Empresas Cmpc S.A. Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2018
March 07, 2019
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Empresas CMPC S.A. Announced earnings results for the full year ended December 31, 2018. For the full year, the company announced sales was USD 6,274.472 million compared to USD 5,143.074 million a year ago. Operating income was USD 1,080.582 million compared to USD 330.663 million a year ago. Net income was USD 502.502 million compared to USD 103.345 million a year ago. Basic earnings per share was USD 0.201 compared to USD 0.0413 a year ago.
Empresas CMPC SA is a Chile-based company primarily engaged in the paper products industry. The Companyâs activities are divided into five business segments: Forestry, which includes products that are logs for the manufacturing of cellulose pulp and solid lumber products, such as sawn lumber, remanufactured products and plywood boards; Pulp, which provides pulp manufactured in production lines in Chile and Brazil; Paper, which focuses on the production and marketing of cardboard, paper for corrugation , industrial-use paper and newsprint; Tissue, which is responsible for producing and selling tissue, sanitary and specialized hygienic products, such as toilet paper, napkins, baby diapers and facial tissues, and Other, which includes general administrative services. The Company operates in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Ecuador, among others. It controls a number of subsidiaries, such as CMPC Celulosa SA, Cartulinas CMPC SA, Chimolsa SA La Papelera del Plata SA.