MOSCOW (MRC) -- Petkim in the first half of 2014 has announced a net profit of GBR55 million; according to the first six months of last year, net profit has increased 10-fold, said Habermonitor.
The first six-month period, 2.44 billion grossing company's capacity utilization rate of 9%, reached 90%.
Petkim Petrochemical Holding AS the results of the study focused on operational efficiency and continuing net profit for the first half of the year increased 10-fold . GBR 5 million in the first half of last year , net profit of GBR49 million at year-end 2014, the congeners reported a net profit of GBR55 million in the first half .
Close to zero in the first half of last year, net profit margin came to 2.3%. In the said period, 27% achieved a turnover of GBR443 million to 2 billion 111 million TL in the company's gross profit , EBITDA was USD87 million . In the first half of the year rose 6% to 1 million 471 thousand tons of production increased , the capacity utilization rate rose above 90% last year took place in 9 points . Petka , just in Q2 35% increase to 1 billion 253 million TL turnover was signed.
Petkim CEO Saadettin Korkut said the market-oriented dynamic planning policy has led to the continuation of a rise in turnover, operational profit, gross profit and net profit figures.
The company’s profit still lagged behind market expectations due to a decline in operational performance, as the contraction in margins surpassed expectations, an assessment note released by Deniz Investment has said.
As MRC informed previously, the production capacity of the Turkish Pektim Petrochemical Holding where SOCAR, Azerbaijan’s state energy company has equity participation will increase from 3.2 million tons to 3.6 million tons in 2014. An increase in production capacity will be possible thanks to the improved capacity of ethylene and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production enterprises. In particular, the ethylene production enterprise's capacity will increase from current 520,000 tons to 587,000 tons by late 2014. The PTA production capacity will increase from 70,000 tons to 105,000 tons which will require investments worth USD25 million.
Petkim is the leading petrochemical company of Turkey. Specializing in petrochemical manufacturing, the company produces ethylene, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene and other chemical building blocks for use in the manufacture of plastics, textiles, and other consumer and industrial products.
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