Acquisitions boost sales

The Provimi Group increased its sales by 0.7 per cent to 1,544.8 mio € in 2003. The increase was due to Provimi’s acquisition of Rolimpex in Poland and RoCoFa in the Netherlands, adding a sales volume of 153.3 mio €. Without this external growth, the pet food manufacturer would have ended the year with sales down by 16.3 mio € or 1.0 per cent compared with the previous year. Business in the USA, which has shrunk in value by almost a quarter, suffered primarily due to the weak dollar. Production by the Group increased from 2.8 mio tonnes to 3.3 mio tonnes.