...victoria chemical EPPM3644 KEWANGAN KORPORAT DAN PENSTRUKTURAN SET: 3 REPORT OF CASE STUDY: CASE 24 VICTORIA CHEMICALS PLC (A) THE MERSETSIDE PROJECT NAME OF PROFESSOR: DR. LIZA MARWATI BINTI MOHD YUSOFF GROUP MEMBERS: LOH CHAI LING A140178 GOH HOOI SAN A139708 KERK (KEH) YIH JEN A139574 SEMESTER 2, 2013/2014 INTRODUCTION Victoria Chemicals, a major competitor in the worldwide chemicals industry, was a leading producer of polypropylene, a polymer which was known for its strength and malleability. Polypropylene is used in an extremely wide variety of products from medical products to packaging film, carpet fibres, and automobile components. It was essentially priced as a commodity. Victoria Chemicals produced polypropylene at two plants which are Merseyside Works and in Rotterdam, Holland. The two plants were identical in scale, age, and design. The managers of both plants reported to James Fawn, executive vice president and manager of the Intermediate Chemicals Group (ICG) of Victoria Chemicals. The company positioned itself as a supplier to customers in Europe and the Middle East. However, their earning per share had fallen from 250 pence per share to 180 pence per share from end of year 2006 to year 2007. And also the accumulation of the firm’ common shares by a well-known corporate raider, Sir David Benjamin had caused the Victoria Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance. Due to this issue, Morris...
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...Victoria Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project Capital Budgeting Case Analysis ------------------------------------------------- DeQuincy Adamson Donald Harrell Lekisha McKinley Taylor Wolfe Finance 5387 Spring 2012 Victoria Chemicals: Case Background Victoria Chemicals was a major competitor in the chemical industry worldwide. The company was the leading producer of polypropylene, a polymer that is used in a variety of products including carpet fibers, packaging, and automobile parts. Polypropylene was essentially priced as a commodity. In order to meet demand, Victoria Chemicals produced and manufactured polypropylene at two plants, the Merseyside Works plant in Liverpool, England, and the Rotterdam facility in Rotterdam, Holland. The plants were built in 1967 and are identical in scale and design. Additionally, managers of both plants reported to James Fawn, the executive vice president and manager of the Intermediate Chemicals Group (ICG). The production of polypropylene pellets begins at Merseyside with propylene, a refined gas received in tank cars known as propylene. The production process consisted of two stages: In the first stage, the gas form of polypropylene was combined with a solvent in a pressurized vessel and then concentrated and collected in a centrifuge. Next, the polypropylene was mixed with stabilizers, modifiers, fillers, and pigments in order to create the final product, a plastic pellet, which is shipped to the customer. The company...
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...Australian School of Business Banking and Finance FINS3625 Applied Corporate Finance Course Outline Semester 1, 2014 Part A: Course-Specific Information Part B: Key Policies, Student Responsibilies and Support Table of Contents PART A: COURSE-‐SPECIFIC INFORMATION 1 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 1.1 Communication with Staff 2 COURSE DETAILS 2.1 Teaching Times and Locations 2.2 Units of Credit 2.3 Summary of Course 2.4 Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses 2.5 Student Learning Outcomes 3 LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES 3.1 Approach to Learning and Teaching in the Course 3.2 Learning Activities and Teaching Strategies 4 ASSESSMENT 4.1 Formal Requirements 4.2 Assessment Details 4.3 Assessment Format 4.4 Assignment Submission Procedure 4.5 Late Submission 5 COURSE RESOURCES 6 COURSE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT 7 COURSE SCHEDULE PART B: KEY POLICIES, STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND SUPPORT 8 PROGRAM LEARNING GOALS AND OUTCOMES 9 ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM 10 STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND...
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...WWW.HUL.CO.IN Hindustan Unilever Limited Annual Report 2014-15 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON OUR ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED Registered Office: Unilever House, B. D. Sawant Marg, Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 099 CIN : L15140MH1933PLC002030 HUL INVESTOR RELATIONS APP Scan the code given below to download the HUL Investor Relations App for iOS and Android MAKING SUSTAINABLE LIVING COMMONPLACE ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15 Awards and Recognition FINANCIAL YEAR 2014-15 SAW MANY SUCCESSES. SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE LISTED BELOW. 1 2 3 4 1 BrandZ TM Awards 2 ‘Client of the Year’ at Effies 3 Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Awards 4 Greentech Award OUR BRANDS • HUL was the No. 1 Indian company to feature on the Forbes list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. • HUL’s mobile radio channel ‘Kan Khajura Tesan’ won three Gold Lions at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. • Ten HUL brands featured in the first ever BrandZ™ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking. • The Kissanpur campaign won Silver at the Jay Chiat Strategic Excellence Awards 2014. • HUL was the ‘Client of the Year’ at Effies 2014 and ‘Media Client of the Year’ at Emvies 2014. OUR PEOPLE UNILEVER SUSTAINABLE LIVING PLAN (USLP) The USLP is our key differentiator. It is our blueprint to drive sustainable growth and has three big goals, i.e....
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...504 0452 f: O845 504 0453 e-mail: reports@keynote.co.uk Stringent efforts have been made by Key Note Ltd. to ensure accuracy. However, due principally to the fact that data cannot always be verified, it is possible that some errors or omissions may occur; Key Note Ltd. cannot accept responsibility for such errors or omissions. Details supplied by Key Note Ltd. should only be used as an aid, to assist the making of business decisions, not as the sole basis for taking such decisions. Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS) Under the new Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2004 it is unlawful for a business to make an unsolicited sales & marketing call to a corporate subscriber if they are either registered with CTPS or have requested NOT to receive such calls. Key Note holds and regularly updates (at least every 28 days) their data in accordance with the regulation and ensures their data is compliant, as of the date created. However it is the responsibility of the caller to ensure this data is up to date and as such Key Note do not hold themselves liable for any subsequent legality. If you have any queries regarding the CTPS legislation you may find the following website useful www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk Or our website www.keynote.co.uk railway industry edition 9, 2011 issn 1740-6552 Contents 1 Company Selection 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Industry Definition Company Selection Changes of Name New Additions to the Report Treatment of Holding Companies...
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...Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality By the same author Britain – Workshop or Service Centre to the World? The British Hotel and Catering Industry The Business of Hotels (with H. Ingram) Europeans on Holiday Higher Education and Research in Tourism in Western Europe Historical Development of Tourism (with A.J. Burkart) Holiday Surveys Examined The Management of Tourism (with A.J. Burkart eds) Managing Tourism (ed.) A Manual of Hotel Reception (with J.R.S. Beavis) Paying Guests Profile of the Hotel and Catering Industry (with D.W. Airey) Tourism and Hospitality in the 21st Century (with A. Lockwood eds) Tourism and Productivity Tourism Council of the South Pacific Corporate Plan Tourism Employment in Wales Tourism: Past, Present and Future (with A.J. Burkart) Trends in Tourism: World Experience and England’s Prospects Trends in World Tourism Understanding Tourism Your Manpower (with J. Denton) Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality S. Medlik Third edition OXFORD AMSTERDAM BOSTON LONDON NEW YORK PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann An imprint of Elsevier Science Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington MA 01803 First published 1993 Reprinted (with amendments) 1994 Second edition 1996 Third edition 2003 Copyright © 1993, 1996, 2003, S. Medlik. All rights reserved The right of S. Medlik to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted...
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