and profits
ACROSS-THE-BOARD GROWTH