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Healthy Buildings (Ireland) Limited

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:30:07 +0100

£160,000 investment - new marketing strategy - creating 15 jobs
Environmental health company Healthy Buildings (Ireland) is investing over £160,000 in an expansion which will create 15 jobs. The Belfast-based firm has received £30,000 from Invest NI to create a marketing strategy for Scotland and the north of England. It employs 60 people and hopes to increase sales in Great Britain to £500,000 by 2013.

Symrise Limited

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:47:52 +0100

Sales up 4% to 432.6m euros - positive business outlook
Germany-based Symrise recorded sales growth of 3% to 225m euros in its scent and care division for the first quarter of 2012 compared with the 2011 first quarter. Earnings for scent and care increased 4% to 45m euros. Across all divisions, sales increased 4% in the first quarter, to 432.6m euros. The company anticipates further growth in 2012.

Croda International Plc

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:32:59 +0100

Sales up 4.7% to 291m - profits up 7.2% to 65.1m - focusing on higher-value products
Chemicals group Croda recorded a 4.7% sales increase to 291m in the three months to March 2012, while pre-tax profits increased by 7.2% to 65.1m. An increased focus on higher-value products and better pricing more than offset a reduction in volumes. Revenues have more than tripled over the 10 years to 2012. 2010 turnover 1bn, 3,303 employees.

Jeyes Holdings Ltd

Tue, 01 May 2012 08:06:55 +0100

35 jobs lost - Company Restructuring - Manufacturing Transferred - 145 Site Employees
Cleaning product manufacturer Jeyes have confimred restructuring plans across its UK sites with up to 35 jobs beinglost in East Kilbride. The firm are to streamline their supply chain by transferring some of the manufacturing from East Kilbride to elsewhere in the UK and concentrate their reduced in-house manufacturing capability on their core brands. Nicholas Goodwin is Chief Financial Officer

Growhow UK Limited

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:46:30 +0100

Sales upto £490m - Profit upto £97m - 400 Employees
Fertiliser manufacturer Growhow recorded sales of £490m in 2011 up from £392m in 2010, pre-tax profit was £97m, up 23% on 2010. the company has 400 Employees. Kenneith Hayes is Chief Executive.

Meggitt Aerospace Limited

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:31:51 +0100

Airbus contract Secured - Company growth - Turnover 54.4m - 1200 Employees
Meggitt has been awarded a new fire protection systems contract with Airbus. the contract win follows the integration of its fire detection and control business with the fire suppression equipment of its recently-acquired Pacific Scientific Aerospace business, HTL. Meggitt Safety Systems president is Dennis Hutton

Jeyes Holdings Ltd

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:18:51 +0100

85 Norfolk jobs lost - Management and clerical positions - Difficult trading
Cleaning product manufacturer Jeyes is to cut 85 jobs in Thetford, Norfolk, as part of a major restructuring. Most of the job losses will be management and clerical staff. The company is facing tough economic conditions and strong competition around the world. Nicholas Goodwin is the chief financial officer.

Akzo Nobel Coatings Limited

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:40:49 +0100

CEO Appointed - Turnover £28.1m - 70 Employees
Akzo Nobel has appointed Ton Bchner as the company's new chief executive. He takes over from Hans Wijers who has stepped down from the board.

Johnson Matthey Plc

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:26:29 +0100

22 job losses - difficult economic environment
Johnson Matthey is reducing headcount by 22 at its site in Clitheroe, Lancashire, where 300 people are employed. The Ammonia, Methanol and Gas business has been adversely affected by the global recession and the business has been unable to generate additional revenue to maintain its performance. Year to March 2011: turnover £10bn, 9388 employees.

Westland Horticulture Ltd

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:05:01 +0100

Bird food business acquired for 18m
Irish horticulture business, Westland Horticulture, has acquired wild bird food manufacturer Cranswick Pet Products, based in Driffield in East Yorkshire, for 18m. The company is a trading division of Cranswick Pet and Aquatics.