Month: May 2024

Les Ulis, May 15, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.LEXIBOOK: FISCAL Q4 23-24 DOWN 14.7% TO 6.4M€ VS. 7.5M€ IN Q4 22-23. FULL-YEAR SALES UP 14.4% TO 58.5M€ VS 51.2M€ THANKS TO GROWTH IN FRANCE AND ABROAD. FIRST SIGNIFICANT ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN THE USA. SATISFACTORY OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR 2024-25.Q4 fiscal sales remained buoyant despite a sluggish consumer environment. As expected, Q4 23-24 sales were down at €6.39m vs. €7.49m in 22-23. The drop in sales was mainly due to the non-renewal of a branded robot sale for Mainbot, and to a lesser extent to a drop in sales on Amazon in a context of post-Christmas inventory rationalization. Over the full fiscal year, sales rose by a further 14.36% to €58.55M, compared with €51.2M a year earlier. The Group continued its communications campaign in Europe during the quarter, exceeding one billion...

Trondheim, 15 May 2024: In the first quarter, NORBIT recorded revenues of NOK 404.4 million, corresponding to a growth of 7 per cent from the first quarter of 2023. The EBIT result was NOK 41.1 million, representing a margin of 10 per cent. The decline compared to first quarter 2023 was driven by lower margins realised in segments Oceans and PIR.In an often seasonally slow first quarter, the Oceans segment reported revenues of NOK 121.4 million, compared to NOK 135.7 million in what was a strong first quarter of 2023. The EBIT margin for the segment was 8 per cent. Connectivity delivered revenues of NOK 150.6 million, compared to NOK 136.3 million in the corresponding quarter of 2023. The EBIT margin was 28 per cent. The Product Innovation & Realization (PIR) segment reported NOK 145.2 million in revenues in the first quarter,...

GOOD BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024. PROGRESS IN VAP S&D CONTINUES. Today, Lerøy Seafood Group ASA reports a consolidated operational EBIT of MNOK 842 for the first quarter of 2024. Of this, Farming accounts for MNOK 576, with seasonally low harvest volumes. CEO Henning Beltestad says; We have had a good quarter in Farming with strong biological development. Considering the very cold sea temperatures, our fish are growing well. It is also very pleasing to note significant improvement in biology and earnings at Scottish Seafarms. Within Wild Catch, an operational EBIT of MNOK 187 is reported in the quarter, traditionally high season, driven by good catch volumes and high cod prices. This segment will be challenging going forward due to lower quotas, where our quota and basis for operations will be further reduced...

MONTREAL, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX: PYR) (OTCQX: PYRGF) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech company (the “Company” or “PyroGenesis”) that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which are geared to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and address environmental pollutants, is pleased to announce its financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2024. “Q1 continues to confirm our contention that we have successfully rebounded off the low revenue mark of Q1 2023 and that our cost controls and project optimization efforts are having the impact we expected,” said P. Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis. “We now have 4 straight quarters comfortably exceeding that three-year low point, with this...

Transitioning to a pure-play Canadian industrial REIT through accretive development, strategic sales, and targeted acquisitions. TORONTO, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nexus Industrial REIT (the “REIT”) (TSX: NXR.UN) announced today its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. “This quarter we continued to make progress as a Canada-focused pure-play industrial REIT” commented Kelly Hanczyk, CEO of Nexus Industrial REIT. “We completed construction at our Park St. intensification project in Regina on schedule, and the primary tenant has moved in. Our three other development projects remain on track and will begin cash flowing throughout the year. Notably, our Hubrey Rd. expansion in London, Ontario is now leased, effective July 1st. “As expected, this quarter was impacted by two temporary vacancies as our tenants transitioned...