Place de cotation: Francfort
- Londres - Zurich -Toronto -Buenos Aires -Tokyo
Indice: SMI
- STOXX 600
le groupe est un des
plus importants producteurs au monde de matériaux à destination
du batiment.
Nine
Months 2006 Sales: Continued sales momentum on top of strong comparables
Geneva,
Switzerland – 6 October 2006 – From January to September 2006, Givaudan
recorded sales of CHF 2,200.5 million, resulting in a growth of 3.3%
in local currencies and 5.5% in Swiss francs. Despite strong comparables
in the third quarter and the on-going streamlining of commodity ingredients,
Givaudan continued its good sales growth momentum.
For
the full year 2006, Givaudan is confident to grow above market and to sustain
its solid 2005 year end margins.
Sales
January – September 2006
In
million CHF 2006 2005 Change in %
in
CHF in Local Currencies
Fragrance
Division 918.6 850.9 8.0% 5.7%
Flavour
Division 1281.9 1234.7 3.8% 1.6%
Total
2200.5 2085.6 5.5% 3.3%
First
quarter 2006 sales: Strong start into 2006
Geneva,
Switzerland – 7 April 2006 – In the first quarter 2006, Givaudan recorded
sales of CHF 754.1 million, resulting in a growth of 6.2% in local currencies
and 12.8% in Swiss francs. Givaudan again clearly outgrew the market. 2005
comparables and the strong US dollar have partially contributed to this
solid performance.
Sales
January – March 2006
In
million CHF 2006 2005 Change in %
in
CHF in Local Currencies
Fragrance
Division 313.6 273.1 14.8 8.6
Flavour
Division 440.5 395.6 11.4 4.5
Total
754.1 668.7 12.8 6.2
Fragrance
Division
The
Fragrance division recorded first quarter sales of CHF 313.6 million which
represents a growth of 8.6% in local currencies and 14.8% in CHF. Growth
in the core business, Fine Fragrances, Consumer Products and Speciality
Ingredients, was in the high single-digits. Fine Fragrances showed double-digit
growth, in Europe and in North America. Consumer Products showed growth
in the high single-digits, whilst Fragrance Ingredients declined due to
the strategy to further exit commodities. Specialty ingredients continued
to grow at a double-digit rate.
Fine
Fragrances had a good start into 2006, with sales in local currencies clearly
above prior year. Both North America and Europe reported double-digit growth
driven by several new launches and steady sales on existing business. Latin
America showed relatively low sales growth, against the strong performance
in 2005.
Consumer
Products continued to show strong growth in all regions. Growth in North
America came from regional as well as international customers. Sales in
Asia Pacific increased across all customer groups with the strongest country
performance being in India and Indonesia. Europe, Africa and Middle East
(EAME) showed good growth with local customers, particularly in North Africa
and the Middle East. Sales in Latin America were mainly driven by Mexico
and Argentina. The strongest segment growth came from household and air
care across all regions, followed by fabric care and personal wash.
Sales
of Fragrance Ingredients showed a slight decline due to the further discontinuation
of commodities. It has been largely offset by the continued double-digit
growth of specialties, which showed a consistent strong growth since 2003.
The ingredients portfolio has moved from low growth, low margin commodities
to high impact, high value added, patent-protected ingredients. Some of
these specialties now occupy a top 10 position within this business unit.
Flavour
Division
The
Flavour division recorded first quarter sales of CHF 440.5 million which
represents a growth of 4.5% in local currencies and 11.4% in Swiss francs.
Latin America achieved a double-digit increase while Europe, Africa, Middle
East (EAME) and North America showed a strong single-digit growth. The
Beverage and Savoury segments showed the highest growth.
Sales
in Asia Pacific declined slightly due to a strong first quarter 2005 comparable.
China continued to post solid double-digit growth with highest growth recorded
in the Beverage segment stemming from new wins with key customers. This
performance was partially offset by the decline in sales in Japan.
The
completion of the new creation, technology and production centre in Shanghai
is on schedule and will be operational from August 2006.
Latin
America posted strong double-digit sales growth, driven by new wins in
the beverage and confectionery segments. Strongest growth was reported
in Argentina as well as a good single digit growth in Brazil.
Sales
in North America showed a good single digit growth. The performance of
the confectionery and beverage segments drove the region’s results with
Foodservice and the acquired IBF portfolio again posting excellent sales.
The production transfers to the Devon facility are on schedule.
Sales
in Europe, Africa and the Middle East showed good growth mainly driven
by the rebound of the beverage segment which enjoyed double-digit growth
due to new wins and good growth from established products of key customers.
Both, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, reported good double digit gains
whilst Western Europe reported single digit gains. In Duebendorf (Zurich,
Switzerland) the groundbreaking for a new state-of-the art logistics centre
took place in March. Scheduled for completion by end 2007, it will further
enhance operational efficiencies with a fully-automated warehouse. |
