- Filtrona
Infobox Company
company_name = Filtrona plc
company_
company_type = Public (lse|FLTR)
foundation = 1940s
location =Milton Keynes , UK
key_people = Jeff Harris, Chairman
Mark Harper,CEO
industry = Plastic products
products =
revenue = £494.2 million (2007 )
operating_income = £57.9 million (2007 )
net_income = £36.1 million (2007 )
num_employees =
parent =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.filtrona.com www.filtrona.com]
slogan =
footnotes =Filtrona PLC lse|FLTR is a supplier of
plastic andfibre products. The company operates internationally from headquarters inMilton Keynes in the UK. It is listed on theLondon Stock Exchange and is a constituent of theFTSE 250 Index .History
The Company was established in
Jarrow in the 1940's as the Fibres division ofBunzl . [http://www.filtrona.com/History.asp Filtrona History] ] In 1955 it acquired Moss Plastic Products, a plastic products manufacturer, in 1994 MSI Oilfield Products, a pipe protection business, and in 1996 it bought Payne, a manufacturer of self-adhesive tapes.In 1997 the Bunzl Fibres division bought Filtrona Corporation, a US filter technology specialist which it had demerged in 1984. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEFDE1030F937A35754C0A961958260 Bunzl of Britain to buy Filtrona] ] At this time the Filtrona name was adopted for the enlarged Bunzl Fibres business.
Filtrona bought Enitor, a Dutch
extruder business, in 1998 and Skiffy Group, a Dutchnylon parts business in 2004. Filtrona was demerged fromBunzl in 2005. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050607/ai_n14657755 Filtrona is good but not good enough] ] It went on to buy Duraco, a US adhesive coated products business in 2007.Operations
The Company is structured as follows: [ [http://www.filtrona.com/plastictechnologies.asp Filtrona Operations] ]
Plastic technologies
* Protection and finishing products
** Moss (protection and finishing products)
** Skiffy (plastic products)
** Alliance Plastics (plastic and injection moulded products)
** Duraco (adhesive coated products)
** MSI Oilfield Products (pipe protection products)* Coated & security products
** Payne (pressure sensitive tear tape)
** Payne Security (ID cards and security labels)
** FractureCode (tracking systems)* Plastic profile & sheet
** Filtrona Extrusion (extruded plastic components)
** Enitor (profile extrusion products)Fibre technologies
* Filtrona Filters (cigarette filters)
* Filtrona Fibretec (fluid and vapour handling components)References
External links
* [http://www.filtrona.com Official site]
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