Ardagh Glass buys Polish plant for E8m

Date: 30 June 2004
Source: Businessworld.ie

Date: 30 June 2004

Irish glass container manufacturer Ardagh Glass has bought a Polish glass plant for E8m. Ardagh said it has agreed to buy 82.4pc of Polish company Huta Szkla Ujscie which operates a plant near Poznan in western Poland and controls around 13pc of the Polish market.

It has turnover of around E23m a year and earnings of E3.7m. The company employs 480 people.

In a letter to shareholders, Ardagh Glass said it expected to acquire the remaining shares in HSU over the next few months on similar terms.

Ardagh earlier this year said it significantly narrowed its operating losses in 2003 and will shortly be changing its name to South Wharf.

The firm posted retained trading losses for 2003 of E1.02m compared to a loss of E2.89m last year, while the profit retained for the period was E1.9m compared to a loss of E11.73m.
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