Iberpapel Group Reports Earnings Results for the First Nine Months of 2016
October 27, 2016
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Iberpapel Group reported earnings results for the first nine months of 2016. For the period, the company reported earnings net profit of EUR 13.61 million, up 32.59% year-on-year. Revenue in the first nine months amounted to EUR 149.52 million, down slightly from the EUR 166.34 million reported in nine months 2016, shaped by lower paper sales volumes and the drop in electricity market pool prices. EBITDA, however, firmed by 22.96% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2016 to EUR 25.69 million compared to EUR 20.89 million a year ago. Profit after tax was EUR 13.61 million compared to EUR 10.27 million a year ago.
Iberpapel Gestion SA is a Spain-based holding company engaged in the paper industry. The Company operates through three divisions: Forestry, involved in the acquisition and cultivation of eucalyptus plantations in Argentina, Uruguay and Spain; Industrial, focused on the production of bleached pulp and paper products, and Commercial, specialized on the distribution of products such as printing and photocopy paper, offset paper, light-coated paper, laser printing paper, paper bags and envelopes. The Companyâs subsidiaries include Distribuidora Papelera SA, Moliner Dominguez y Cia SA, Ibereucaliptos SA, Papelera Guipuzcoana de Zicunaga SA, Central de Suministros de Artes Graficas Papel SA and Copaimex SA, among others. The Companyâs major shareholders include ONCHENA, SL and BESTINVER GESTION, SA.