Turnover: 155 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

  • Fibre Excellence produces general papers and boards
  • The Fibre Excellence group was created in 2010 and specializes in the manufacture of paper for the writing and packaging paper markets.
  • The company has two industrial sites in France: Tarascon and St Gaudens, and a purchasing subsidiary SEBSO.
  • In all, over 600,000 tonnes of pulp are produced every year.
  • The group belongs to the Canadian Paper Excellence group (2,800 employees), which generates sales of around $2.5 billion

News

180 million plan for paper manufacturer Fibre Excellence Provence 22/10/2023

  • Fibre Excellence Provence is about to launch a lignin separation unit, which will enable it to produce absorbent pulp for diapers.
  • The plant represents an investment of 80 million euros. By 2025, almost half of Fibre Excellence Provence's production will be devoted to this new product line.
  • It should cover around 10% of national demand for diapers.
  • Fibre Excellence Provence, a company that previously filed for bankruptcy following a fall in packaging paper prices, has sales of 155 million euros.
  • The company was rescued by its shareholder, Asian Pulp and Paper, which assumed 80 million euros of its debts.
  • A five-year, 180-million euro investment plan has been put in place to restructure the company.

Financial Data

DUNS: 521794610

Legal Name: FIBRE EXCELLENCE SAS

Address: 2460 L’OCCITANE REGENT PARK II-BAT.2-ENTREE A-1ER ETAG, 31670 LABEGE

Number of employees: Entre 20 et 49 salariés (2021)

Capital: 70 000 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 5 153 698 3 981 493 3 038 116 5 985 241 9 032 900 8 213 950 8 338 019 7 851 133
Gross margin (€) 10 093 698 8 934 828 6 742 499 9 691 884 11 247 279 11 014 948 - -
EBITDA (€) -6 250 106 -5 296 630 -6 354 925 -2 424 797 -232 202 -771 035 - -
Operating profit (€) -1 396 529 -667 506 -4 467 628 1 100 919 1 821 454 1 736 105 - -
Net profit (€) 24 799 927 1 835 584 -62 328 086 -19 035 451 2 989 730 -18 916 700 -43 694 707 -7 954 461
Turnover growth rate (%) 29,4 31,1 -49,2 -33,7 10 -1,5 - -
Ebitda margin rate (%) -121,3 -133 -209,2 -40,5 -2,6 -9,4 - -
Operating margin rate (%) -27,1 -16,8 -147,1 18,4 20,2 21,1 - -
Working Capital (turnover days) 1 350 816,2 1 979,2 4 582,1 3 150,4 2 205,4 - -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 34,1 21,7 37,5 -17 63,5 82,1 - -
Net margin (%) 481,2 46,1 -2 051,5 -318 33,1 -230,3 - -
Added value / Turnover (%) -19,3 -80,8 -104,3 22,1 48,8 37,2 - -
Wages and social charges (€) 3 547 444 1 926 041 2 151 642 3 033 233 4 252 948 3 483 456 - -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 68,8 48,4 70,8 50,7 47,1 42,4 - -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Commissaire aux comptes suppléant Jean-francois Plantin

Studies mentioning this company

The pulp market - France

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