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Article: Coillte profits hit by SmartPly. (News).
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- Wood Based Panels International
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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Irish state forestry company Coillte's profits only lifted 2% to almost [euro]18.74m last year, partly because of continuing losses at its SmartPly operation.
Coillte assumed 100% ownership of SmartPly Europe Ltd during 2002 but the business continues to be loss-making due to over capacity in Europe.
But ...