date:Jun 14, 2012
profit, excluding costs associated with plant closures, improved by 68% to 93.5m (2011: 55.8m). The non-adjusted figure saw the firm post a 73m profit almost double the amount in the previous year.
These charges included a 6.4m bill for the closure of the former Superfos plant in Runcorn, UK.
Further costs of 12.6m had been incurred following its decision to exit the vending cup market, announced at the start of 2012. These related to redundancies and plant closure, with the company warning t