Company
Essentra PLC
LON:ESNT
Essentra is a leading international supplier of specialist plastic, fibre, foam and packaging products with three Strategic Business Units: Component Solutions, Health & Personal Care Packaging and Filtration Products. Every day we produce and distribute millions of small but essential components. Our products may not be noticeable – or even recognisable – but wherever you are, our business is all around you. Our international network extends to 33 countries and includes 53 principal manufacturing facilities, 64 sales and distribution operations and 5 research & development centres.
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Essentra sees full year in line after ‘strong’ first half
The components maker upped its dividend by 15% to 2.3p
Essentra to sell its packaging businesses for £312mln
The sale was previously announced in a strategic review, to help the firm "become a pure play Components business," with the transaction subject to various conditions including a shareholder vote for Essentra
Essentra edges higher on strong start to year
The components maker swung to an annual profit of £28mln for 2021, recovering from a loss of £2mln
Essentra begins review of packaging division as part of strategic slimdown
Reviews of both the unwanted divisions are seen as likely to be concluded by the end of June at the earliest
Essentra jumps on plan to become pure play components business, Q3 sales grow over 5%
As a first step in the new strategy, the group will review all options for its filters division
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Essentra to close sites in components, packaging divisions to save cash
Sales are recovering but were still down 1% in the fourth quarter
Essentra expects continued revenue progress in final three months of the year
The FTSE 250 firm said expectations for the year to December 31 2020, remain unchanged
Essentra is faring better than feared - Jefferies
Essentra in August said full-year results are expected to be in line with current consensus expectations.
Essentra vows to go carbon neutral by 2040, expects slow short-term recovery
The manufacturer said full-year revenue and adjusted operating profit are going to be around the current consensus
Essentra fined by US over North Korea transgressions
None of the transactions were approved or known by senior management outside of the UAE
Essentra sees slow recovery but expects continued disruption
The third quarter is estimated to see a 10% drop in revenue
Essentra inks “game changer” joint venture to set up cigarette filter firm in China
The FTSE 250 firm will own 49% of the new company, which will produce filters at a new facility in the port city of Xiamen in South East China
Essentra blames Brexit as LFL revenues slip in third quarter
The maker of bespoke plastic and fibre products said like-for-like revenues for the three months fell 2.9%, or 0.6% on an underlying basis
Essentra shows improved profitability, details ‘no deal’ Brexit preparations
Versus H1 2018 Essentra’s financial performance showed notably improvement, though its outlook statement cautioned over the ‘macro-environment’ which is expected to impact its components business.
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