Hahnemühle celebrates 437th birthday

While a well-known cola brand keeps its recipe safely in a safe, the papermakers at Hahnemühle use their old recipe books every day. The paper manufacturer celebrates its 437th birthday this year, making it more than 300 years older than the American beverage company.

Based on a proposal of the Nominating, Compensation and Corporate Governance committee, Arkema’s Board of Directors, at its meeting on 24 February 2021, decided to ask the shareholders, at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 20 May 2021, and as a replacement for Thierry Morin, Marc Pandraud and Yannick Assouad, whose terms of office are due to terminate, to approve the following:

Wide range of scanning solutions meets changing landscape as home office, specialty, and archiving projects drive sales in 2020; sales for personal large format scanners jump by nearly 70%

Bobst Group’s 2020 full year figures were severely impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns.
Sales dropped to CHF 1.372 billion from CHF 1.636 billion in 2019 with important negative FX impact (CHF -63 million).
Operating result (EBIT) at CHF 44 million (CHF 81 million in 2019).
Net result at CHF 17 million (CHF 53 million in 2019).
Outstanding cash inflow from operating activities of CHF 160 million (CHF 55 million in 2019).
Net debt position of CHF 59 million in 2019 turned into a net cash position of CHF 4 million in 2020.
No dividend proposed in 2021 (CHF 1.50 in 2020).
2020 order entries 4% lower than in 2019 but significant improvement compared to H1 2020 (21%).
Higher backlog than at the end of 2019.

Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg (“Koenig & Bauer”, WKN: 719 350 / ISIN: DE0007193500) announces that on the basis of its preliminary and as yet unaudited figures it achieved group revenue of €1,029m and preliminary consolidated earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of -€68m in the 2020 financial year. Adjusted for special items, preliminary consolidated EBIT stands at -€19m.

Beaver Paper Group, a member of Koehler Paper, announced the rebranding of their legacy sewn paper products to TexSewn™ family of Cut and Sew Papers.

BerryAlloc was awarded the 2020 “supplier of the year” award out of all nominated Optimera suppliers, proving the strong relationship and close collaboration between the two companies. This took place during Optimera’s annual, corona-safe Opptur event.

As an organizer of international exhibitions and events, Deutsche Messe has seen its business dry up over the past year. The company has taken advantage of the lull to gear up for the post-coronavirus era, simultaneously extending the mandate of Deutsche Messe Managing Board Chairman Jochen Köckler for an additional five years.

Progress against strategic growth initiatives highlighted at UNITED VIRTUALLY event
UNITED CAPS, an international manufacturer of caps and closures, today reported that it is meeting its strategic growth initiatives despite the pandemic, enabling the company to continue to provide exceptional customer support, both in terms of implementation of existing caps and closures for new products, as well as continuing to generate 50% of its business from bespoke development of caps and closures to meet specific customer needs.

The Ethisphere Institute today recognized 3M (NYSE: MMM) for ethics and integrity in business conduct and compliance for the eighth straight year. 3M is one of only eight industrial companies worldwide to be honored this year.

At the beginning of the new year, Thimm Start-ups moved to Göttingen. They have moved into their new offices on the fifth floor at Weender Landstraße 3, in close proximity to the university, the Private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen (PFH), Göttingen's main train station and the city center.

Comparable Group sales drop by 4 %

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amount to €139 million
Equity ratio of 58 %
Net liquidity rises to €355 million