DS Smith profits fall, but packaging division remains buoyant
DS Smith reported lower profits for the year to April as a recovery in its packaging business was more than offset by lower profits in office products wholesaling business
Archives for June 27, 2002
Bunzl cuts through paper links
Packaging group Bunzl, which supplies food packaging to the European market, is cutting its historic links with the paper industry, under a deal to offload its paper distribution business to Australian firm PaperlinX, according to a report in the...
SSCC mills to be upgraded
Jefferson Smurfit's US associate company will have to pay around €126 million on its pulp mills in order for them to comply with tough new environmental standards expected to take effect shortly.
Sidel set to become profitable again
Sidel, the French manufacturer of machinery for bottle producers, is expected to return to profitability in 2002, after last year's €47.5 million net loss.
Packaged food raises ConAgra profits
ConAgra Foods, one of the leading food processors in the US, has reported a 58.7 per cent profit increase for its fourth quarter, beating Wall Street estimates on higher sales of major packaged food brands.