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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$980.2M
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- UK
Dow Jones Description
Filtrona commenced its manufacturing operations in the mid 1940's through the establishment of a cigarette filter production facility in the United Kingdom. Over the following 50 years Filtrona built a global cigarette filter and writing instrument reservoir business and began its move into Plastic Technologies with the acquisition of a number of speciality businesses. Filtrona's strong competitive position has been developed over the last 10 years through significant investment in new global production and service capabilities. Significant new facilities have been established in China (Plastic and Fibre Technologies), India (Plastic Technologies), Mexico (Plastic and Fibre Technologies), the US (Plastic and Fibre Technologies) and Venezuela (Fibre Technologies) ensuring that Filtrona is better able to supply its multi-national customers and target growth from developing economies. Joint ventures have also provided the cigarette filters business with access to the growing markets of...
CEO
Mark HarperNumber of Employees 5,122
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Paper (except Newsprint) Mills: 322121
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Sifting through the haze at Filtrona.
- 2008-03-02
Filtrona's results were complicated by merger and acquisition and currency effect - but it still didn't impress. Richard Hemming Investors marked shares in cigarette filter manufacturer Filtrona down 10 per cent after flat profit growth in 2007 and the admission that "market...
Filtrona Fibertec Ningbo, China Plant Celebrates Expansion.(Company overview)
- 2007-10-02
RICHMOND, Virginia, October 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Filtrona Fibertec, a division of Filtrona plc, developer of fiber-based capillary technology and manufacturer of custom fluid handling components, celebrated the completion of the recent expansion of its plant in Ningbo, China with a Grand Opening celebration. ...
Filtrona's glowing tip.
- 2007-09-03
A Filtrona revival could be in store, says top CFD broker Darren Sinden Filtrona is approaching resistance between 240p and 243p, says Darren Sinden at LITE Trading. If it can break above here, moves to 255p and 260p could follow, taking...
Filtrona boosts margins.
- 2007-08-31
Filtrona makes progress despite the loss of cigarette filter contracts Algy Hall Filtrona, the pen wick to passport hologram group, has bounced back following the loss of some high-volume cigarette filter contracts. In fact, the group's restructuring efforts following the contract losses...
The bulletproof network: Filtrona Extrusion implemented a network redesign to guarantee uninterrupted business processes at sites across the United States and Mexico
- 2007-08-01
When Jeff White joined Filtrona Extrusion as corporate IT director, the company was operating a single threaded network with mixed traffic--mission-critical and non-mission-critical traffic running side-by-side, with no way to separate or prioritize the two. In addition, the company experienced network performance problems and increasing amounts of downtime at its...
Filtrona Fibertec Ningbo China Plant - Awarded ISO 9001 Certification and Announces Expansion.
- 2006-11-27
RICHMOND, Virginia, November 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Filtrona Fibertec a division of Filtrona plc announced today that its plant in Ningbo China has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification for quality management systems by BSI Management Systems, the world's leading international standards testing, registration ...
Filtrona boosted by 'DNA for packaging' licence deal
- 2006-08-31
The plastics and fibre products company Filtrona, which was spun off from Bunzl last year, announced its first licence agreement for a new track-and-trace technology yesterday. It also unveiled a jump in half-year profits, sending its shares up 10 per cent before closing 9p higher at 278p, up 3.4 per...
Filtrona boosted by 'DNA for packaging' licence deal
- 2006-08-31
The plastics and fibre products company, Filtrona, which was spun off from Bunzl last year, announced its first licence agreement for a new track-and-trace technology yesterday. It also unveiled a jump in half-year profits, sending its shares up 10 per cent before closing 9p higher at 278p, up 3.4 per...
Business News IN BRIEF: Plastics group Filtrona upbeat on profits
- 2006-03-02
The plastics and fibre products group Filtrona reported a 9.4 per cent rise in its annual pre-tax profits to pounds 45.7m yesterday, and said its market segments were displaying "favourable characteristics". Filtrona, spun off from the packaging company Bunzl last June, said it had offset higher raw material prices with...
Filtrona profits climb to pounds 26m
- 2005-08-31
Filtrona unveiled its interim results yesterday for the six months to 30 June, which showed slightly higher pre-tax profits of pounds 26.3m and revenue of pounds 251.9m, compared with the same period last year. The chief executive, Mark Harper, said the results were in line with expectations, adding that the...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Harper | CEO |
| Paul Drechsler | Non-Executive Director of Filtrona and Chief Executive of Wates Group |
| Steve Crummett | Finance Director |
| Steve Dryden | Finance Director of Filtrona |
| A R Auer | |
| Jon Green | Solicitor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lars Emilson | Board of Directors |
| Terry Twigger | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Filtrona Plc | CEO | Current |
| Filtrona Plc | Chief Executive | Current |
| Bba Aviation Plc | Non-Executive Director, Chairman, Remuneration Committee | Current |
| Filtrona Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Filtrona | Chief Executive | Former |
| Bunzl Plc | Executive Director | Former |
| Filtrona Plc | Managing Director of Filtrona | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wates Group Limited | Chairman and Chief Executive | Current |
| Filtrona Plc | Non-Executive Director of Filtrona and Chief Executive of Wates Group | Current |
| The Specialists Awards | Bai Chairman and Chief Executive, Wates | Current |
| Filtrona Plc | Senior Independent Director | Current |
| Filtrona Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Intervest Construction Inc. | Chairmanship | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Filtrona Plc | Finance Director | Current |
| Filtrona Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Exel plc | Group Director of Mergers and Acquisitions | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Filtrona Plc | Finance Director of Filtrona | Current |
| Plastic Technologies, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Filtrona Plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Filtrona Plc | Solicitor | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rexam Cosmetic Packaging Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Rexam PLC | CEO | Former |
| Rexam PLC | Chief Executive | Former |
| The Coca-Cola Company | Former | |
| Rexam PLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Filtrona Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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UPDATE 2-Filtrona H1 profit tops mkt; sees stable outlook
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UPDATE 1-Filtrona H1 profit falls; sees tough '09
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