- Unitika Ltd.
High Polymer, Fiber and Textile Attribute to Higher Operating Profits Unitika posted operating profits of 13 billion yen, up 59.5%, because of higher profits in high polymer, fiber and textile business. Sales were 216.9 billion yen, down 7.2%, partly because of lower sales in environmental and functional materials; however, Unitika ......
- Operating margins rise and SG&A spending
increases.
When sales growth lags, companies look to increase profits and drive earnings through cost cutting and increased productivity. Over the last two years, companies have benefited from these activities with record profit growth and higher operating margins. Instrument companies have been no different. The economic downturn earlier in the decade, ......
- Air France-KLM reports increase in operating profit
and raises full-year guidance.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Air France-KLM has reported a decrease in first-quarter net profit, while its operating profit increased by 27%. The airline saw a decrease of net profit to EUR112m from EUR536m in 2004, when the earnings were boosted by a one-time gain. Noting that the operating ......
- 4Q Earnings Jump Swings Metro International To First Annual Profit
Metro International, the global publisher of free commuter daily papers, reported a fourth-quarter 2006 operating profit of $10.9 million, nearly double the $4.5 million operating profit of the same period in 2005. Net sales increased 23% to $124.1 million, or 15% over the year-ago period in constant exchange rates.
- Sluggish Q3 sales growth hampers operating
profits.
During the third quarter, the Laboratory Instrument Sales Index experienced moderate third quarter revenue growth of 3.1% to $3,107 million and a 6.7% increase in operating profit to $466 million. Operating profit growth finally returned to a more typical level after the considerable cost cutting initiatives that took place a ......
- Toray Industries, Inc.
Higher Sales, Higher Profits for all Segments Toray reported massively higher figures at each phase of operating, ordinary and net profits, and attained a year earlier the profit improvement plan formulated by its management innovation program "NT 21." Because of these satisfactory results, "Toray could establish a solid business foundation," ......
- Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Record Operating and Net Profits Kuraray posted record operating and net profits for the fiscal year ending in March 2004. Backed by favorable chemicals and resin business, Kuraray reported higher sales and higher profits for two years consecutively, registering sales of 332.1 billion yen, up 3% from the preceding fiscal ......