Raisio in brief

Products
Tasty and healthy foods for consumers, the catering business and food industry
Functional ingredients and food diagnostics for food industry companies
Effective feeds for farm animals
High-quality malts for breweries


Raisio Group worldwide
Raisio’s products are sold in some 30 countries. The Group has production units in 11 localities in 6 countries
Raisio employs approximately 1,400 people, 68% of whom work in Finland


Raisio Nutrition
food, feed and malt for the Finnish markets and the Baltic region
core skills, overall management of the processing chain of plant-based raw materials: grain, oil plants and potato
turnover EUR 399.6 million and operating result excluding one-off items EUR 5.6 million in 2004
employs some 1,050 people


Raisio Life Sciences
functional ingredients and diagnostics for food companies worldwide
the main product is the Benecol ingredient, stanol ester, which, as research shows, lowers cholesterol levels, by an average of 15%
turnover EUR 53.3 million and operating result excluding one-off items EUR 3.3 million in 2004
employs some 140 people


Research and development
increasing input in research and development ensures Raisio’s renewal
the goal is to increase the added value of products and introduce new product and technology innovations
research centres in Raisio, Turku and Helsinki (Finland), Lyon (France) and Rome (Italy)
R&D expenses in on-going businesses EUR 7.9 million, or 1.8% of their turnover in 2004
employs some 100 people


Key Figures

  2004 2003
Turnover, EUR million 626.9 860.5
Operating result, EUR million 202.8 –14.3
Operating result excluding one-off items, EUR million 10.4 1.2
Gearing, % –42.9 127.9
Equity ratio, % 76.8 32.2
Equity per share, EUR 2.28 1.17
Earnings per share (EPS), EUR 1.19 –0.16
EPS excluding one-off items, EUR 0.05 –0.09
Market value, EUR million 312.0 205.5
Personnel 1,412 2,735