June 19th 2006 

 

INDENA CONFIRMS WORLD LEADERSHIP IN BOTANICAL DERIVATIVES

Flourishing turnover and healthy profits highlighted in annual report

Milan, June 19th 2006 - Indena S.p.A. has posted its consolidated financial results for 2005. Group turnover this year is 19% up on the previous period report to 170 million, 90% of which was generated abroad. At 23,921 million pre tax profits almost tripled compared with the 2004 figure of  8,353 million whilst the operating margin soared to over 25 million in 2005 from last year's total of 5,929 million.
The company's solidity in terms of liquidity and ability to face liabilities is underlined by the 18.35% cash flow percentage on sales, a 3.64% liquidity ratio and by the 0.37%debt/equity ratio. 

Dario Bonacorsi, President and CEO of the Italian Company was proud to proclaim that the brilliant results "would allow our company to confirm its world leadership in the botanical derivatives field. We have kept on growing steadily and soundly thanks to our scientific collaboration with some of the world’s main research institutes". 

Indena's growth has indeed been boosted by expenditure on research, which amounts to 6.6% of turnover. This has enabled focus on the discovery and development of new active principles able to generate added value for both the company and its customers. The fact that some 10% of the 700 strong Indena workforce is engaged in research is sound testimony to the importance attached to it. 
Last year alone, Indena filed 12 new patent applications. The company now owns more than 150 primary patents which, when extended throughout the world, give rise to more than 2,000 national patents. 

Indena business is focused mainly on the pharmaceutical sector (65%) followed by nutraceuticals (30%) and cosmetics (5%). The US is once again confirmed as the main market, followed by those in Europe and Japan. New markets are emerging however, and nowhere more so than in China where Indena has just opened its latest office in Shanghai. 


Further Information on Indena:
www.indena.com 
Indena Research site 
www.indena.it/pages/login.php

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