Invitation to Strategy Presentation

RNS Number : 4494C

Filtrona plc

01 May 2012

 



1 May 2012

FILTRONA PLC

A leading international supplier of speciality plastic, fibre and foam products

Invitation to Strategy Presentation

Filtrona plc will hold a Strategy Presentation for investors and analysts on 15 June 2012.  The event will feature a Group-level update on the Vision 2015 strategy, and presentations from the Heads of each of Filtrona's four operating divisions: Protection & Finishing Products, Porous Technologies, Coated & Security Products and Filter Products.  No new trading information will be disclosed.

 
The presentation will start at 08:30 (UK time, registration from 08:15), and will be held at The Auditorium, Deutsche Bank, Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London, EC2 2DB.

There are two options for participating in the presentations:

To attend in person, please e-mail your details to [e-mail]

View a live webcast of the presentations at http://www.filtrona.com/webcasts.aspx.

A recording of the presentations will be made available on the website later in the day.

Enquiries

Filtrona plc Joanna Speed, Corporate Affairs Director Tel: [phone]

Buchanan Richard Oldworth Jeremy Garcia Catherine Breen Tel: [phone]

About Filtrona plc

Filtrona plc ("Filtrona" or "the Company") is a FTSE 250 company and a leading international supplier of speciality plastic, fibre and foam products.  Through its four operating divisions, Filtrona focuses on the light manufacture and distribution of high volume, essential components which serve customers in a wide variety of end-markets and geographies.

Protection & Finishing Products

A global market leading supplier of protection and finishing products, manufacturing and distributing plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded, and metal items as well as pressure sensitive tapes. The division has 60 operating units in 21 countries serving a very broad industrial base of customers with a rapid supply of primarily plastic products for protection and finishing applications in industries such as hydraulics, pneumatics, oil and gas, electrical controls, point of purchase and tubular metal products.

Porous Technologies

A global market leading developer and manufacturer of custom fluid handling components, engineered from a portfolio of technologies that includes bonded fibre, polyurethane foam, and porous plastic.  Representing leading innovations used in healthcare, consumer and industrial applications, its enabling components are found in a wide range of products from medical diagnostics tests to advanced wound care pads, inkjet printer cartridges, writing instruments and air fresheners.  Customers in 56 countries are served from five manufacturing facilities with research and development centres supporting the division globally.

Coated & Security Products

The global market leading producer of high quality self-adhesive tear tape and a growing supplier of labels, products and technologies for the consumer packaging, identity and valuable documents markets. Customers in over 100 countries are served from facilities operating in six countries. The division also includes plastic profile extrusion activities in The Netherlands.

Filter Products

The only global independent cigarette filter supplier.  The nine worldwide locations, including a UK-based research facility and three regional development centres provide a flexible infrastructure strategically positioned to serve the tobacco industry.  The division supplies a wide range of value adding high quality innovative filters, packaging solutions to the roll your own sector and analytical laboratory services for ingredient measurement for the industry. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Filtrona's global network extends to 28 countries and includes c. 4,000 employees, 33 principal manufacturing facilities, 63 sales & distribution operations and 5 research & development centres. The Company's strategy - called Vision 2015 - seeks to maximise shareholder value through the delivery of balanced profitable growth in both its existing and future opportunity markets and technologies, with the objective of delivering at least mid single-digit like-for-like revenue growth and double-digit adjusted EPS growth at constant exchange.  The strategy also calls for strong conversion of profit into cash and a progressive dividend policy.  The Company looks to complement this balanced organic growth with value-adding acquisitions. For further information, please visit www.filtrona.com

 

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